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This dissertation addresses the question of how political contention escalates to civil war. More specifically, it examines two subsidiary questions: why do some protest waves evolve into insurgencies while others do not; and why do some insurgencies escalate into civil wars whi…

This dissertation explores the world-historical trajectory of protest waves in the global South over the long twentieth century. This study examines how protests located in different countries and regions are linked through long-term capitalist dynamics, the world-historical the…