Rebels In A Rotten State
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Rebels In A Rotten State
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Author : Kieran Mitton
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2015-04-01
Rebels In A Rotten State written by Kieran Mitton and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-01 with Political Science categories.
The atrocities of civil wars present us with many difficult questions. How do seemingly ordinary individuals come to commit such extraordinary acts of cruelty, often against unarmed civilians? Can we ever truly understand such acts of 'evil'? Based on a wealth of original interviews with perpetrators of violence in Sierra Leone's civil war, this book provides a detailed response. Moving beyond the rigid bounds of political science, the author engages with sociology, psychology and social psychology, to provide a comprehensive picture of the complex individual motives behind seemingly senseless violence in Sierra Leone's war. Highlighting the inadequacy of current explanations that centre on the anarchic nature of brutality, or conversely, its calculated rationality, this book sheds light on the critical but hitherto neglected role played by the emotions of shame and disgust. Drawing on first-hand accounts of strategies employed by Sierra Leone's rebel commanders, it documents the manner in which rebel recruits were systematically brutalised and came to perform horrifying acts of cruelty as routine. In so doing, it offers fresh insight into the causes of extreme violence that holds relevance beyond Sierra Leone to the atrocities of contemporary civil wars.
Rebels In A Rotten State
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Author : Kieran Mitton
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2015-01-10
Rebels In A Rotten State written by Kieran Mitton and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-10 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The atrocities of civil wars present us with many difficult questions. How do seemingly ordinary individuals come to commit such extraordinary acts of cruelty, often against unarmed civilians? Can we ever truly understand such acts of 'evil'? Based on a wealth of original interviews with perpetrators of violence in Sierra Leone's civil war, this book provides a detailed response. Moving beyond the rigid bounds of political science, the author engages with sociology, psychology and social psychology, to provide a comprehensive picture of the complex individual motives behind seemingly senseless violence in Sierra Leone's war. Highlighting the inadequacy of current explanations that centre on the anarchic nature of brutality, or conversely, its calculated rationality, this book sheds light on the critical but hitherto neglected role played by the emotions of shame and disgust. Drawing on first-hand accounts of strategies employed by Sierra Leone's rebel commanders, it documents the manner in which rebel recruits were systematically brutalised and came to perform horrifying acts of cruelty as routine. In so doing, it offers fresh insight into the causes of extreme violence that holds relevance beyond Sierra Leone to the atrocities of contemporary civil wars.
Rebels And Conflict Escalation
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Author : Isabelle Duyvesteyn
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-06-10
Rebels And Conflict Escalation written by Isabelle Duyvesteyn and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-10 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Duyvesteyn critically examines the potential explanations for the escalation and de-escalation during conflicts involving states and non-state actors, such as terrorists and insurgents.
Rebel Financing And Terrorism In Civil Wars
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Author : Margherita Belgioioso
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-08-17
Rebel Financing And Terrorism In Civil Wars written by Margherita Belgioioso and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-17 with Political Science categories.
This book investigates the ways in which the lethality of terrorist violence depends on how rebel organizations finance their rebellion. The leaders of rebel groups make calculated decisions on the intensity of terrorism killings, considering the benefits and costs of targeting non-combatants against the financing needs of their organization. The study specifically focuses on analyzing the effects of different external financing options available to rebel groups and takes into account the role of local populations in making financing available. This comparative approach to external financing reveals new hypotheses that are empirically verified and differ from the expectations and findings of prior research. The book's findings are relevant to policy discussions on counter-insurgency strategies that prioritize protecting populations from human rights abuses. Existing doctrines tend to overlook the potential impact of targeted efforts to isolate insurgents from specific financing sources on the capacity to secure local populations. This book will be of interest to students of civil wars, terrorism studies, political violence, and security studies.
Rebellious Riots
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-05-01
Rebellious Riots written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-01 with Social Science categories.
