TY - BOOK ID - 550132 TI - Barriers to peace in civil war PY - 2011 SN - 9781107007598 9780511993374 9781107416635 9781139101752 1139101757 1107007593 1139099752 9781139099752 0511993374 9781139101097 1139101099 1139097725 9781139097727 1283341964 9781283341967 1139103555 9781139103558 9786613341969 6613341967 1139099078 9781139099073 110722179X 1107416639 PB - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Internal politics KW - Sociology of minorities KW - Law of armed conflicts. Humanitarian law KW - anno 2000-2009 KW - anno 1900-1999 KW - anno 2010-2019 KW - Congo KW - Burundi KW - Rwanda KW - Uganda KW - Law of armed conflicts. Humanitarian lawanno 2000-2009 KW - anno 2010-2019Congo KW - Peace-building. KW - Peace. KW - Civil war KW - Civil wars KW - Intra-state war KW - Rebellions KW - Government, Resistance to KW - International law KW - Revolutions KW - War KW - Coexistence, Peaceful KW - Peaceful coexistence KW - International relations KW - Disarmament KW - Peace-building KW - Security, International KW - Building peace KW - Peacebuilding KW - Conflict management KW - Peace KW - Peacekeeping forces KW - Political aspects. KW - History. KW - History KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:550132 AB - Civil wars vary greatly in their duration. This book argues that conflicts are longer when they involve more actors who can block agreement (veto players) and identifies specific problems that arise in multi-party bargaining. Quantitative analysis of over 200 civil wars since World War II reveals that conflicts with more of these actors last much longer than those with fewer. Detailed comparison of negotiations in Rwanda and Burundi demonstrates that multi-party negotiations present additional barriers to peace not found in two party conflicts. In addition, conflicts with more veto players produce more casualties, are more likely to involve genocide and are followed by shorter periods of peace. Because they present many barriers to peace, the international community has a poor track record of resolving multi-party conflicts. David Cunningham shows that resolution is possible in these wars if peace processes are designed to address the barriers that emerge in multi-party conflicts. ER -