Why is there so much violence in the developing countries? What
does it have to do with economic development? What does it have to
do with globalization? Christopher Cramer takes a hard look at war,
recent uprisings, insurgencies, and violence in Angola, Brazil, and
Iraq. Cramer explains the financing of wars and compares
post-conflict reconstruction efforts. He takes special issue with
common perspectives on violence, which deny that war has any
positive effects and believe that peace can be easily achieved
through democratization and free trade. Cramer identifies common
fallacies and shows that modern (Western) liberal democracies haven
t outgrown violence, and don t only resort to it in self-defense.
Providing a far more practical assessment, Cramer boldly argues
that violent conflict has led to radical and positive reshaping of
social relationships and provoked favorable social change. Violence
in Developing Countries forges an alternative understanding of how
violence shapes a globalizing society."
General
Imprint: |
Indiana University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
December 2006 |
First published: |
December 2006 |
Authors: |
Christopher Cramer
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-253-21928-2 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-253-21928-0 |
Barcode: |
9780253219282 |
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