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In 2011, hundreds of thousands of Syrians marched peacefully to demand democratic reforms. Within months, repression forced them to take arms and set up their own institutions. Two years later, the inclusive nature of the opposition had collapsed, and the PKK and radical jihadist groups rose to prominence. In just a few years, Syria turned into a full-scale civil war involving major regional and world powers. How has the war affected Syrian society? How does the fragmentation of Syria transform social and sectarian hierarchies? How does the war economy work in a country divided between the regime, the insurgency, the PKK and the Islamic State? Written by authors who have previously worked on the Iraqi, Afghan, Kurd, Libyan and Congolese armed conflicts, it includes extensive interviews and direct observations. A unique book, which combines rare field experience of the Syrian conflict with new theoretical insights on the dynamics of civil wars.
. The only field-based academic account of the Syrian conflict. It provides first-hand testimonials and ethnographic depiction that allows access to the reality of the war
. A detailed analysis, unavailable elsewhere, of the governance of the insurgency, providing the only comprehensive analysis of the civil war, from the peaceful mobilization to the rise and fall of the Islamic State
. Through comparative research, it enables readers to better understand the dynamics of other civil wars
Prolegomena: for a sociological approach to civil wars
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In 2011, hundreds of thousands of Syrians marched peacefully to demand democratic reforms. Within months, repression forced them to take arms and set up their own institutions. Two years later, the inclusive nature of the opposition had collapsed, and the PKK and radical jihadist groups rose to prominence. In just a few years, Syria turned into a full-scale civil war involving major regional and world powers. How has the war affected Syrian society? How does the fragmentation of Syria transform social and sectarian hierarchies? How does the war economy work in a country divided between the regime, the insurgency, the PKK and the Islamic State? Written by authors who have previously worked on the Iraqi, Afghan, Kurd, Libyan and Congolese armed conflicts, it includes extensive interviews and direct observations. A unique book, which combines rare field experience of the Syrian conflict with new theoretical insights on the dynamics of civil wars.
. The only field-based academic account of the Syrian conflict. It provides first-hand testimonials and ethnographic depiction that allows access to the reality of the war
. A detailed analysis, unavailable elsewhere, of the governance of the insurgency, providing the only comprehensive analysis of the civil war, from the peaceful mobilization to the rise and fall of the Islamic State
. Through comparative research, it enables readers to better understand the dynamics of other civil wars
