Cambridge University Press, 2008. — 436 p. There might appear to be little that binds the study of order and the study of violence and conflict. Bloodshed in its multiple forms is often seen as something separate from and unrelated to the domains of 'normal' politics that constitute what we think of as order. But violence is used to create order, to maintain it, and to uphold...
London: Pluto Press, 2007. — 221 p. Is Britain becoming a more racist society? Leading media commentator Arun Kundnani looks behind media hysteria to show how multicultural Britain is under attack by government policies and vitriolic press campaigns that play upon fear and encourage racism. Exacerbated by the attacks of 9/11 and 7/7, Kundnani argues that a new form of racism is...
Oxford University Press, 2013. — 144 p. — (Very Short Introductions.) The conflict between Palestine and Israel is one of the most highly publicized and bitter struggles of modern times, a dangerous tinderbox always poised to set the Middle East aflame--and to draw the United States into the fire. In this accessible and stimulating Very Short Introduction, Martin Bunton...
Bloomsbury, 2017. — 374 p. — ISBN: 978-1472942241 (hardcover), eISBN 978-1472942258 The Strange Death of Europe is a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. Declining birth-rates, mass immigration and cultivated self-distrust and self-hatred have come together to make Europeans unable to argue for themselves and incapable of resisting...
Emerald group publishing limited, 2013. — 212 p. This special issue is a key text in the current study of social movements. It introduces new analytical concepts for understanding visuals in social movements and examines case studies from across the globe; such as analysis of the symbols used in the Egyptian uprising, and contested images from anti-surveillance protests in Europe.
Oxford University Press, 2016. — 588 p. This first-of-its-kind compendium unites perspectives from artists, scholars, arts educators, policymakers, and activists to investigate the complex system of values surrounding artistic-educational endeavors. Addressing a range of artistic domains-including music, dance, theater, visual arts, film, and poetry-contributors explore and...
University of Minnesota Press, 2005. — 362 p. This book hopes to prove useful to three main types of readers. For students and general readers new to the subject, it presents an introduction to social movements through the rich, kaleidoscopic lens of artistic and cultural expression. For scholars of social movements, it offers intriguing observations on particular movements and...
Routledge, 2009. — 403 p. Political protest and social movements are ubiquitous phenomena. This book focuses on the current theoretical approaches that aim at explaining them: the theory of collective action, the resource mobilization perspective, political opportunity structure theory, the identity approach, the framing perspective, and the dynamics of contention approach. The...
Rowman & Littlefield International, Ltd, 2015. — 233 p. Contemporary protest, often presented in media forms as a dramatic ritual played out in an iconic public space, has provided a potent symbol of the widespread economic and social discontent that is a feature of European life under the rule of ‘austerity’. Yet, beneath this surface activity, which provides the headlines and...
University of Minnesota Pres, 1995. — 381 p. state to center stage. Because it is primarily concerned with the politics of social protest movements in the Western democracies, it focuses on the fourway interaction between citizens, social movements, the political representation system, and the state. The primary focus is the three-way struggle between social movements,...
The University of Chicago Press, 1997. — 514 p. In The Art of Moral Protest, James Jasper integrates diverse examples of protest — from nineteenth-century boycotts to recent movements — into a distinctive new understanding of how social movements work. Jasper highlights their creativity, not only in forging new morals but in adopting courses of action and inventing...
Melbourne University Publishing, 2009. — 195 p. Benjamin MacQueen presents an innovative and in-depth look at contemporary conflict resolution in the Arab Middle East, developing a unique theory of political culture through his analysis of peace processes in Lebanon and Algeria. Moving beyond conventional perspectives, Political Culture and Conflict Resolution in the Arab World...
Hoover Institution Press Publication No. 527, 2008. — 209 p. Introduction to the Hoover Classics Edition The German Perception of the United States since September 11 and the European Context Not Just a Friendly Disagreement: Anti-Americanism as Obsession Democratic War, Repressive Peace: On Really Existing Anti-Americanism Saddam as Hitler Anti-Americanism and the Movement...
Saarbrucken (Germany): LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. 229 p. The expert-analytical study analyzes the preconditions, course and contemporary socio-political consequences of the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and the Ukrainian nation, which has signs of not only direct and covert, but also inter-state conflict and even civilizational confrontation.
Cambridge University Press, 2005. — 296 p. This book examines how ruling elites manage and manipulate their political opposition in the Middle East. In contrast to discussions of government–opposition relations that focus on how rulers either punish orco-opt opponents, this book focuses on the effect of institutional rules governing the opposition. It argues that rules...
Routledge, 2008. — 570 p. This major Handbook comprises cutting-edge essays from leading scholars in the field of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (CAR). The volume provides a comprehensive overview of the core concepts, theories, approaches, processes, and intervention designs in the field. The central theme is the value of multidisciplinary approaches to the analysis and...
Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2013. — 318 p. — ASIN: B017QCCZ1Q Examining international water allocation policies in different parts of the world, this book suggests that they can be used as a platform to induce cooperation over larger political issues, ultimately settling conflicts. The main premise is that water can and should be used as a catalyst for peace and cooperation rather...
Cambridge University Press, 2005. — 359 p. Since September 11, Al Qaeda has been portrayed as an Islamist front united in armed struggle, or jihad, against the ChristianWest.However, as the historian and commentator Fawaz A. Gerges argues, the reality is rather different and more complex. In fact, Al Qaeda represents aminority within the jihadist movement, and its strategies...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. — 242 p. — (Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide). — ISBN10: 3319697862, 13 978-3319697864. The book represents an earthquake in genocide studies, particularly in the field of Armenian Genocide research. A unique feature of the Armenian Genocide has been the long-standing efforts of successive Turkish governments to deny its historicity and to...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. — 269 p. — (Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide). — ISBN10: 3319697862, 13 978-3319697864. The book represents an earthquake in genocide studies, particularly in the field of Armenian Genocide research. A unique feature of the Armenian Genocide has been the long-standing efforts of successive Turkish governments to deny its historicity and to...
University of Georgia Press, 2017. — 232 p. — (Studies in Security and International Affairs Series). — ISBN10: 0820338338, 13 978-0820338330. Conflict Dynamics presents case studies of six nation-states: Sierra Leone, the Republic of Congo, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, and Peru. In the book, Alethia H. Cook and Marie Olson Lounsbery examine the evolving nature of violence in...
Cambridge University Press, 2003. — 402 p. On the eve of the Holocaust, antipathy toward Europe’s Jews reached epidemic proportions. Jews fleeing Nazi Germany’s increasingly anti-Semitic measures encountered closed doors everywhere they turned. Why had enmity toward European Jewry reached such extreme heights? How did the levels of anti-Semitism in the 1930s compare to those of...
Greenhaven Press, Inc., 1994. — 288 p. Is Nationalism Beneficial? Nationalism Can Be Beneficial Nationalism Can Be Harmful Is Ethnic Violence Ever Justified? Yes: Ethnic Violence Is Justified No: Ethnic Violence Is Not Justified What Are the Causes of Ethnic Conflict? Should Nations Intervene in Ethnic Conflicts? Case Study: The Balkans Nations Should Intervene in the Balkans...