1st Edition

Collective Political Violence An Introduction to the Theories and Cases of Violent Conflicts

By Earl Conteh-Morgan Copyright 2004
    346 Pages
    by Routledge

    346 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    Preface;  1. Collective Political Violence: Scope, Assumptions, and Approaches  2. Trends in Collective Political Violence: Cold War, Nation Building, and Post-Cold War Conflicts  3. Social-Structural Theories and Violent Change  4. The Psychocultural Approach to Explaining Collective Political Violence  5. Collective Political Violence as Rational Choice  6. Macro-Structural Theories of War  7. Revolutionary Leaders and Political Violence: Competing Theoretical Approaches  8. Revolutions: Causes and Types  9. The Marxist Explanation of Revolutionary Change  10. Interethnic or Identity Sources of Violent Conflicts  11. Genocide: Types, Causes, and Activators  12. Environmental Degradation-Violent Conflict Nexus  13. Terrorism: Internal and External Dimensions  14. New Scenarios in Violent Conflicts and Peacekeeping;  Glossary of Terms and Concepts Glossary of Conflict-Related Theorists;  Appendices;  Index

    Biography

    Earl Conteh-Morgan, University of South Florida