Earl Conteh-Morgan

Collective Political Violence

An Introduction to the Theories and Cases of Violent Conflicts

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 2004. Collective Political Violence is a concise, but thorough, interdisciplinary analysis of the many competing concepts, theories, and explanations of political conflict, including revolutions, civil wars, genocide, and terrorism. To further his examination of each type of conflict, Earl Conteh-Morgan presents case studies, from the Rwandan genocide to the civil rights movement in the United States. Along the way, he illuminates new debates concerning terrorism, peacekeeping, and environmental security. Written in a knowledgeable, yet accessible, manner, Collective Political Violence treats the issue of political violence with on impressively wide geographic range, and successfully straddles the ideological divide.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9780367225742
• ISBN-10: 0367225743
• Artikelnr.: 62570714

Autorenporträt

Earl Conteh-Morgan, University of South Florida

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. Collective Political Violence: Scope, Assumptions, and
Approaches 2. Trends in Collective Political Violence: Cold War, Nation
Building, and Post-Cold War Conflicts 3. Social-Structural Theories and
Violent Change 4. The Psychocultural Approach to Explaining Collective
Political Violence 5. Collective Political Violence as Rational Choice 6.
Macro-Structural Theories of War 7. Revolutionary Leaders and Political
Violence: Competing Theoretical Approaches 8. Revolutions: Causes and Types
9. The Marxist Explanation of Revolutionary Change 10. Interethnic or
Identity Sources of Violent Conflicts 11. Genocide: Types, Causes, and
Activators 12. Environmental Degradation-Violent Conflict Nexus 13.
Terrorism: Internal and External Dimensions 14. New Scenarios in Violent
Conflicts and Peacekeeping; Glossary of Terms and Concepts Glossary of
Conflict-Related Theorists; Appendices; Index