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This comprehensive new Handbook explores the significance and nature of armed intrastate conflict and civil war in the modern world.
Civil wars and intrastate conflict represent the principal form of organised violence since the end of World War II, and certainly in the contemporary era. These conflicts have a huge impact and drive major political change within the societies in which they occur, as well as on an international scale. The global importance of recent intrastate and regional conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Somalia, Nepal, Cote d'Ivoire, Syria and Libya – amongst others – has served to refocus academic and policy interest upon civil war.
Drawing together contributions from key thinkers in the field who discuss the sources, causes, duration, nature and recurrence of civil wars, as well as their political meaning and international impact, the Handbook is organised into five key parts:
- Part I: Understanding and Explaining Civil Wars: Theoretical and Methodological Debates
- Part II: The Causes of Civil Wars
- Part III: The Nature and Impact of Civil Wars
- Part IV: International Dimensions
- Part V: Termination and Resolution of Civil Wars
Covering a wide range of topics including micro-level issues as well as broader debates, Routledge Handbook of Civil Wars will set a benchmark for future research in the field.
This volume will be of much interest to students of civil wars and intrastate conflict, ethnic conflict, political violence, peace and conflict studies, security studies and IR in general.
Editions of Routledge Handbook of Civil Wars
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780415622585
- EBook
- ISBN 9781136255779
- Kindle
- ISBN B00IKK9QC0
- PDF
- ISBN 9781136255786
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This comprehensive new Handbook explores the significance and nature of armed intrastate conflict and civil war in the modern world.
Civil wars and intrastate conflict represent the principal form of organised violence since the end of World War II, and certainly in the contemporary era. These conflicts have a huge impact and drive major political change within the societies in which they occur, as well as on an international scale. The global importance of recent intrastate and regional conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Somalia, Nepal, Cote d'Ivoire, Syria and Libya – amongst others – has served to refocus academic and policy interest upon civil war.
Drawing together contributions from key thinkers in the field who discuss the sources, causes, duration, nature and recurrence of civil wars, as well as their political meaning and international impact, the Handbook is organised into five key parts:
- Part I: Understanding and Explaining Civil Wars: Theoretical and Methodological Debates
- Part II: The Causes of Civil Wars
- Part III: The Nature and Impact of Civil Wars
- Part IV: International Dimensions
- Part V: Termination and Resolution of Civil Wars
Covering a wide range of topics including micro-level issues as well as broader debates, Routledge Handbook of Civil Wars will set a benchmark for future research in the field.
This volume will be of much interest to students of civil wars and intrastate conflict, ethnic conflict, political violence, peace and conflict studies, security studies and IR in general.
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What is Routledge Handbook of Civil Wars about?
This comprehensive new Handbook explores the significance and nature of armed intrastate conflict and civil war in the modern world.
Civil wars and intrastate conflict represent the principal form of organised violence since the end of World War II, and certainly in the contemporary era. These conflicts have a huge impact and drive major political change within the societies in which they occur, as well as on an international scale. The global importance of recent intrastate and regional conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Somalia, Nepal, Cote d'Ivoire, Syria and Libya – amongst others – has served to refocus academic and policy interest upon civil war.
Drawing together contributions from key thinkers in the field who discuss the sources, causes, duration, nature and recurrence of civil wars, as well as their political meaning and international impact, the Handbook is organised into five key parts:
- Part I: Understanding and Explaining Civil Wars: Theoretical and Methodological Debates
- Part II: The Causes of Civil Wars
- Part III: The Nature and Impact of Civil Wars
- Part IV: International Dimensions
- Part V: Termination and Resolution of Civil Wars
Covering a wide range of topics including micro-level issues as well as broader debates, Routledge Handbook of Civil Wars will set a benchmark for future research in the field.
This volume will be of much interest to students of civil wars and intrastate conflict, ethnic conflict, political violence, peace and conflict studies, security studies and IR in general.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Routledge Handbook of Civil Wars?
Society and Social Sciences > Warfare and defence
Where can I read a sample of Routledge Handbook of Civil Wars?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780415622585
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Routledge Handbook of Civil Wars?
Edward Newman, Jr. DeRouen
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Routledge Handbook of Civil Wars is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780415622585) and ebook(ISBN 9781136255779) and kindle(ISBN B00IKK9QC0) and pdf(ISBN 9781136255786)