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Network Theory and Violent Conflicts

Name: Network Theory and Violent Conflicts
Brand: Springer International Publishing AG
SKU: 9783319413921
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Studies in Afghanistan and Lebanon

Autor: Christian R. Kramer

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Oprawa: Twarda

Wydawca: Springer International Publishing AG

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This book offers a novel approach to understanding violence and violent conflict using complexity an...

Informacje o książce

Autor

Christian R. Kramer

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Twarda

Data wydania

2016

strony

230

EAN

9783319413921

ISBN

3319413929

Enbook ID

12580279

Wydawca

Springer International Publishing AG

Waga

448

Wymiary

218 x 157 x 20

Pełny opis

This book offers a novel approach to understanding violence and violent conflict using complexity and network theories, borrowed from the natural sciences, together with social network analysis. Because violence is both a universal and central component of human communication and identity formation, it has a fundamental function in shaping social behavior. Using Manuel Castells' work on the programming of social networks, this book explores the Lebanese Civil War and the ongoing war in Afghanistan under the perspective of violence within networks. The approach presents a unique and compelling argument that counters the long-held assumption that war is caused by specific events, or is the unavoidable culmination of existing conditions or grievances. Rather, this book argues that violence emerges when the structure of social networks becomes too rigid and hierarchic to adapt to stresses and challenges that materialize on a constant basis from both within and without the network. This is important not only for the study of war, but as a method of improving the success of contemporary peace building efforts.?