Inequality, Grievances, and Civil War

ISBN-13: 9781107017429 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 276 str.

Lars-Erik Cederman; Kristian Skrede Gleditsch; Halvard Buhaug

Opis

This book argues that political and economic inequalities following group lines generate grievances that in turn can motivate civil war.

Recenzje

'In contrast to many contemporary analyses of violent conflict, this brilliant book takes the expressed motives of conflict participants seriously as well as the evident identity basis of most civil wars. It confirms the view that political and economic horizontal inequalities are a fundamental cause of conflict. The book is a refreshing challenge to both those who take a Hobbesian view of human nature and those who assume that individual greed is an all-embracing motive.' Frances Stewart, University of Oxford

Spis treści

1. Introduction; Part I. Theories and Concepts: 2. Inequality and grievances in the civil war literature; 3. From horizontal inequality to civil war via grievances; Part II. Analyzing the Outbreak of Civil War: 4. Political exclusion and civil war; 5. Economic inequality and civil war; 6. Transborder ethnic kin and civil war; 7. Country-level inequalities and civil war; Part III. Beyond Civil War Onset: 8. Political exclusion and the duration and outcomes of civil war; 9. Conclusions for theory and policy.