Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. List of Tables xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. List of Abbreviations xv
7. 1. Plight, Plunder, and Political Ecology 1
8. 2. States, Scarcity, and Civil Strife: A Theoretical Framework 28
9. 3. Green Crisis, Red Rebels: Communist Insurgency in the Philippines 65
10. 4. Land and Lies: Ethnic Clashes in Kenya 117
11. 5. From Chaos to Calm: Explaining Variations in Violence in the Philippines and Kenya 163
12. 6. Conclusions and Implications 209
13. Notes 249
14. Index 323