Evaluating militant decision-making with information science: The Irish republican movement during the “Troublesâ€

Joshua Eastin, Emily Kalah Gade and Michael Gabbay
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Joshua Eastin: 6685Portland State University, USA
Emily Kalah Gade: 1371Emory University, USA
Michael Gabbay: 7284University of Washington, USA

Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2024, vol. 41, issue 6, 715-734

Abstract: Why do militant groups decide to escalate or deescalate their use of violence in conflict? Examining the case of the “Troubles†in Northern Ireland, we analyze groups that adopt violence as a political strategy and evaluate factors that influence its application. To do so, we adopt a novel empirical approach to the study of militant groups. Drawn from information science, this approach enables estimation of variable influence and uncertainty within structured case studies, and is thus ideal for topics such as militant decision-making where systematic data collection is difficult.

Keywords: Civil conflict; counterinsurgency; information science; insurgency; Northern Ireland; terrorism; the Troubles (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1177/07388942231216729

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