HSD: Dynamic Patterning in Conflict Behavior Between States and Non-State Actors

这项研究考察了国家和非国家行为者(NSA)何时以及为什么发现自己处于暴力政治互动中，而不是非暴力讨价还价和谈判。该项目结合了社会学和政治学的方法，对国家-国家安全局政治暴力的发生提出了独特的观点。这项研究建立在对社会运动和国际关系的研究基础上，确定了在这些行为者之间产生可识别的冲突动态模式的政治条件。然后，该项目调查各州和国家体育协会是否从这些模式中吸取教训(以及它们的缺失)，并因此改变它们的行为。国家和非国家行为者能够适应产生暴力的环境条件，还是从根本上限制了他们的适应？随着时间的推移，这些演员是否从他们的直接经验中吸取教训，他们是否从敌人的声誉中吸取教训？这些问题是通过研究社会运动和研究国际关系中的冲突而建立的理论来解决的。然后使用与以色列-巴勒斯坦冲突有关的事件的定量数据来检验理论论点。通过将巴勒斯坦行为者分解为其派系组成部分，并观察其他NSA在长期与以色列政府互动时的情况，这项研究利用了随着时间的推移冲突的动态，并确定了以色列政府与NSA之间以及NSA之间在适应不断变化的政治环境时的学习行为。这项研究可能会对政府如何处理这类冲突产生影响。此外，研究生将接受一种独特的跨学科方式的培训，从社会学和国际关系的角度看待冲突过程。

This research examines the question of when and why states and non-state actors (NSAs) find themselves in violent political interaction as opposed to non-violent bargaining and negotiation. The project combines approaches from sociology and political science to produce a unique perspective on the occurrence of state-NSA political violence. Building off of studies of social movements and international relations, the research identifies political conditions that produce discernible patterns of conflict dynamics between these actors. The project then investigates whether states and NSAs learn from these patterns (and their absence) and alter their behavior as a result. Can states and non-state actors adapt to the environmental conditions that produce violence, or are they fundamentally constrained from adaptation? Do these actors learn from their direct experiences over time, and do they learn from the reputations of their enemies? These questions are addressed using theory building derived from the study of social movements and the study of conflict in international relations. The theoretical arguments are then tested using quantitative data on events pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. By disaggregating the Palestinian actor into its factional components and observing other NSAs as they interact with the Israeli government over a long period of time, the research taps into the dynamics of conflict over time and identifies learning behavior both between the Israeli government and NSAs as well as among NSAs as they adapt to the changing political environment. This research could have an impact on how governments deal with conflict of this type. In addition, graduate students will be trained in a unique interdiscipliary manner that looks at conflict processes from the views of sociology and international relations.