1st Edition
Collective Political Violence An Introduction to the Theories and Cases of Violent Conflicts
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
