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The Social Processes of Civil War: The Wartime Transformation of Social Networks

Wood, Elisabeth Jean·2008·Annual Review of Political Science
DOI 10.1146/annurev.polisci.8.082103.104832
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Little attention has been paid to the social processes of civil war—the transformation of social actors, structures, norms, and practices—that sometimes leave enduring legacies for the postwar period. In this article, I explore the changes wrought by six social processes: political mobilization, military socialization, polarization of social identities, militarization of local authority, transformation of gender roles, and fragmentation of the local political economy. Some of these social processes occur in peacetime, but war may radically change their pace, direction, or consequences, with perhaps irreversible effects. I trace the wide variation in these processes during the wars in four countries: Peru, El Salvador, Sri Lanka, and Sierra Leone. I analyze the effects of these processes as transformations in social networks. These processes reconfigure social networks in a variety of ways, creating new networks, dissolving some, and changing the structure of others.

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Authors
Wood, E. J.
Affiliations
Santa Fe Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Wood, Elisabeth Jean
ORCID
Wood, Elisabeth Jean
Venue
Annual Review of Political Science
Publisher
Annual Reviews
Published
2008-06-01
Volume
11
Issue
1
Pages
539-561
ISSN
  • 1094-2939 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-1577
DOI
10.1146/annurev.polisci.8.082103.104832
OpenAlex
W2119977277
Cited by
668
References
68
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Annual Review of Political Science (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Peacebuilding and International Security
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia
Keywords
civil war, social networks, political mobilization, military socialization, gender roles, local political economy, postwar legacy, Peru, El Salvador, Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone

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