… approach for studying political violence whether it emerges as … violence to maintain or
acquire power to study which political … variation in the data, we show that violence is associated …

… organization of violence, especially where a movement becomes the primary unit of primary
… In these regards, the more one focuses on political violence itself the more rather than the …

… higher-level forms of political violence, rather than on smaller… or in the form of riots, as these
have been addressed in the … less organized forms of collective violence, see also Myers 1997…

… studies, this article investigates the causes, concept, and logic of genocide while suggesting
… The study of genocide should be embedded in a broader study of political violence; the two …

… that political violence is expressive or reactive irrational behavior. Indeed, most political
violence is purposeful, goal directed and thus rational behavior. I suggest that the literature …

… of political violence that aims to cover the entire span of the … types of political violence
based on the existing research … dimensions: whether the perpetrator of violence is a state or …

… I discuss several conceptual problems raised by current understandings of political violence…
“on the ground” often turn out to be related to local and private conflicts rather than the war’s …

… the political science literature on political violence against … violence as irrational, random,
or the result of ancient hatreds between ethnic groups. Most scholars studying political violence …

… tentative title is The Landscape of Political Violence, has very … The scholars working in
different areas of political violence … for a more unified theory of violence, but I gave up over time …

… five articles we have selected for this special issue reflect the breadth of research that this …
of the study of political violence by social scientists since the 1960s and helps to locate the …