ABSTRACT
The last chapter compares the seven case studies more systematically. The aim is to shed light on the whole range of political configurations that framed pacification processes up to the present day. The theoretical model allows a better understanding of the various patterns of pacification processes and it helps to identify the conditions that facilitate or impede the long-term cessation of tribal warfare. The conclusion argues that pacification is more successful and more durable where state actors mainly focus on selective incentives, offer peaceful groups protection against still-bellicose groups, and only as a last resort use moderate and selective repression, combined with the quick establishment of robust and effective institutions of peaceful conflict settlement.
In the preceding chapters, we have presented seven case studies of pacification processes taking place in different world regions and time periods, under both colonial as well as post-colonial state rule. In most of these case studies, several phases within each process can be discerned. We now will compare these case studies and highlight some common features as well as significant differences in order to identify some general patterns regarding processes of pacification.
