ISBN:
0415555337
,
0415555345
,
9780415555333
,
9780415555340
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (158 S.)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
Serie:
Contemporary security studies
Paralleltitel:
Druckausg. Demmers, Jolle, 1969 - Theories of violent conflict
DDC:
303.6
Schlagwort(e):
Violence
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Social conflict
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Krieg
;
Politik
;
Gewalt
Kurzfassung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Kurzfassung:
This textbook introduces students of violent conflict to a variety of prominent theoretical approaches, and examines the ontological stances and epistemological traditions underlying these approaches.Theories of Violent Conflict takes the centrality of the group as an actor in contemporary conflict as a point of departure, leaving us with three main questions:What makes a group? Why and how does a group resort to violence? Why and how do or don't they stop?The book examines and compares the ways by which these questions are addressed from a number of perspectives: constructivism, social identi
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures, tables and boxes; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Conflict analysis in context; 1 Identity, boundaries and violence; 2 On love and hate: Social identity approaches to inter-group violence; 3 Violence and structures; 4 Mobilization for collective violent action: Multi-causal approaches; 5 Rational choice theory: The costs and benefits of war; 6 Telling each other apart: A discursive approach to violent conflict; Conclusions; Notes; References; Index
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Available via World Wide Web
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