Format:
1 online resource (xviii, 485 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511818462
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9780521854092
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9780521670043
Series Statement:
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Content:
By analytically decoupling war and violence, this book explores the causes and dynamics of violence in civil war. Against the prevailing view that such violence is an instance of impenetrable madness, the book demonstrates that there is logic to it and that it has much less to do with collective emotions, ideologies, and cultures than currently believed. Kalyvas specifies a novel theory of selective violence: it is jointly produced by political actors seeking information and individual civilians trying to avoid the worst but also grabbing what opportunities their predicament affords them. Violence, he finds, is never a simple reflection of the optimal strategy of its users; its profoundly interactive character defeats simple maximization logics while producing surprising outcomes, such as relative nonviolence in the 'frontlines' of civil war.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jul 2016)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521854092
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521854092
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511818462
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