Intra-State Conflict, Governments and Security: Dilemmas of Deterrence and Assurance

by Gow; James

• ISBN13: 9780415460507
• ISBN10: 0415460506
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-07
• Publisher: Routledge

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.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. xi
List of contributors	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xviii
Causing security, reducing fear: deterring intra-state violence and assuring government restraint	p. 1
Fear, preemption, retaliation: an empirical test of the security dilemma	p. 20
Six feet over: internal war, battle deaths and the influence of the living on the dead	p. 33
Inequality, indivisibility and insecurity	p. 54
Rulers as mass murderers: political institutions and human insecurity	p. 72
Resentment, fear, and the structure of the military in multiethnic states	p. 96
Violence as politics: ETA and Basque nationalism	p. 120
Africa's power sharing institutions as a response to insecurity: assurance without deterrence	p. 138
The "chicken or the egg"? External support and rebellion in ethnopolitics	p. 161
Tackling the anarchy within: the role of deterrence and great power intervention in peace operations	p. 182
Conclusion: dilemmas of insecurity - implications for research and policy	p. 205
References	p. 222
Index	p. 245
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