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Why they die : civilian devastation in violent conflict /

Why do civilians suffer most during times of violent conflict? Why are civilian fatalities as much as eight times higher, calculated globally for current conflicts, than military fatalities? In Why They Die , Daniel Rothbart and Karina V. Korostelina address these questions through a systematic stud...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rothbart, Daniel
Otros Autores: Korostelina, K. V. (Karina Valentinovna)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2011]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pt. 1. Disempowering civilians
  • Who dies in armed conflicts?
  • Distinguishing the enemy from the innocent in war
  • Deportation from Crimea
  • Genocide in Rwanda
  • The Second Lebanon War
  • Better safe than dead in Iraq
  • part 2. Conflict theory as value theory
  • Limitations of social identity theories in relation to conflict analysis
  • Understanding group identity as collective axiology
  • The normative dimensions of identity conflicts
  • Causality in explanations of civilian devastation.