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9781857434057

Politics of Conflict: A Survey

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  • ISBN13:

    9781857434057

  • ISBN10:

    1857434056

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-08-14
  • Publisher: Routledge

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An A?Z glossary of terms specific to the subject provides an ideal background for those new to the subject. Entries are provided for all the major current conflicts world-wide. Major entries include: Angola, Baluchistan, Cyprus, East Timor, Kurdistan, Kashmir, Lebanon, Tibet, Sri Lanka and Taiwan. A section with maps and geopolitical tools with explanations is included, providing another level of analysis on a broad range of conflicts. A collection of essays written by a group of acknowledged experts provides in-depth comment on some of the more important aspects of conflict. Among the topics covered are: the conflict between Christendom and Islam; conflicts in Independent Africa; Latin American conflicts; Balkan conflicts and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
The Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction: A World in Conflictp. 3
Articulating Evilp. 11
Modern Conflicts in Latin Americap. 22
Conflicts in Africap. 44
Ethnic Conflicts in the Caucasus and Central Asiap. 59
Conflicts in South Asia: Kashmir and Sri Lankap. 74
Conflicts in South-East Asia: Decolonization, Modernization, Nationalism and State-Buildingp. 101
The Arab-Israeli Conflictp. 118
Re-examining the Northern Ireland Conflictp. 132
Yugoslavia: Why Did it Collapse?p. 147
Placing Serbia in Contextp. 155
Iraq and Meta-Conflictp. 166
A- Z Glossary: Conflicts in the Worldp. 185
The Aegeanp. 235
The Caucasus and Central Asiap. 236
Latin Americap. 237
East and South-East Asiap. 238
Africap. 239
South Asiap. 240
Irelandp. 241
Israel-Palestinep. 242
Iraqp. 243
Yugoslaviap. 244
Bibliographyp. 245
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