Format:
XVI, 343 S.
,
graph. Darst.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] Ebrary Online-Ressource Ebrary online
ISBN:
9781107023024
,
1107023025
,
9781107683488
,
1107683483
Content:
This book argues power balances, rather than shared identities, explain why warring Afghan groups aligned with and double-crossed each other.
Content:
Cover -- Alliance Formation in Civil Wars -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- TALIBAN DECREE -- EXCERPT FROM THE FOREVER WAR -- THE PUZZLE -- CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LITERATURE -- THE ARGUMENT -- DEFINITIONS -- SCOPE CONDITIONS -- LOOKING AHEAD -- PART I: CONTEXT AND THEORY -- 1 Literature and Research Design -- RELEVANT LITERATURE -- RESEARCH DESIGN -- THEORY-BUILDING CASE SELECTION -- SOURCES, DATA, AND TESTS -- 2 A Theory of Warring Group Alliances and Fractionalization in Multiparty Civil Wars -- FIRST MECHANISM: EVOLUTION OF RELATIVE POWER AMONG ALLIES -- SECOND MECHANISM: GROUP FRACTIONALIZATION -- THE ROLE OF SHARED IDENTITY AND NARRATIVES -- ALLIANCES AND CIVIL WAR TERMINATION -- COMPARISON TO NEOREALISM -- THE THEORY IN SUM -- GROUP BEHAVIOR HYPOTHESES -- SUBGROUP BEHAVIOR HYPOTHESES -- OVERALL OUTCOME HYPOTHESES -- PART II: AFGHANISTAN -- 3 The Afghan Intra-Mujahedin War, 1992-1998 -- ETHNIC MAKEUP AND WARRING FACTIONS -- THE EVOLUTION OF POWER AND ALLIANCES AMONG WARRING PARTIES -- TIMELINE -- 1992: Tajiks + Uzbeks + Hazaras vs. Pashtuns (Jamiat-i-Islami + Junbish-i-Milli + Hizb-i-Wahdat vs. Hizb-i-Islami) -- 1993: Tajiks + Uzbeks vs. Hazaras + Pashtuns (Jamiat-i-Islami + Junbish-i-Milli vs. Hizb-i-Wahdat + Hizb-i-Islami) -- 1994: Tajiks vs. Uzbeks + Hazaras + Pashtuns (Jamiat-i-Islami vs. Junbish-i-Milli + Hizb-i-Wahdat + Hizb-i-Islami) -- 1995-1996: Pashtuns (Taliban) + Hazaras (Mazari/Khalili) + Uzbeks vs. Tajiks + Hazaras (Akbari) + Pashtuns (Hekmatyar) (Taliban + Hizb-i-Wahdat-Mazari/Khalili + Junbish-i-Milli vs.Jamiat-i-Islami + Hizb-i-Wahdat-Akbari + Hizb-i-Islami) -- 1996: Pashtuns (Taliban) vs. Tajiks + Uzbeks + Hazaras (Taliban vs. Jamiat-i-Islami + Junbish-i-Milli + Hizb-i-Wahdat).
Note:
Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Machine generated contents note: Part I. Context and Theory: 1. Literature and research design; 2. A theory of warring group alliances and fractionalization in mult-party civil wars; Part II. Afghanistan: 3. The Afghan Intra-Mujahedin War, 1992-1998; 4. The Afghan Communist-Mujahedin War, 1978-1989; 5. The theory at the commander level in Afghanistan, 1978-1998; Part III. Bosnia and Herzegovina: 6. The Bosnian Civil War, 1992-1995; 7. The Bosnian Civil War, 1941-1945; Part IV. Further Extensions: 8. Quantitative testing on the universe of cases of multi-party civil wars
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781139845038
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107023024
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Christia, Fotini Alliance formation in civil wars New York, NY [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 2012 ISBN 1107683483
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1107023025
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107683488
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107023024
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Bürgerkrieg
;
Bündnispolitik
;
Mudjahedin
;
Afghanistan-Konflikt
;
Afghanischer Bürgerkrieg
;
Bosnienkrieg
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