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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817092803321

Autore

Berti Benedetta

Titolo

Armed political organizations : from conflict to integration / / Benedetta Berti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013

ISBN

1-4214-0975-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Disciplina

322.4/2

Soggetti

Political violence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. The power of politics: party formation and armed struggle -- 3. The Lebanese Hezbollah: armed "resistance" and political  integration -- 4. The Palestinian Hamas: political participation between internal cohesion and dissent -- 5. The Irish Republican Army and Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland: a model of political transition? -- 6. Armed groups and political integration: summary of findings and policy implications -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

Berti's innovative framework and careful choice of case studies, presented in a jargon-free, accessible style, will make this book attractive to not only scholars and students of democratization processes but policymakers interested in conflict resolution and peacekeeping efforts.