Is violent conflict in Africa urbanizing? How do urban protests and civil war intersect? How do narratives, mechanisms and identities of contention move between urban and rural arenas? These questions constitute the basis of investigation and analysis of this unique cross-disciplinary volume. Applying diverging perspectives and methods from political science, anthropology and urban African studies, the book carefully constructs the relational and entangled nature of contemporary forms of contentious politics in Niger, Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone and Ethiopia.
Icons Of Dissent
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Author : Jeremy Prestholdt
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-07-01
Icons Of Dissent written by Jeremy Prestholdt and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-01 with History categories.
The global icon is an omnipresent but poorly understood element of mass culture. This book asks why audiences around the world have embraced particular iconic figures, how perceptions of these figures have changed, and what this tells us about transnational relations since the Cold War era. Prestholdt addresses these questions by examining one type of icon: the anti-establishment figure. As symbols that represent sentiments, ideals, or something else recognizable to a wide audience, icons of dissent have been integrated into diverse political and consumer cultures, and global audiences have reinterpreted them over time. To illustrate these points the book examines four of the most evocative and controversial figures of the past fifty years: Che Guevara, Bob Marley, Tupac Shakur, and Osama bin Laden. Each has embodied a convergence of dissent, cultural politics, and consumerism, yet popular perceptions of each reveal the dissonance between shared, global references and locally contingent interpretations. By examining four very different figures, Icons of Dissent offers new insights into global symbolic idioms, the mutability of common references, and the commodification of political sentiment in the contemporary world.
Shame
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Author : David Keen
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2023-10-03
Shame written by David Keen and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-03 with Psychology categories.
The uses of shame (and shamelessness) in spheres that range from social media and consumerism to polarized politics and mass violence Today, we are caught in a shame spiral—a vortex of mutual shaming that pervades everything from politics to social media. We are shamed for our looks, our culture, our ethnicity, our sexuality, our poverty, our wrongdoings, our politics. But what is the point of all this shaming and countershaming? Does it work? And if so, for whom? In Shame, David Keen explores the function of modern shaming, paying particular attention to how shame is instrumentalized and weaponized. Keen points out that there is usually someone who offers an escape from shame—and that many of those who make this offer have been piling on shame in the first place. Self-interested manipulations of shame, Keen argues, are central to understanding phenomena as wide-ranging as consumerism, violent crime, populist politics, and even war and genocide. Shame is political as well as personal. To break out of our current cycle of shame and shaming, and to understand the harm that shame can do, we must recognize the ways that shame is being made to serve political and economic purposes. Keen also traces the rise of leaders on both sides of the Atlantic who possess a dangerous shamelessness, and he asks how shame and shamelessness can both be damaging. Answering this question means understanding the different types of shame. And it means understanding how shame and shamelessness interact—not least when shame is instrumentalized by those who are selling shamelessness. Keen points to a perverse and inequitable distribution of shame, with the victims of poverty and violence frequently being shamed, while those who benefit tend to exhibit shamelessness and even pride.
International Justice As Efficient Instrument To Achieve International Peace And Most Important Obstacles On Its Route
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Author : Mahmoud Refaat
language : en
Publisher: Mahmoud Refaat
Release Date : 2023-06-01
International Justice As Efficient Instrument To Achieve International Peace And Most Important Obstacles On Its Route written by Mahmoud Refaat and has been published by Mahmoud Refaat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-01 with Political Science categories.
