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Between Development and Destruction

An Enquiry into the Causes of Conflict in Post-Colonial States

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Luc Goor

    1. University of Utrecht, Netherlands

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  2. Kumar Rupesinghe

    1. Internal Conflicts and their Resolution (ICON), UK

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  3. Paul Sciarone

    1. Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Directorate-General of International Cooperation. DGIS), Netherlands

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction to the Themes

    1. Introduction to the Themes

      • Luc van de Goor, Kumar Rupesinghe, Paul Sciarone
      Pages 1-32

  3. Classification

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33
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    2. Armed Conflict in the Former Colonial Regions: From Classification to Explanation

      • J. David Singer
      Pages 35-49

    3. Ongoing Wars and their Explanation

      • Dietrich Jung, Klaus Schlichte, Jens Siegelberg
      Pages 50-63

  5. Ethnicity and Nationalism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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    2. Ethnicity and Nationalism

      • Kingsley M. de Silva
      Pages 109-125

    3. Ethnie Conflicts Versus Development in Africa: Causes and Remedies

      • Omari H. Kokole
      Pages 126-140

  6. Economic Factors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
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    2. Destabilizing Consequences of Sequential Development

      • Henk W. Houweling
      Pages 143-169

  8. Regional Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
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    2. Anatomy of Conflicts in Africa

      • Francis M. Deng
      Pages 219-236

    3. The Regional Dimension of the Causes of Conflicts: The Middle East

      • Abdul-Monem Al-Mashat
      Pages 237-256

    4. Conflict, Stability and Development in Central Asia

      • Shirin Akiner
      Pages 257-297
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Much has already been written about the effects of the changes of the Cold War on conflict. The ongoing disengagement of East and West from bipolar Cold-War politics has resulted in an unstable international political situation which is characterized by regional conflicts. Most analyses now concentrate on the consequences for Europe and the former communist Central and East European states. This book, however, explores the effects for the Third World. The contributors provide major theoretical analyses of the causes of conflict in developing countries. Four main factors are distinguished: the processes of state-formation and nation-building; the rise or return of ethnicity and nationalism; socio-economic factors; and the armaments-conflict nexus. The volume also provides in-depth regional analyses, as well as policy perspectives on the issue of conflict and development.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Utrecht, Netherlands

    Luc Goor

  • Internal Conflicts and their Resolution (ICON), UK

    Kumar Rupesinghe

  • Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Directorate-General of International Cooperation. DGIS), Netherlands

    Paul Sciarone

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