1st Edition
Politics of Civil Wars Conflict, Intervention & Resolution
Introduction 1. Theorising Civil War 2. Poverty of Nationalism 3. Erotics of Violence 4. Impasse in Intervention 5. Responsibility to Rebuild - Tasks for Sisyphus 6. Governing the Ungovernable 7. Realms of Reconciliation 8. Closing the Conflict Cycle. Conclusion. Bibliography
Biography
Amalendu Misra is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Lancaster University. He is the author of Afghanistan: The Labyrinth of Violence (Polity) and Identity Religion: Foundations of anti-Islamism in India (Sage).
"Amalendu Misra has produced a fine integrative analysis of the variables that impact on the conflict dynamics of civil war. He goes beyond orthodox views of civil war as purely socially dysfunctional and economically destructive in order to help us understand the political mainsprings of violence and foster nuanced ideas for mitigating conflict." - Michael Pugh, Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Bradford, UK
"This book should prove a useful resource for those interested in civil war as there are few single-volume works that cover the range of intrastate war-related issues that this book does. The book’s accessibility to readers is enhanced by the multi-disciplinary approach that the author employs to write about his subject and his lively discussion of a number of civil war cases." - Caroline Hartzell, Associate Professor of Political Science, Gettysburg College, USA
