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1 online resource (316 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on the contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 States and Peoples in Conflict: Pillars, Forms, and Transformations in Conflict Studies; PART I: Pillars of Conflict; 2 Grievance: The Nexus Between Grievances and Conflict; Why Rebel?; Against Grievance; Current Research; Discrimination Against Some as an Indirect Cause of Violence in Society; Conclusion; Notes; 3 Liberalism: The Role of Modern Liberalism; A Macro Theory of Religion-Violence Clashes: Liberalism; The Big Picture |
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Testable Hypotheses About Contentious Religious PoliticsA Micro Theory of Religion-Violence Clashes: Collective Action and Coercive Bargaining; Improving the Existing Literature; Fearon's Model; Adding Olson to Fearon; Interpretations; Conclusion; Notes; 4 Religion: Influences on Domestic and International Relations; Theories of Religion and Conflict; Empirical Studies of Religion and Conflict; Belief Systems, Rules, and Standards of Behavior; Legitimacy and Institutions; Identity; Specific Religious Identities; Religion and Conflict in International Relations; The State of the Discipline |
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ConclusionNotes; 5 Political Authority: Assessing the State of the "State" in Recent Cross-National Empirical Research; "Competing" Theoretical Approaches; The State Autonomy Perspective: An Empirical Assessment; The State Capacity Perspective: An Empirical Assessment; Political Opportunity Perspective: An Empirical Assessment; Conclusion; 6 Dynamics and Processes: Linkages Between Internal and External Conflict; Theoretical Frameworks: Models of Internal-External Relationships; Internal-External Conflict and Multiple Games; Opportunity, Willingness, and Substitutability |
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The Spatial Dimension: Interaction Opportunity and IdentitySubstitutability; Research and the Substitutability Problem; Methods to Address the Substitutability Problem; Two-Level Security Simulation Project; The Model; The Simulation; Results; Conclusion; Notes; 7 Climate Change and Armed Conflict: Reviewing the Evidence; Linking Climate Change to Conflict; Evidence; Changes in Precipitation and Temperature; Sea-level Change and Migration; Uncertainty, Assumptions, and Research Priorities; Conclusion; Notes; 8 Comparative and Historical Studies of Crime: Trends, Patterns, Contexts |
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Crime and Civil ConflictThe Impact of Civil War; The Impact of International Conflict; Explaining Cross-sectional Variation in Crime Rates; Economic Inequality; Age Structure; Trends Post-1990; Latin American and Japanese Exceptions; The Effects of Transition from Authoritarian Rule; Other Post-authoritarian Systems; Conclusion; Notes; PART II: Forms of Conflict; 9 Terrorism: Situations, Structure, and Dispositions as an Analytical Framework for Studying Terrorism; Sources of Data for Terrorism Research; Situations, Structures, and Dispositions; Situations; Structures; Dispositions |
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Conclusion |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Lichbach, Mark I
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Grabosky, Peter Nils
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| ISBN |
9781317226604 |
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1317226607 |
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