War, Community, and Social Change
War, Community, and Social Change

Author: Dario Spini

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-08-13

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 1461474914

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Collective experiences in the former Yugoslavia documents and analyses how social representations and practices are shaped by collective violence in a context of ethnic discourse. What are the effects of violence and what are the effects of collectively experienced victimisation on societal norms, attitudes and collective beliefs? This volume stresses that mass violence has a de- and re-structuring role for manifold psychosocial processes. A combined psychosocial approach draws attention to how most people in the former Yugoslavia had to endure and cope with war and dramatic societal changes and how they resisted and overcame ethnic rivalry, violence and segregation. It is a departure from the mindset that depict most people in the former Yugoslavia as either blind followers of ethnic war entrepreneurs or as intrinsically motivated for violence by deep-rooted intra-ethnic loyalties and inter-ethnic animosities.

War, Peace, and Security
War, Peace, and Security

Author: Jacques Fontanel

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2008-10-13

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1849505357

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In the name of international and domestic security, billions of dollars are wasted on unproductive military spending in both developed and developing countries, when millions are starving and living without basic human needs. This book contains articles relating to military spending, military industrial establishments, and peace keeping.

War and Social Change in Modern Europe
War and Social Change in Modern Europe

Author: Sandra Halperin

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 540

ISBN-13: 9780521540155

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Halperin traces the persistence of traditional class structures during the development of industrial capitalism in Europe, and the way in which these structures shaped states and state behavior and generated conflict. She documents European conflicts between 1789 and 1914, including small and medium scale conflicts often ignored by researchers and links these conflicts to structures characteristic of industrial capitalist development in Europe before 1945. This book revisits the historical terrain of Karl Polanyi's The Great Transformation (1944), however, it argues that Polanyi's analysis is, in important ways, inaccurate and misleading. Ultimately, the book shows how and why the conflicts both culminated in the world wars and brought about a 'great transformation' in Europe. Its account of this period challenges not only Polanyi's analysis, but a variety of influential perspectives on nationalism, development, conflict, international systems change, and globalization.

Conflict Transformation and Social Change in Uganda
Conflict Transformation and Social Change in Uganda

Author: Susanne Buckley-Zistel

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2008-09-11

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 0230584039

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Drawing on the concept of hermeneutics the book argues that the successes and setbacks of conflict transformation in Teso can be understood through analyzing the impact of memory, identity, closure and power on social change and calls for a comprehensive effort of dealing with the past in war-torn societies.