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Elgar handbook of Civil War and fragile states / edited by Graham K. Brown, Arnim Langer.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Elgar original reference.
- Elgar original reference
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Separatist movements--History--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Separatist movements.
- Secession--History--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Secession.
- Nation-state--History--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Nation-state.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (608 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Elgar Handbook of Civil War and Fragile States brings together contributions from a multidisciplinary group of internationally renowned scholars on such important issues as the causes of violent conflicts and state fragility, the challenges of conflict resolution and mediation, and the obstacles to post-conflict reconstruction and durable peace-building. While other companion volumes exist, this detailed and comprehensive book brings together an unrivalled range of disciplinary perspectives, including development economists, quantitative and qualitative political scientists, and sociologis
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Conflict, post-conflict, and state fragility: conceptual and methodological issues; 2 Ethnicity; 3 Human security; 4 Poverty and conflict; 5 Conflict and the social contract; 6 Economic dimensions of civil war; 7 Horizontal inequalities and conflict; 8 Conflict, natural resources anddevelopment; 9 Climate change and armed conflict; 10 Demography and armed conflict; 11 Rethinking durable solutions for refugees; 12 Rebel recruitment; 13 Violent conflict and human capital accumulation; 14 Education and violent conflict
- 15 International dimensions of internal conflict16 Theories of ethnic mobilization: overview and recent trends; 17 Transitions from war to peace; 18 Fragile states and civil wars: is mediation the answer?; 19 Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration; 20 Obstacles to peace settlements; 21 Pitfalls and prospects in the peacekeeping literature; 22 Transitional justice in post-conflict societies; 23 Collective conflict management; 24 The political economy of fragile states; 25 Conflict resolution versus democratic governance: can elections bridge the divide?
- 26 Federations and managing nations27 Post- conflict recovery; 28 Gendering violent conflicts; 29 Complex power sharing; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-91329-1
- 1-78100-631-8
- OCLC:
- 823726158
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