Theories Of Civil Violence

Author : James B. Rule
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520301771

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Theories of Civil Violence by James B. Rule Pdf

Theories of Civil Violence provides both a new look at the origins of civil upheaval and a critical examination of society theory itself. James B. Rule develops an incisive historical analysis of theories of civil violence, beginning with the classic views of Hobbes and Marx and continuing to those of Gurr, Tilly, and other present-day thinkers. He then exploits this overview to yield conclusions on the nature of and prospects for theoretical understanding of social and political life in general. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1988.

Author : Ivo K. Feierabend,Rosalind L. Feierabend,Ted Robert Gurr
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : History
ISBN : MINN:31951002389421V

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Anger, Violence, and Politics by Ivo K. Feierabend,Rosalind L. Feierabend,Ted Robert Gurr Pdf

Author : Jolle Demmers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317502753

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Theories of Violent Conflict by Jolle Demmers Pdf

This revised and updated second edition introduces students of violent conflict to a variety of prominent theoretical approaches, and examines the ontological stances and epistemological traditions underlying these approaches. Theories of Violent Conflict takes the centrality of the ‘group’ as an actor in contemporary conflict as a point of departure, leaving us with three main questions: • What makes a group? • Why and how does a group resort to violence? • Why and how do or don’t they stop? The book examines and compares the ways by which these questions are addressed from a number of perspectives: primordialism/constructivism, social identity theory, critical political economy, human needs theory, relative deprivation theory, collective action theory and rational choice theory. The final chapter aims to synthesize structure and agency-based theories by proposing a critical discourse analysis of violent conflict. With new material on violence, religion, extremism and military urbanism, this book will be essential reading for students of war and conflict studies, peace studies, conflict analysis and conflict resolution, and ethnic conflict, as well as security studies and IR in general.

Author : Earl Conteh-Morgan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000704693

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Collective Political Violence by Earl Conteh-Morgan Pdf

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.

Author : Ekkart Zimmermann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 889 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136599743

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Political Violence, Crises and Revolutions (Routledge Revivals) by Ekkart Zimmermann Pdf

First published in 1983, this extraordinary study provides a comprehensive systematic evaluation of cross-national theorizing and quantitative empirical evidence on four interrelated phenomena: Political violence Crises Military Coups D’ État Revolutions. Findings from social-psychological research on aggression are integrated in this outstanding study, as well as results reported in social-historical studies of revolution. The focus of the book is always on analytical perspectives and corresponding empirical evidence. The author continually highlights the sociostructural and political conditions of political violence, crises and revolutions. This exceptionally detailed and systematic inventory of theories and research on a classic triad of political science (political violence, crises and revolutions) also includes a remarkable bibliography encompassing over 3000 items.

Author : Jolle Demmers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415555333

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Theories of Violent Conflict by Jolle Demmers Pdf

The book examines related questions from a number of perspectives: constructivism, social identity theory, structuralism, political economy, human needs theory, relative deprivation theory, collective action theory, and rational-choice theory. The final chapter aims to synthesise structure and agency-based theories by proposing a critical discourse analysis of violent conflict.

Author : Stathis N. Kalyvas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139456920

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The Logic of Violence in Civil War by Stathis N. Kalyvas Pdf

By analytically decoupling war and violence, this book explores the causes and dynamics of violence in civil war. Against the prevailing view that such violence is an instance of impenetrable madness, the book demonstrates that there is logic to it and that it has much less to do with collective emotions, ideologies, and cultures than currently believed. Kalyvas specifies a novel theory of selective violence: it is jointly produced by political actors seeking information and individual civilians trying to avoid the worst but also grabbing what opportunities their predicament affords them. Violence, he finds, is never a simple reflection of the optimal strategy of its users; its profoundly interactive character defeats simple maximization logics while producing surprising outcomes, such as relative nonviolence in the 'frontlines' of civil war.

Author : Jeffrey T. Checkel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107025530

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Transnational Dynamics of Civil War by Jeffrey T. Checkel Pdf

Combining innovative theory with detailed case studies, this book offers a novel account of the border-crossing processes of civil war.

Author : Helen Hintjens,Dubravka Zarkov
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135012489

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Conflict, Peace, Security and Development by Helen Hintjens,Dubravka Zarkov Pdf

Whilst classical approaches linked development with peace, security has become central to understandings of both war and peacetime. This book uniquely reflects on how to deal with the convergence of war and peace in the context of global economic and geo-political development. It addresses methodological challenges in contemporary approaches to conflict, violence, security peace and development. Two dominant contemporary approaches are selected for debate on methodologies and ethical choices: rational choice and identity-based theorizing. The chapters are arranged as dialogues around contending approaches, to better understand how the inter-locking fields of violent conflict, peace, development and security can be researched and understood. The book considers how theoretical and methodological approaches relate to different ethical and political choices, including around engagement and intervention in the four interwoven fields. Theoretical, methodological and ethical issues emerge from the critical reviews of academic discourses and case-study based chapters from across the world, including Sri Lanka, Ghana, Colombia and Rwanda. This book is an invaluable resource for postgraduate students and researchers in Development Studies, Conflict Studies, Peace Studies and Security Studies.

