Inside insurgency : violence, civilians, and revolutionary group behavior

Inside insurgency : violence, civilians, and revolutionary group behavior / Claire Metelits.

Once considered nationalists, many insurgent groups are now labeled as terrorists and thought to endanger not just their own people, but the world. As the unprecedented trends in political violence among insurgents have taken shape, and as hundreds of thousands of civilians continue to be displaced,...

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Main Author: Metelits, Claire (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Insurgency.
Political violence.
Violence.
terrorism.
violence.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Insurgency
Political violence
Violence
Gewalt
Politik
Bewaffneter Konflikt
Aufstand
Guerilla
Peace studies & conflict resolution.
Social & cultural anthropology.
International relations.
Political activism.
Violence in society.
Politics and Government.
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Table of Contents:
  • Insurgents and civilian-targeted violence
  • Rivals and the logic of insurgent violence
  • "The elephant is not yet dead" : the reform of the SPLA
  • From Jekyll to Hyde : the transformation of the FARC
  • Freedom fighters or terrorists? The ongoing transformations of the PKK
  • The theoretical and practical implications of active rivalry.

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