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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456795703321

Autore

Rothbart Daniel

Titolo

Why they die [[electronic resource] ] : civilian devastation in violent conflict / / Daniel Rothbart and Karina V. Korostelina

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-15982-1

9786613159823

0-472-02638-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KorostelinaK. V (Karina Valentinovna)

Disciplina

355.02

Soggetti

Civilians in war

War and society

War (Philosophy)

Sociology, Military

Group identity

Military history, Modern - 20th century

Military history, Modern - 21st century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Disempowering civilians: Who dies in armed conflicts? ; Distinguishing the enemy from the innocent in war ; Deportation from Crimea ; Genocide in Rwanda ; The Second Lebanon War ; Better safe than dead in Iraq -- pt. 2. Conflict theory as value theory:  Limitations of social identity theories in relation to conflict analysis ; Understanding group identity as collective axiology ; The normative dimensions of identity conflicts ; Causality in explanations of civilian devastation.