Description
| Product ID: | 9781845457792 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Integration and Conflict Studies |
| Title: | How Enemies Are Made |
| Subtitle: | Towards a Theory of Ethnic and Religious Conflict |
| Authors: | Author: Gunther Schlee |
| Page Count: | 206 |
| Subjects: | Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Violence and abuse in society, Armed conflict, Violence in society, Armed conflict |
| Description: | In 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. In 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Berghahn Books |
| Publisher Name: | Berghahn Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2010-03-01 |