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Book SynopsisWhy are some places successful in moving from war to consolidated peace while others continue to be troubled by violence? And why does postconflict violence take different forms and have different intensities? By developing a new theory of postconflict violence Patrick Barron's When Violence Works makes a significant contribution to our...
Trade ReviewJudging from the informative stories that Barron uses to illustrate his analysis, primal hatreds still fuel conflict and do not yield easily to institutional fixes.
* Foreign Affairs *
This is the first comprehensive book on post-conflict violence in Indonesia...The title perfectly tells what the book does. Barron eloquently explains when violence works by systematically identifying two local actors (local violence specialists and local politicians) and their involvements in violence. The book explains why, how and in what circumstances different scales of post-conflict violence emerge.
-- MOHAMMAD ZULFAN TADJOEDDIN, Western Sydney University, Australia * PACIFIC AFFAIRS *
Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures
Preface
Introduction
1. Studying Postconflict Violence: Approaches and Methods
2. Explaining Postconflict Violence: Evidence, Theories, and Arguments
3. Violence and Indonesia's Democratic Transition
4. Large Episodic Violence in Postconflict Maluku
5. North Maluku's Peace
6. Small Episodic Violence in Postconflict Aceh
7. Why Has Extended Violent Conflict Not Recurred?
Conclusions
Glossary
Appendix. The National Violence Monitoring System Dataset
Notes
References
Index
