This paper provides a critical alternative to two key aspects of conventional wisdom in international policy. First, the prevailing notion of internal or intra‐state war as bounded by traditional views of the nation‐state. Second, the development model of conflict which regards so‐called internal war as originating from poverty, scarcity or weak institutions. In distinction, the…
Civil Wars Template
Write in a clean editor, then format for Civil Wars in one click — DocuGuru applies the official Taylor & Francis template with author–year references and exports a submission-ready PDF plus the editable LaTeX source. Free to start.
About the Civil Wars format
Civil Wars is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Political Conflict and Governance, Peacebuilding and International Security, Global Peace and Security Dynamics.
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Author–year (Chicago, T&F) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Civil Wars 12 (3): 45–58.
Formats any DOI in Civil Wars style. No sign-up. |
| Publishes research in | Political Conflict and Governance Peacebuilding and International Security Global Peace and Security Dynamics Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence |
| ISSN | 1369-8249 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 1.07 |
| h-index | 47 |
| i10-index | 311 |
| Total citations | 11,284 |
| Top institutions publishing here | University of Leeds |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com |
| You get | A submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit. |
Papers published in Civil Wars per year
Citation impact of Civil Wars by publication year
Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.
Most-cited papers in Civil Wars
This article examines women's involvement as combatants in the Sri Lankan Tamil guerrilla organisation the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). It addresses women's motivations for choosing to join the organisation, then examines the debate over the LTTE's brand of nationalist feminism before looking at how women's experiences in the movement have affected their views…
In the face of the current focus on climate change, the question whether climate variations have effects on ethnic violence is addressed. This article shows the results of an empirical study on the relationship between violent livestock raiding and climatic conditions. The practice of livestock raiding causes large numbers of casualties in northern Kenya. While…
Based on extensive fieldwork in Sri Lanka, we analyze how the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) acquired legitimacy and how legitimation impacts civilian perceptions of the rebels. Despite the LTTE’s reliance on coercion to induce compliance, civilians also supported the LTTE and their imagined state of Tamil Eelam voluntarily. Different LTTE strategies and acts…
(2007). Draining the Sea by Filling the Graves: Investigating the Effectiveness of Indiscriminate Violence as a Counterinsurgency Strategy. Civil Wars: Vol. 9, The Origins and Effectiveness of Insurgent and Counterinsurgent Strategies, pp. 420-444.