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Zahar, Marie-Joelle. "Understanding Transition Violence: African Cases in Comparative Perspective" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, Sep 01, 2005 <Not Available>. 2011-03-14 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p40349_index.html>

Zahar, M. , 2005-09-01 "Understanding Transition Violence: African Cases in Comparative Perspective" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC Online <PDF>. 2011-03-14 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p40349_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: When and why do war to peace transitions fail? Current answers revolve around the concept of spoiling, or the use of violence by actors bent on derailing peace. The paper takes issue with the conflation between violence and spoiling. I argue that violence is an instrument that can be used to different ends. Building on Walter's argument that violence is often used by actors seeking security in an anarchic environment, I develop a typology of the uses of violence in war to peace transitions. Based on Albert Hirschman's notions of exit, voice and loyalty, this typology has serious implications for current understandings of the role and strategies of the international community. I depart from these understandings and show that the international community ought to pay more attention to the issue of capabilities in crafting intervention strategies. I also seek to chart non-military intervention strategies and lay out their implications for the stability of war to peace transitions. The paper applies this theoretical framework to the "paradigmatic" cases of Angola and Mozambique.

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