Between Development and Destruction
Subtitle: An Enquiry into the Causes of Conflict in Post-Colonial States
Contributors: Luc Van De Goor (Editor); Kumar Rupesinghe (Editor); Paul Sciarone (Editor)
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: September 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780312162641
Subjects: Conflict Resolution; Violence in Society; Politics Of Developing Countries; Family / Parenting / Childbirth; Sociology; Civil war; International economic relatio; Regionalism (International org; Regionalism (International organization); Security, International; Politics/International Relations
Description: Much has already been written about the effects of the changes of the Cold War on conflict. The ongoing disengagement of East and West from bipolar Cold-War politics has resulted in an unstable international political situation which is characterized by regional conflicts. Most analyses now concentrate on the consequences for Europe and the former communist Central and East European states. This book, however, explores the effects for what has been labelled the 'third world'.

The contributors provide major theoretical analyses of the causes of conflict in developing countries. Four main factors are distinguished: the processes of state-formation and nation-building; the rise or return of ethnicity and nationalism; socio-economic factors; and the armaments - conflict nexus. The volume also provides in-depth regional analyses, as well as policy perspectives on the issue of conflict and development.