Contentious Identities: Ethnic, Religious and National Conflicts in Today's World (Pocket)
avChirot, Daniel, Chirot, Dan
ISBN: 9780415892001 - UTGIVEN: 2011-02-01This book analyzes widespread global ethnic conflicts that tear asunder nations and regions, such as the former Yugoslavia. Dan Chirot casts his analysis in a discussion of the conflict between national and ethnic identity, discovering that ethnic identity, rooted in centuries of tradition and habit[...]
Why Not Kill Them All?: The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder (Övrig)
avClark R. Mccauley, Daniel Chirot
ISBN: 9780691145945 - UTGIVEN: 2010-03-21Genocide, mass murder, massacres - the words themselves are chilling, evoking images of the slaughter of countless innocents. What dark impulses lurk in our minds that even today can justify the eradication of thousands and even millions of unarmed human beings caught in the crossfire of political, [...]
The Shape of the New (Inbunden)
avScott L. Montgomery, Daniel Chirot, Scott L. Montgomery
ISBN: 9780691150642 - UTGIVEN: 2015-05This panoramic book tells the story of how revolutionary ideas from the Enlightenment about freedom, equality, evolution, and democracy have reverberated through modern history and shaped the world as we know it today. A testament to the enduring power of ideas, The Shape of the New offers unforget[...]
The Origins of Backwardness in Eastern Europe (Pocket)
avDaniel (EDT) Chirot
ISBN: 9780520076402 - UTGIVEN: 1991-09Reaching back centuries, this study makes a convincing case for very deep roots of current Eastern European backwardness. Its conclusions are suggestive for comparativists studying other parts of the world, and useful to those who want to understand contemporary Eastern Europe's past. Like the rest [...]
Varför inte döda dem allihop? : politiska massmords logik och prevention (Inbunden)
avChirot, Daniel, McCauley, Clark
ISBN: 9789171732743 - UTGIVEN: 2008-09-16Varför och under vilka omständigheter kan rivalitet och konflikter mellan olika grupper utvecklas till ett mer eller mindre dödligt våld? Hur går det till när sådana konflikter eskalerar till folkmord? Och vilka mekanismer och metoder kan dämpa konflikter så att risken för så drastiska ko[...]
