Format:
XVIII, 485 S.
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Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
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25 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
ISBN:
0521670047
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0521854091
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9780521670043
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9780521854092
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 prevailing views that such violence is either the product of impenetrable madness or a simple way to achieve strategic objectives, the book demonstrates that the logic of violence in civil war has much less to do with collective emotions, ideologies, cultures, or "greed and grievance" than currently believed. Stathis Kalyvas distinguishes between indiscriminate and selective violence and specifies a novel theory of selective violence: it is jointly produced by political actors seeking information and individual noncombatants trying to avoid the worst but also grabbing what opportunities their predicament affords them."--BOOK JACKET
Content:
"By analytically decoupling war and violence, this book explores the causes and dynamics of violence in civil war. Against prevailing views that such violence is either the product of impenetrable madness or a simple way to achieve strategic objectives, the book demonstrates that the logic of violence in civil war has much less to do with collective emotions, ideologies, cultures, or "greed and grievance" than currently believed. Stathis Kalyvas distinguishes between indiscriminate and selective violence and specifies a novel theory of selective violence: it is jointly produced by political actors seeking information and individual noncombatants trying to avoid the worst but also grabbing what opportunities their predicament affords them."--BOOK JACKET
Note:
Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
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Includes bibliographical references and index. - Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
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Introduction -- Concepts -- Pathologies -- Barbarism -- A theory of irregular war I: collaboration -- A theory of irregular war II: control -- A logic of indiscriminate violence -- A theory of selective violence -- Empirics I: comparative Evidence -- Empirics II: microcomparative evidence -- Intimacy -- Cleavage and agency -- Conclusion
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Kalybas, Stathēs N., 1964 - The logic of violence in civil war Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006 ISBN 9781280550416
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780511225710
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
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Law
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Ethnology
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Military Science
Keywords:
Bürgerkrieg
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Gewalt
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=23561
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