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The state, identity and violence : political disintegration in the post-cold war era / edited by R. Brian Ferguson.
Penn Museum Library JC328.6 .S7 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- War and society (London, England)
- War and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political violence.
- Political violence--Case studies.
- State, The.
- Nation-state.
- Ethnic relations.
- International relations.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 328 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
- Summary:
- This work explores acts of mass violence occurring within national borders and examines the links such acts have to personal identities and how they challenge the character or very existence of the state. Building upon the anthropological premises of holism and cross-cultural comparison, this volume show how violent challenges to existing states should be conceptualizing as layered problems, with multiple kinds of causes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415274125
- OCLC:
- 49822969
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