{"product_id":"how-enemies-are-made-towards-a-theory-of-ethnic-and-religious-conflict-9781845457792","title":"How Enemies Are Made: Towards a Theory of Ethnic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tIn popular perception cultural differences or ethnic affiliation are factors that cause conflict or political fragmentation although this is not borne out by historical evidence. This book puts forward an alternative conflict theory. The author develops a decision theory which explains the conditions under which differing types of identification are preferred. Group identification is linked to competition for resources like water, territory, oil, political charges, or other advantages. Rivalry for resources can cause conflicts but it does not explain who takes whose side in a conflict situation. This book explores possibilities of reducing violent conflicts and ends with a case study, based on personal experience of the author, of conflict resolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“This is certainly a significant text, and would be of interest to most scholars studying conflict theory…[it] represents an interesting discussion of conflict resolution and would be most beneficial to those seeking an alternate to traditional conflict analysis. While the author does not offer his own theory, he does successfully lay the groundwork for future conflict analysts to develop their own perspectives.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  The Canadian Review of Sociology\/Revue canadienne de sociologie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART I: INTRODUCTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Why we Need a New Conflict Theory\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e The Question\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e How this Volume is Organised\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART II: THEORETICAL FRAME\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e A Decision Theory of Identification\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e The Necessity for Strategies of Inclusion and Exclusion\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e The Conceptual Instruments of Exclusion and Inclusion: Social Categories and their Overlapping Relations\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e On the Sociologisation of Economics and the Economisation of Sociology\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e Markets of Violence and the Freedom of Choice\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e Ethnicity Emblems, Diacritical Features, Identity Markers – Some East African Examples\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e Purity and Power in Islamic and Non-Islamic Societies and the Spectre of Fundamentalism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e Language and Ethnicity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART III: PRACTICAL FRAME\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/b\u003e Conflict Resolution: the Experience with the Somali Peace Process\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/b\u003e On Methods: How to be a Conflict Analyst\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/b\u003e An Update from 2007: Reconsidering the Peace Process\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tList of Acronyms\u003cbr\u003e \tReferences\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042987770199,"sku":"9781845457792","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845457792.jpg?v=1750956539","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-enemies-are-made-towards-a-theory-of-ethnic-and-religious-conflict-9781845457792","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}