ISBN:
0415555337
,
0415555345
,
9780415555333
,
9780415555340
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (158 S.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Contemporary security studies
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Demmers, Jolle, 1969 - Theories of violent conflict
DDC:
303.6
Keywords:
Violence
;
Social conflict
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Krieg
;
Politik
;
Gewalt
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Available via World Wide Web
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