Author : Sylvia Walby
Publisher : Polity
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0745647588

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Theorizing Violence by Sylvia Walby Pdf

Violence is increasing on many measures. As criminal justice and security interventions become more punitive, rising inequalities diminish the resources needed for resilience. When all governments proclaim the need to end violence, how can we make sense of this? Sylvia Walby offers new ways to theorize violence, placing it at the centre of society, not the periphery, and rethinking the relationship between violence and security. Arguing for an integrated analysis of internal and external security within a theory of society, she shows how neoliberal transformations have led to the growth of violence. Understanding these changes requires gendering theories of the state, the economy and civil society. With securitization growing while welfare and the regulation of the economy shrink, Walby uses complexity science to investigate the contradictions in state responses. Crucially, this book offers a way forward, drawing on inspirational practices and cutting-edge social theory, to better understand violence and the causes of its variations.

Author : Stathis N. Kalyvas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Civil war
ISBN : OCLC:248395266

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The Logic of Violence in Civil War by Stathis N. Kalyvas Pdf

Author : Tor G. Jakobsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : War
ISBN : 1612095925

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War by Tor G. Jakobsen Pdf

Many students have come to the study of war and peace from a background heavily influenced by media exposure and political commitment. Some tend to see rebellion against autocratic rule mainly in terms of political ideals and the struggle for justice. The academic study of civil war, on the other hand, in recent years has focused more on the opportunity factors, even claiming that the greed of rebel leaders can play an important role in driving an insurrection. Discovering this, some students have become disillusioned, but many have taken up the challenge to show that wars in general and civil wars in particular are also fought for more than material gain. This book offers a balanced assessment of grievance and opportunity theories, and will serve as food for thought as the readers attempt to hammer out their own projects and move the field forward.

Author : Jennifer Erin Salahub,Markus Gottsbacher,John de Boer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351254700

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Social Theories of Urban Violence in the Global South by Jennifer Erin Salahub,Markus Gottsbacher,John de Boer Pdf

While cities often act as the engines of economic growth for developing countries, they are also frequently the site of growing violence, poverty, and inequality. Yet, social theory, largely developed and tested in the Global North, is often inadequate in tackling the realities of life in the dangerous parts of cities in the Global South. Drawing on the findings of an ambitious five-year, 15-project research programme, Social Theories of Urban Violence in the Global South offers a uniquely Southern perspective on the violence–poverty–inequalities dynamics in cities of the Global South. Through their research, urban violence experts based in low- and middle-income countries demonstrate how "urban violence" means different things to different people in different places. While some researchers adopt or adapt existing theoretical and conceptual frameworks, others develop and test new theories, each interpreting and operationalizing the concept of urban violence in the particular context in which they work. In particular, the book highlights the links between urban violence, poverty, and inequalities based on income, class, gender, and other social cleavages. Providing important new perspectives from the Global South, this book will be of interest to policymakers, academics, and students with an interest in violence and exclusion in the cities of developing countries.

Author : Lorenzo Bosi,Gianluca De Fazio
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9789048528639

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The Troubles in Northern Ireland and theories of social movements by Lorenzo Bosi,Gianluca De Fazio Pdf

This volume seeks to move beyond structure and agency perspectives by suggesting that social movement theories are best suited to foster a perspective that entails 1) an actor-based approach to the Troubles; and 2) the contextualization of contentious politics, or how the contingent and ever-evolving political contexts/opportunities/threats shaped the trajectory of the Troubles. Recent social movement scholarship has proved to be particularly useful in situating the emergence, continuation, and demise of political violence within a larger context of multiple conflicts, in which radical contention is only one possible outcome. Social movement theories also avoid the essentialization of political groups as 'radical' or 'violent'; instead, they place all political actors participating to contention, from paramilitaries to state authorities, within their complex organizational fields, emphasizing their shifting strategies as they interact with each other and adapt to the political context.

Author : Amartya Sen
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781906924393

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Peace and Democratic Society by Amartya Sen Pdf

Civil Paths to Peace contains the analyses and findings of the Commonwealth Commission on Respect and Understanding, established in response to the 2005 request of Commonwealth Head of Government for the Commonwealth Secretary-General to 'explore initiatives to promote mutual understanding and respect among all faiths and communities in the Commonwealth.' This report focuses particularly on the issues of terrorism, extremism, conflict and violence, which are much in ascendancy and afflict Commonwealth countries as well as the rest of the world. It argues that cultivating respect and understanding is both important in itself and consequential in reducing violence and terrorism. It further argues that cultivated violence is generated through fomenting disrespect and fostering confrontational misunderstandings. The report looks at the mechanisms through which violence is cultivated through advocacy and recruitment, and the pre-existing inequalities, deprivations and humiliations on which those advocacies draw. These diagnoses also clear the way for methods of countering disaffection and violence. In various chapters the different connections are explored and examined to yield general policy recommendations. Accepting diversity, respecting all human beings, and understanding the richness of perspectives that people have are of great relevance for all Commonwealth countries, and for its 1.8 billion people. They are also importance for the rest of the world. The civil paths to peace are presented here for use both inside the Commonwealth and beyond its boundaries. The Commonwealth has survived and flourished, despite the hostilities associated with past colonial history, through the use of a number of far-sighted guiding principles. The Commission argues that those principles have continuing relevance today for the future of the Commonwealth--and also for the world at large.