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Title Intra-state conflict, governments and security : dilemmas of deterrence and assurance / edited by Stephen M. Saideman and Marie-Joëlle J. Zahar
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 252 pages) : illustrations
Series Contemporary security studies
Contemporary security studies.
Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Causing security, reducing fear: Deterring intra-state violence and assuring government restraint; 2 Fear, preemption, retaliation: An empirical test of the security dilemma; 3 Six feet over: Internal war, battle deaths and the influence of the living on the dead; 4 Inequality, indivisibility and insecurity; 5 Rulers as mass murderers: Political institutions and human insecurity; 6 Resentment, fear, and the structure of the military in multiethnic states; 7 Violence as politics: ETA and Basque nationalism
Summary This volume seeks to understand the central role of governments in intra-state conflicts, exploring how the government in any society plays two pivotal roles: as a deterrent against those who would use violence and as a potential danger to the society
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-244) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Security, International.
Conflict management.
Ethnic conflict.
War and society.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
Conflict management
Ethnic conflict
Security, International
War and society
Form Electronic book
Author Saideman, Stephen M.
Zahar, Marie-Joëlle, 1964-
ISBN 9780203927113
0203927117
9780415460507
0415460506