Status: Current Project

Abstract: This methodological project examines how deviant cases—instances where collective violence fails to follow expected patterns—can serve as powerful tools for theoretical development. I analyze cases where expected violence did not occur or took unexpected forms.

Methods: Deviant case analysis, comparative case studies, theoretical development

Key Contributions:

• Advances methodology for using deviant cases
• Identifies scope conditions for existing theories
• Develops new theoretical propositions

Theoretical Focus:

• When do expected violence patterns fail to emerge?
• What can successful de-escalation teach us about escalation?
• How do structural conditions interact with contingent events?

Implications: Provides methodological innovations for violence research while advancing theoretical understanding through systematic analysis of exceptional cases.