Order, Conflict, and Violence

by Edited by Stathis N. Kalyvas , Ian Shapiro , Tarek Masoud

• ISBN13: 9780521897686
• ISBN10: 0521897688
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-22
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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 it in the face of challenges. This volume demonstrates the myriad ways in which order and violence are inextricably intertwined. The chapters embrace such varied disciplines as political science, economics, history, sociology, philosophy, and law; employ different methodologies, from game theory to statistical modeling to in-depth historical narrative to anthropological ethnography; and focus on different units of analysis and levels of aggregation, from the state to the individual to the world system. All are essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand current trends in global conflict.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. vii
List of tables	p. ix
List of contributors	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction: integrating the study of order, conflict, and violence	p. 1
Creating, maintaining, and restoring order
Probing the sources of political order	p. 17
Attaining social order in Iraq	p. 43
Factors impeding the effectiveness of partition in South Asia and the Palestine Mandate	p. 75
The social order of violence in Chicago and Stockholm neighborhoods: a comparative inquiry	p. 97
Traditions of justice in war: the modern debate in historical perspective	p. 120
Problems and prospects for democratic settlements: South Africa as a model for the Middle East and Northern Ireland?	p. 139
Challenging, transforming, and destroying order
Civil wars and guerrilla warfare in the contemporary world: toward a joint theory of motivations and opportunities	p. 197
Clausewitz vindicated? Economics and politics in the Colombian war	p. 219
Articulating the geo-cultural logic of nationalist insurgency	p. 242
Which group identities lead to most violence? Evidence from India	p. 271
Order in disorder: a micro-comparative study of genocidal dynamics in Rwanda	p. 301
Sexual violence during war: toward an understanding of variation	p. 321
"Military necessity" and the laws of war in Imperial Germany	p. 352
Preconditions of international normative change: implications for order and violence	p. 378
Promises and pitfalls of an emerging research program: the microdynamics of civil war	p. 397
Index	p. 422
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