The Logic of Violence in Civil War 1st Edition by Stathis N Kalyvas ISBN 0521854091 9780521854092

The Logic of Violence in Civil War 1st Edition by Stathis N. Kalyvas – Ebook PDF Instant Download/Delivery: 0521854091, 9780521854092

Full download The Logic of Violence in Civil War 1st Edition  after payment

Product details:

ISBN 10: 0521854091

ISBN 13: 9780521854092 

Author: Stathis N. Kalyvas

By analytically decoupling war and violence, this book explores the causes and dynamics of violence in civil war. Against the prevailing view that such violence is an instance of impenetrable madness, the book demonstrates that there is logic to it and that it has much less to do with collective emotions, ideologies, and cultures than currently believed. Kalyvas specifies a novel theory of selective violence: it is jointly produced by political actors seeking information and individual civilians trying to avoid the worst but also grabbing what opportunities their predicament affords them. Violence, he finds, is never a simple reflection of the optimal strategy of its users; its profoundly interactive character defeats simple maximization logics while producing surprising outcomes, such as relative nonviolence in the ‘frontlines’ of civil war.

Table of contents:

Frontmatter
Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
The Logic of Violence in Civil War
Introduction

1. Concepts
2. Pathologies
3. Barbarism
4. A Theory of Irregular War I – Collaboration
5. A Theory of Irregular War II – Control
6. A Logic of Indiscriminate Violence
7. A Theory of Selective Violence
8. Empirics I – Comparative Evidence
9. Empirics II – Microcomparative Evidence
10. Intimacy
11. Cleavage and Agency
Conclusion
Appendix A – Data Sources
Appendix B – Coding Protocols
Appendix C – Timeline of Conflicts
References
Index
Titles in the Series

People also search for:

the logic of violence in civil war
    
kalyvas the logic of violence in civil war
    
stathis kalyvas the logic of violence in civil war 2006
    
kalyvas 2006 the logic of violence in civil war
    
the logic of violence in civil war pdf

Tags: Stathis N Kalyvas, Logic, Violence, Civil War