Understanding Conflict and Violence

Tim Jacoby is Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Development Policy and Management at the University of Manchester, UK.

'Hugely informative and stimulating, Tim Jacoby's writing combines an impressive coverage of diverse theoretical perspectives with a real sense of relevance to current predicaments - a considerable achievement.' Paul Rogers, Professor of Peace Studies, Bradford University, UK 'This is a superb survey, clearly written and structured, and with an unusual range and historical depth of coverage. This book will become a standard, highly useful resource for all those with an interest in negotiating their way through complex debates and problems in understanding violence and conflict.' Christopher Cramer, Professor of the Political Economy of Development, SOAS, UK 'The large body of different methodological and theoretical approaches that Jacoby introduces in his volume is remarkable...The book serves as a valuable contribution to development of conflict analysis method and theory.' Naima Mouhleb, Security Dialogue

• 1. Introduction 2. Dimensions 3. Structural Violence 4. Functions 5. Innate 6. Learnt 7. Grievance 8. Mobilisation 9. Crises 10. Hegemony