How enemies are made : towards a theory of ethnic and religious conflicts / Günther Schlee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schlee, Günther.

Series:

Integration and Conflict Studies, 1

Integration and Conflict Studies, 1 ; v.v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic conflict.

Social conflict--Religious aspects.

Social conflict.

Conflict management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In popular perception cultural differences or ethnic affiliation are factors that cause conflict or political fragmentation although this is not borne out by historical evidence. This book puts forward an alternative conflict theory. The author develops a decision theory which explains the conditions under which differing types of identification are preferred. Group identification is linked to competition for resources like water, territory, oil, political charges, or other advantages. Rivalry for resources can cause conflicts but it does not explain who takes whose side in a conflict situatio

Contents:

Title page-How enemies are made; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Part I-Introduction; Ch 1-Why we need a new conflict theory; Ch 2-The question; Ch 3-How this volume is organised; Part II-Theoretical frame; Ch 4-A decision theory of identification; Ch 5-The necessity for strategies of inclusion and exclusion; Ch 6-The conceptual instruments of exclusion and inclusion; Ch 7-Economics as sociology-sociology as economics; Ch 8-Markets of violence and the freedom of choice; Ch 9-Ethnic emblems, diacritical features, identity markers-some east African examples

Ch 10-Purity and power in Islamic and non-Islamic societies a nd the spectrer of fundamentalismCh 11-Language and ethnicity; Part III-Practical frame; Ch 12-Conflict resolution; Ch 13-On methods: how to be a conflict analyst; Ch 14-An update from 2007; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-181) and index.

ISBN:

1-80758-756-8

1-282-62698-1

9786612626982

0-85745-060-3

OCLC:

645101946