International justice refers to the system of laws, norms, and institutions that govern and enforce justice on a global scale. It encompasses the principles and mechanisms aimed at holding individuals and states accountable for serious violations of international law, including human rights abuses, war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity, and aggression. At its core, international justice seeks to establish and maintain a fair and just world order where individuals and states are held accountable for their actions, and victims receive redress and justice. It operates within the framework of international law, which consists of treaties, conventions, customary international law, and the decisions of international courts and tribunals. The key components of international justice include international criminal law, international courts and tribunals, transitional justice, human rights institutions, national jurisdictions, and enforcement mechanisms. First of all, International criminal law defines and establishes the criminal offenses that fall under the jurisdiction of international courts and tribunals. It sets out the rules and procedures for prosecuting individuals responsible for crimes of international concern, such as genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and aggression. Secondly, International Courts and Tribunals are judicial bodies responsible for adjudicating cases related to international crimes. The most prominent examples include the International Criminal Court (ICC), the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and ad hoc tribunals like the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Thirdly, Transitional Justice refers to the processes and mechanisms used to address human rights abuses and promote accountability during transitions from conflict or authoritarian rule to democracy and peace. It often involves truth commissions, prosecutions, reparations, and institutional reforms. Furthermore, International justice is closely linked to the promotion and protection of human rights. Human rights institutions such as the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), regional human rights courts, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play a crucial role in monitoring, reporting, and addressing human rights violations. Another important component is national jurisdictions. International justice relies on the cooperation of national legal systems to enforce international law and prosecute international crimes. States have the primary responsibility to investigate and prosecute crimes within their jurisdiction, and international justice mechanisms often complement national efforts. Finally, enforcement mechanisms also play a significant role in the achievement of international justice. International justice mechanisms have varying degrees of enforcement authority. While international courts can issue arrest warrants and make rulings, they depend on state cooperation for the arrest, extradition, and enforcement of sentences. Additionally, the United Nations Security Council can refer cases to international courts and impose sanctions on states that fail to cooperate.
The Oxford Handbook Of Late Colonial Insurgencies And Counter Insurgencies
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Author : Martin Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2023-11-02
The Oxford Handbook Of Late Colonial Insurgencies And Counter Insurgencies written by Martin Thomas and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-02 with History categories.
The lethality of conflicts between insurgent groups and counter-insurgent security forces has risen markedly since the Second World War just as those of conventional, or inter-state wars have declined. For several decades, conflicts within states rather than between them have been the prevalent form of organised political violence worldwide. Recent conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria have fired interest in colonial experiences of rebellion, while current western interventions in sub-Saharan Africa have prompted accusations of 'militarist humanitarianism'. Yet, despite mounting interest in counter-insurgency and empire, comparative investigation of colonial responses to insurrection and civil disorder is sparse. Some scholars have written of a 'golden age of counter-insurgency', which began with Britain's declaration of a Malayan Emergency in 1948 and ended with the withdrawal of US ground troops from Vietnam in 1973. It is with this period, if not with any presumed 'golden age' that this volume is concerned. This Handbook connects ideas about contested decolonization and the insurgencies that inspired it with an analysis of patterns and singularities in the conflicts that precipitated the collapse of overseas empires. It attempts a systematic study of the global effects of organized anti-colonial violence in Asia and Africa. The objective is to reconceptualize late colonial violence in the European overseas empires by exploring its distinctive character and the globalizing processes underpinning it.
The Oxford Handbook On Atrocity Crimes
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Author : Barbora Holá
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022
The Oxford Handbook On Atrocity Crimes written by Barbora Holá and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Law categories.
"The Oxford Handbook on Atrocity Crimes consolidates and further develops the evolving field of atrocity studies by combining major mono-, inter-, and multi-disciplinary research on atrocity crimes in one volume encompassing contributions of leading scholars. Atrocity crimes-war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide-are manifestations of large scale and systematic criminality committed within specific political, ideological, and societal contexts. These crimes are committed by a multiplicity of actors against a large number of victims who suffer far-reaching consequences. Scholars studying mass atrocities are scattered not only across disciplines-such as international (criminal) law, international relations, criminology, political science, psychology, sociology, history, anthropology, or demography-but also across the topic-related fields, which are by definition multi- and interdisciplinary but are typically limited to a particular category or aspect of atrocity crimes. This Handbook brings together these strands of scholarship on (mass) atrocities and interrogates atrocity crimes as an overarching category of criminality, while simultaneously keeping an eye on differences among the individual constitutive categories. The Handbook covers topics related to the etiology and causes of atrocities, the actors involved, the harm and victims of atrocity crimes, the reactions to mass atrocities, and in-depth case studies of understudied situations of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide"--