Description |
1 online resource (xx, 252 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Contemporary security studies |
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Contemporary security studies.
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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.
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Conflict management.
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Ethnic conflict.
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War and society.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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Conflict management
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Ethnic conflict
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Security, International
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War and society
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Saideman, Stephen M.
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Zahar, Marie-Joëlle, 1964-
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ISBN |
9780203927113 |
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0203927117 |
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9780415460507 |
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0415460506 |
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