Strategic atrocities: civilians under crossfire - theory and evidence from Colombia

Armed actors in civil war often target civilians to create fear and punish allegiance with the enemy. This strategy secures collaboration with the perpetrator, strengthening its civilian support, and helps the consolidation of territorial supremacy over contested regions. In this chapter, I illustra...

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2016
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Universidad del Rosario
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Civilian victimization
Civil war
Colombia
Strategic atrocities
Game theory
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dc.title.spa.fl_str_mv Strategic atrocities: civilians under crossfire - theory and evidence from Colombia
dc.title.TranslatedTitle.spa.fl_str_mv Atrocidades estratégicas: civiles bajo fuego cruzado - teoría y evidencia de Colombia
title Strategic atrocities: civilians under crossfire - theory and evidence from Colombia
spellingShingle Strategic atrocities: civilians under crossfire - theory and evidence from Colombia
Civilian victimization
Civil war
Colombia
Strategic atrocities
Game theory
title_short Strategic atrocities: civilians under crossfire - theory and evidence from Colombia
title_full Strategic atrocities: civilians under crossfire - theory and evidence from Colombia
title_fullStr Strategic atrocities: civilians under crossfire - theory and evidence from Colombia
title_full_unstemmed Strategic atrocities: civilians under crossfire - theory and evidence from Colombia
title_sort Strategic atrocities: civilians under crossfire - theory and evidence from Colombia
dc.subject.keyword.spa.fl_str_mv Civilian victimization
Civil war
Colombia
Strategic atrocities
Game theory
topic Civilian victimization
Civil war
Colombia
Strategic atrocities
Game theory
description Armed actors in civil war often target civilians to create fear and punish allegiance with the enemy. This strategy secures collaboration with the perpetrator, strengthening its civilian support, and helps the consolidation of territorial supremacy over contested regions. In this chapter, I illustrate this strategic use of atrocities with a model involving two armed groups who fight over territorial control and who try to secure compliance of local civilians through a combination of carrots and sticks. I study the conditions that lead to more or less civilians killed and illustrate the main theoretical arguments with descriptive evidence from the recent history of Colombia’s civil war.
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