This volume evaluates the state of the art in conflict studies. Original chapters by leading scholars survey theoretical and empirical research on the origins, processes, patterns, and consequences of most forms and contexts of political conflict, protest, repression, and rebellion. Contributors examine key pillars of conflict studies, including civil war, religious conflict, ethnic conflict, transnational conflict, terrorism, revolution, genocide, climate change, and several investigations into the role of the state. The research questions guiding the text include inquiries into the interactions between the rulers and the ruled, authorities and challengers, cooperation and conflict, accommodation and resistance, and the changing context of conflict from the local to the global.

Praise for States and Peoples in Conflict In this brilliant volume, the world's leading conflict researchers have contributed their latest theoretical and empirical findings regarding terrorism, crime, civil conflict, and revolutions,including their underlying causes. Examining the nature of the state, the role of religion, and the dynamics of the international system, this collection will be of immense value to both senior researchers and their students. No single volume tells more about what we know, and need to learn, in analyzing conflict. Jack A. Goldstone, George Mason University States and Peoples in Conflict is a rare synthesis of where we are in conflict studies, its methodologies, theories, and the way forward. A summary of this vast and expanding field of research is provided on the forms and reasons behind political and religious violence by some of the best academics of the discipline. Making the state the focal point of analysis, the book manages to shed new light on why the Hobbesian bargain is breaking down. The terror, crime, and military conflict we see around us highlight the need for this book. Hans-Henrik Holm, Danish School of Media and Journalism States and Peoples in Conflictis unique in its scholarly breadth and depth regarding the varied forms of deadly violence we face in the globe today. Each chapter in this volume presents an encyclopedic treatment of existing knowledge, while also engaging the puzzles that on-going violence poses to researchers. This is an indispensable compilation for any serious analyst of peace and conflict. George A. Lopez, University of Notre Dame and United States Institute of Peace This outstanding collection of essays provides a state-of-the-art overview of the conceptual pillars and controversies that constitute behavioral conflict studies.. . . In all, the book is a must-read for those interested in where behavioral conflict studies stands after a half-century of systematic empirical research. Raymond D. Duvall, University of Minnesota