Includes bibliographical references and index.

Civil action and the dynamics of violence in conflicts / Deborah Avant, Marie E. Berry, Erica Chenoweth, Rachel Epstein, Cullen Hendrix, Oliver Kaplan, and Timothy Sisk -- Civil action in the Syrian conflict / Wendy Pearlman -- Staging peace : community organizations, theatrical performance, and violent conflict in Peru / Steven T. Zech -- Northern Kenya : civil and uncivil action under conditions of state fragility / Fletcher D. Cox -- The impact of civil action on levels of violence : comparing two communities during Northern Ireland's Troubles / Amy Grubb -- Doing business amid criminal violence : companies and civil action in Mexico / Sandra Ley and Magdalena Guzmán -- Civil action and the micro-dynamics of violence during the Bosnian War / Marie E. Berry -- Non-violent communal strategies in insurgencies : case study on Afghanistan / Christoph Zürcher -- Civil action against ETA terrorism in Basque Country / Javier Argomaniz -- The Colombian private sector in Colombia's transition to peace / Angelika Rettberg.