Routledge Handbook on Transformations of Political Violence

Thorsten Bonacker is Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Marburg University, Germany. He received his PhD from the University of Oldenburg.Christopher Daase is Professor of International Relations at Goethe University Frankfurt and PRIF’s deputy director and head of the Research Department “International Security”.Jonas J. Driedger is a researcher at PRIF and at the Research Center Transformations of Political Violence (TraCe). He conducted fieldwork in Ukraine and Russia, held interim professorships at Goethe University Frankfurt, and was a DAAD fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC.Nguyễn Phạm Lam Phương is a PhD candidate at Marburg University, Germany.Jannik Pfister is Head of European Initiatives at the Hertie Foundation and an associate fellow at PRIF. He previously served as an academic coordinator of the Research Center TraCe.

'This intellectually ambitious handbook offers a rigorous, interdisciplinary effort to move beyond simple stories of declining or resurging political violence and instead analyze its uneven, contradictory transformations in forms, institutions, and meanings. An indispensable and illuminating guide for anyone seeking a nuanced, interdisciplinary understanding of violence in contemporary world politics.'Eyal Benvenisti, Whewell Professor of International Law Emeritus, Cambridge University

• Introduction: Transformations of Political Violence, Thorsten Bonacker, Christopher Daase, Jonas J. Driedger, Nguyễn Phạm Lam Phương, and Jannik Pfister Part I: Transformations of Forms of Political Violence 1. War between States: Perishing Parent of All Political Violence?, Jonas J. Driedger 2. The Internationalization of Intrastate Conflict: Are Civil Wars Transforming?, Hanna Pfeifer, Frederik Schissler, Regine Schwab, and Jonas Wolff 3. Technological Innovation and the Transformation of Military Conflict, Frank Kuhn and Niklas Schörnig 4. The Transformation of Violence against Civilians: Attacks on Civilian Infrastructure in Contemporary Conflict, Regine Schwab 5. Transformations of Genocidal Violence: Causes, Catalysts and (De-)Escalations, Timothy Williams and Maximilian Wegener 6. The Assassination of Social Activists: Characteristics, Causes, and Transformations, Jonas Wolff and Juan Albarracín 7. On Transformations of Violence towards LGBTQ+ People in Zimbabwe: Coming into Our Own, Princess A. Sibanda and Zintombizethu Matebeni 8. Historical Transformations of Protest Violence, Nicolai Hannig and Sara-Luise Spittler 9. Exploring the Transformation of Political Violence through Digital Technologies, Laura Gianna Guntrum, Anja-Liisa Gonsior, and Christian Reuter 10. Environmental Change and the Transformations of Political Violence, Markus Lederer and Verena Lasso Mena 11. Developing Violence and the Violence of Development, Felix Anderl Part II: Institutions and the Transformation of Political Violence 12. Transformation(s) in the Justification of Interstate Violence: On the Relationship between the Legitimization of War and International Order, Hendrik Simon and Lothar Brock 13. Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Ability of Public International Law to Address Particular Forms of Political Violence, Thilo Marauhn 14. The UN Between War and Peace: Transformations of Political Violence through Peacekeeping?, Nadine Ansorg 15. Human Rights (Violations) in Regional Organizations, Mariel Reiss 16. International Institutions and Colonial Violence, Lina Schneider and Lisbeth Zimmermann 17. Violent Conflict, Institutions, and the Dynamics of Social Order, Jan Koehler 18. Anti-Gender Policies and Practices: Seeding Political Violence, Erin Katherine Krafft 19. Transformations of Violence in Migration, Nina Perkowski and Annika Lindberg Part III: Interpretations of Political Violence 20. Memory and the Interpretation of Political Violence: Exploring the Politics of Memorial Aesthetics over Time, Susanne Buckley-Zistel 21. Changes in Genocide Discourse: The Unfolding Politics of Recognizing Colonial Genocides, Sally Ghattas, Sabine Mannitz, A. Dirk Moses, and Núrel Bahí Reitz 22. Revisiting the History of Transitional Justice: Transformative Goals and Shifting Interpretations of Political Violence, Anika Oettler 23. Interrelations of Political Violence and Language in Conflicts and War, Liudmyla Pidkuimukha and Monika Wingender 24. Transformations of Political Violence through Heritage (Un)Making in Cities, Jona Schwerer and Sybille Frank 25. Shifting Epistemologies of Police Violence, Julia Leser 26. Transformations of Media, Memory, and Political Violence, Kaya de Wolff and Astrid Erll 27. The Body Keeps the Score: Tracing Political Violence in the Postcolonial City, Anoma Pieris