CfP: Understanding Order, Cooperation & Variance among Non-State Armed Groups

Queen's University invites papers for a workshop on Understanding Order, Cooperation, and Variance among Non-State Armed Groups, September 19, 2009, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The workshop is interested in original papers that probe empirical and theoretical questions relating to why armed groups cooperate and what conditions account for variance in cooperation across and within regions. Papers that focus on one or multiple case studies drawn from Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle-East are particularly welcome.

Please submit the following 3 items via email: a 300-word (max.) abstract; a 100-word (max.) vitae paragraph; and an indication whether you require partial travel funding. The items may be pasted as text in the body of the email or attached in a pre-Vista version of Word. Please submit these 3 items to both conference organizers via email to both of the following addresses - andrew.grant@queensu.ca and cmetelits@wsu.edu - by August 14, 2009. Please ensure that the email Subject Line states: Understanding Order, Cooperation, and Variance among Non-State Armed Groups workshop.