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The logic of violence in civil war
- Title
- The logic of violence in civil war / Stathis N. Kalyvas.
- Author
- Kalyvas, Stathis N., 1964-
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2006.
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 485 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- "By analytically decoupling war and violence, this book explores the causes and dynamics of violence in civil war. Against prevailing views that such violence is either the product of impenetrable madness or a simple way to achieve strategic objectives, the book demonstrates that the logic of violence in civil war has much less to do with collective emotions, ideologies, cultures, or "greed and grievance" than currently believed. Stathis Kalyvas distinguishes between indiscriminate and selective violence and specifies a novel theory of selective violence: it is jointly produced by political actors seeking information and individual noncombatants trying to avoid the worst but also grabbing what opportunities their predicament affords them."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in comparative politics
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in comparative politics
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-477) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Concepts -- Pathologies -- Barbarism -- A theory of irregular war I : Collaboration -- A theory of irregular war II : Control -- A logic of indiscriminate violence -- A theory of selective violence -- Empirics I : Comparative evidence -- Empirics II : Microcomparative evidence -- Intimacy -- Cleavage and agency -- Data sources -- Coding protocols -- Appendix A: Data sources -- Appendix B: Coding protocols -- Appendix C: Timeline of conflicts.
- ISBN
- 0521854091
- 0521670047
- 9780521854092
- 9780521670043
- 9786610550418
- 6610550417
- LCCN
- 2005018158
- 9780521854092
- 9780521670043
- 40012970946
- OCLC
- ocm60776709
- 60776709
- SCSB-1394603
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library