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Russia-Ukraine War and its Origins
From the Maidan to the Ukraine War
Inbunden, 2025
684 kr
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This open access book examines the Russia-Ukraine war and its origins. Based on analysis of a large number of primary and secondary sources, it provides a systematic analysis of this crucial war, its nature, outcome, possibility of peaceful settlement, violence against civilians, and origins. The …
Maidan Massacre in Ukraine
The Mass Killing that Changed the World
Inbunden, 2024
684 kr
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This open access book provides a comprehensive analysis of the Maidan massacre in Ukraine. It uses a theoretical framework of rational choice, moral hazard, state- repression backfire, and Weberian ideas about rational action to explore the massacre.The book draws on publicly available videos, …
Violent Societies
Networks of Violence in Civil War and Peace
Av C. Steenkamp
Inbunden, 2014
552 kr
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This book investigates the relationships between political violence, social violence and economic violence using examples from South Africa, Northern Ireland, Lebanon and Syria. It examines the cultural impact of war and argues that a culture of violence can explain the high levels of violence …
Youth in Conflict and Peacebuilding
Mobilization, Reintegration and Reconciliation
Av A. Özerdem, S. Podder
Inbunden, 2015
1098 kr
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This study investigates the role of youth in peacebuilding, and addresses the failure of states and existing research to recognise youths as political actors, which can result in their contribution to peacebuilding being ignored.
Ex-Combatants and the Post-Conflict State
Challenges of Reintegration
Av J. McMullin
Inbunden, 2013
552 kr
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This book provides a critical analysis of the reintegration challenges facing ex-combatants. Based on extensive field research, it includes detailed case studies of ex-combatant reintegration in Namibia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.
Gender, Agency and Political Violence
Av L. Åhäll, L. Shepherd
Inbunden, 2012
552 kr
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Gender is not a 'security issue', but it tells us a lot about how, why and when certain subjects are written as security concerns. Thirteen case studies on violent subjects, reason, and emotion demonstrate different ways in which we understand political violence, security, resistance, power, and …
Representations of Peace and Conflict
Inbunden, 2012
552 kr
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This edited volume brings together a series of contributions exploring the socio-cultural and psychological representation of peace and conflict. It ventures into areas of the humanities and social sciences not typically foregrounded in Peace Studies, such psychology, sociology, media studies, …
Rwanda 1994
The Myth of the Akazu Genocide Conspiracy and its Consequences
Inbunden, 2014
569 kr
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Through a rigorous critique of the dominant narrative of the Rwandan genocide, Collins provides an alternative argument to the debate situating the killings within a historically-specific context and drawing out a dynamic interplay between national and international actors.
Policing Wars
On Military Intervention in the Twenty-First Century
Inbunden, 2014
552 kr
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Holmqvist presents an original account of the relationship between war and policing in the twenty first century. This interdisciplinary study of contemporary Western strategic thinking reveals how, why, and with what consequences, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq became seen as policing wars.
Sacred Violence
Political Religion in a Secular Age
Inbunden, 2014
1098 kr
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Sacred Violence and Religious Violence examines the place that ideology or political religion plays in legitimizing violence to bring about a purer world. In particular, the book examines Islamism and the western secular, liberal democratic responses to it.
Genocide, Risk and Resilience
An Interdisciplinary Approach
Av B. Ingelaere, S. Parmentier
Inbunden, 2013
569 kr
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This interdisciplinary volume aims to understand the linkages between the origins and aftermaths of genocide. Exploring social dynamics and human behaviour, this collection considers the interplay of various psychological, political, anthropological and historical factors at work in genocidal …
New Counter-insurgency Era in Critical Perspective
Av Celeste Ward Gventer, M.L.R Smith m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1316 kr
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The notion of counter-insurgency has become a dominant paradigm in American and British thinking about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This volume brings together international academics and practitioners to evaluate the broader theoretical and historical factors that underpin COIN, providing a …
International Perspectives on Terrorist Victimisation
An Interdisciplinary Approach
Av J. Argomaniz, O. Lynch
Inbunden, 2015
537 kr
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Considering an under-researched dimension of political violence, this interdisciplinary collection provides an extensive examination of terrorist victimisation. It explores how individual and public experiences of victimisation are constructed and how they are shaped by existing dynamics of …
Origins and Dynamics of Genocide:
Political Violence in Guatemala
Av Roddy Brett
Inbunden, 2016
1243 kr
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This book rigorously documents and explains the genocide perpetrated by the Guatemalan state against indigenous Maya populations within the context of its counterinsurgency campaign against leftist guerrillas between 1981 and 1983. In doing so it brings to light a genocide that has remained largely …
Disrupting Pathways to Genocide
The Process of Ideological Radicalization
Av E. Murray
Inbunden, 2015
569 kr
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How does ideology in some states radicalise to such an extent as to become genocidal? Can the causes of radicalisation be seen as internal or external? Examining the ideological evolution in the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust and during the break up of Yugoslavia, Elisabeth Hope Murray seeks to …
Preventing Political Violence Against Civilians
Nationalist Militant Conflict in Northern Ireland, Israel And Palestine
Av Kenneth A. Loparo, Aoibhín m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
552 kr
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The increased targeting of civilians by militants raises serious and profound questions for policy-makers. Examining conflict in Northern Ireland, Israel and Palestine, this book focuses on ethno-nationalist militant groups and formulates a model to constrain violence against civilians.
