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Bullets, bombs, and cups of tea
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ISBN: 1907677895 9781907677892 9781906033347 190603334X 9781907677069 Year: 2009 Publisher: Solihull Helion

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This is Ken Wharton's second oral history of the Northern Ireland troubles told again from the perspective of the ordinary British soldier. This book looks deeper into the conflict, utilizing stories from new contributors providing revealing and long-forgotten stories of the troubles from the back streets of the Ardoyne to the bandit country of South Armagh. Ken Wharton - himself a former soldier - is now known and trusted by those who served and they are keen for their part in Britain's forgotten war to now be made public. For the first time, he tells the stories of the 'unseen victims' - the

Principles of conflict economics : a primer for social scientists
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ISBN: 9780511813474 9780521875578 9780521698658 9781139129459 1139129457 0511505035 9780511505034 0511813473 0521875579 0521698650 0511738145 1107198496 1283329999 1139134507 9786613329998 113913292X 0511507178 Year: 2009 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Conflict economics contributes to an understanding of violent conflict in two important ways. First, it applies economic analysis to diverse conflict activities such as war, arms races, and terrorism, showing how they can be understood as purposeful choices responsive to underlying incentives. Second, it treats appropriation as a fundamental economic activity, joining production and exchange as a means of wealth acquisition. Drawing on a half-century of scholarship, this book presents a primer on the key themes and principles of conflict economics. Although much work in the field is abstract, the book is made accessible to a broad audience of scholars, students and policymakers by relying on historical data, relatively simple graphs and intuitive narratives. In exploring the interdependence of economics and conflict, the book presents current perspectives of conflict economics in novel ways and offers new insights into economic aspects of violence.


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Being against the world : rebellion and constitution
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ISBN: 9780203930762 0203930762 0415459451 041545946X 9780415459457 9780415459464 1134046243 9781134046249 1281706590 9781281706591 9786611706593 6611706593 9781134046195 9781134046232 Year: 2009 Publisher: London : Birkbeck Law Press,

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How can we save politics from the politician? How can we save ourselves? This book looks at the example of those who leave the city and break the social contract, rebellious exiles and freedom fighters escaping the wheel of necessity, and learns from them.


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Unchopping a tree : reconciliation in the aftermath of political violence
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ISBN: 1282311034 9786612311031 1439900566 143990054X 1439900558 Year: 2009 Publisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press,

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Political violence does not end with the last death. A common feature of mass murder has been the attempt at destroying any memory of victims, with the aim of eliminating them from history. Perpetrators seek not only to eliminate a perceived threat, but also to eradicate any possibility of alternate, competing social and national histories. In his timely and important book, Unchopping a Tree, Ernesto Verdeja develops a critical justification for why transitional justice works. He asks, "What is the balance between punishment and forgiveness? And, "What are the stakes in reconciling?"


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Conflict transformation and peacebuilding : moving from violence to sustainable peace.
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ISBN: 9780415480857 9780415480840 9780203881040 0415480841 041548085X 0203881044 9781134018611 9781134018659 9781134018666 Year: 2009 Publisher: Abingdon Routledge


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Dynamics of Conflict
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ISBN: 1441925880 0387752412 9786612068713 1282068717 0387752420 9780387752419 Year: 2009 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York,

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The mechanisms of protest and revolution have been the subject of theoretical research for over a century, yet the lack of data has hindered the empirical validation of conflicting theories. In this book, the author presents a unique new set of sub-daily data from over thirty countries and seven civil wars and uses them to test two models of conflict, the predator-prey model and the competing species model. The dynamic nature of the data modeling and the novelty of the dataset make this work a unique contribution to the field of conflict research. Dynamics of Conflict will help to re-evaluate existing theories and charts a new course towards the formal and statistical modeling of conflict.


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Troubled periphery : crisis of India's north east
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ISBN: 9352801814 8132112792 1282503294 9786612503290 813210479X 9788132104797 9788132112792 9789352801817 9781282503298 6612503297 9788132102373 8132102371 Year: 2009 Publisher: Delhi ; London : SAGE,

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This title maps the evolution of India's North-East into a constituent region of the republic and analyses the perpetual crisis in the region since independence. It highlights how linguistic and leadership issues have been the seed of contention in the region and how factors like ethnicity further aggravate the conflicts.


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The archaeology of class war : the Colorado Coalfield Strike of 1913-1914
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ISBN: 0870819550 1607320398 9781607320395 9780870819551 Year: 2009 Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado,


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Borderline Americans
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ISBN: 0674032772 0674053559 9780674053557 9780674032774 Year: 2009 Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press

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"Are you an American, or are you not?" This is the question at the heart of Katherine Benton-Cohen's provocative history, which ties that seemingly remote corner of the country to one of America's central concerns: the historical creation of racial boundaries. By showing the multiple possibilities for racial meanings in America, Benton-Cohen's insightful and informative work challenges our assumptions about race and national identity.

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