Terrorism and the State
Intra-state Dynamics and the Response to Non-State Political Violence
Inbunden, 2017
1425 kr
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This book investigates the ways in which the particular nature and character of the state can impact upon the effectiveness of counter-terrorism efforts, and on the trajectory of violent conflicts. Here, McConaghy not only analyses historical campaigns of terrorism and the response of states to …
Democratic Counterinsurgents
How Democracies Can Prevail in Irregular Warfare
Inbunden, 2016
552 kr
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Thisbook explores the ways in which democracies can win counterinsurgencies whenthey implement a proper strategy. At a time when the USA is retrenching fromtwo bungled foreign wars that involved deadly insurgent uprisings, this is a particularlyimportant argument. Succumbing to the trauma of those …
Gendered Lens for Genocide Prevention
Av Mary Michele Connellan, Christiane Fröhlich
Inbunden, 2017
1316 kr
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This edited collection develops a gendered lens for genocide prevention by uncovering socially constructed gender roles which are crucial for the onset, form and prevention of genocide and mass atrocities. This volume draws on contemporary feminist theory, concepts of masculinity, critical …
Violent Societies
Networks of Violence in Civil War and Peace
Av C. Steenkamp
Häftad, 2014
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book investigates the relationships between political violence, social violence and economic violence using examples from South Africa, Northern Ireland, Lebanon and Syria. It examines the cultural impact of war and argues that a culture of violence can explain the high levels of violence …
Youth in Conflict and Peacebuilding
Mobilization, Reintegration and Reconciliation
Av A. Özerdem, S. Podder
Häftad, 2015
1098 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This study investigates the role of youth in peacebuilding, and addresses the failure of states and existing research to recognise youths as political actors, which can result in their contribution to peacebuilding being ignored.
Ex-Combatants and the Post-Conflict State
Challenges of Reintegration
Av J. McMullin
Häftad, 2013
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book provides a critical analysis of the reintegration challenges facing ex-combatants. Based on extensive field research, it includes detailed case studies of ex-combatant reintegration in Namibia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.
Representations of Peace and Conflict
Häftad, 2012
537 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This edited volume brings together a series of contributions exploring the socio-cultural and psychological representation of peace and conflict. It ventures into areas of the humanities and social sciences not typically foregrounded in Peace Studies, such psychology, sociology, media studies, …
Rwanda 1994
The Myth of the Akazu Genocide Conspiracy and its Consequences
Häftad, 2014
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Through a rigorous critique of the dominant narrative of the Rwandan genocide, Collins provides an alternative argument to the debate situating the killings within a historically-specific context and drawing out a dynamic interplay between national and international actors.
Sacred Violence
Political Religion in a Secular Age
Häftad, 2014
1207 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Sacred Violence and Religious Violence examines the place that ideology or political religion plays in legitimizing violence to bring about a purer world. In particular, the book examines Islamism and the western secular, liberal democratic responses to it.
Genocide, Risk and Resilience
An Interdisciplinary Approach
Av B. Ingelaere, S. Parmentier
Häftad, 2013
569 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This interdisciplinary volume aims to understand the linkages between the origins and aftermaths of genocide. Exploring social dynamics and human behaviour, this collection considers the interplay of various psychological, political, anthropological and historical factors at work in genocidal …
New Counter-insurgency Era in Critical Perspective
Av Celeste Ward Gventer, M.L.R Smith m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
732 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The notion of counter-insurgency has become a dominant paradigm in American and British thinking about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This volume brings together international academics and practitioners to evaluate the broader theoretical and historical factors that underpin COIN, providing a …
International Perspectives on Terrorist Victimisation
An Interdisciplinary Approach
Av J. Argomaniz, O. Lynch
Häftad, 2015
537 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Considering an under-researched dimension of political violence, this interdisciplinary collection provides an extensive examination of terrorist victimisation. It explores how individual and public experiences of victimisation are constructed and how they are shaped by existing dynamics of …
Disrupting Pathways to Genocide
The Process of Ideological Radicalization
Av E. Murray
Häftad, 2015
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
How does ideology in some states radicalise to such an extent as to become genocidal? Can the causes of radicalisation be seen as internal or external? Examining the ideological evolution in the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust and during the break up of Yugoslavia, Elisabeth Hope Murray seeks to …
Preventing Political Violence Against Civilians
Nationalist Militant Conflict in Northern Ireland, Israel And Palestine
Av Aoibhin De Burca, Kenneth A. Loparo m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The increased targeting of civilians by militants raises serious and profound questions for policy-makers. Examining conflict in Northern Ireland, Israel and Palestine, this book focuses on ethno-nationalist militant groups and formulates a model to constrain violence against civilians.
