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1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-218) and index. |
| Contents |
The forgotten meaning of territory -- Indivisible territory and ethnic war -- Territory and violence: a statistical assessment -- Russia and Tatarstan -- Russia and Chechnya -- Georgia and Abkhazia -- Georgia and Ajaria -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
The Geography of Ethnic Violence is the first among numerous distinguished books on ethnic violence to clarify the vital role of territory in explaining such conflict. Monica Toft introduces and tests a theory of ethnic violence, one that provides a compelling general explanation of not only most ethnic violence, civil wars, and terrorism but many interstate wars as well. This understanding can foster new policy initiatives with real potential to make ethnic violence either less likely or less destructive. It can also guide policymakers to solutions that endure. The book offers a distinctively. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Political violence.
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Political violence. |
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Partition, Territorial.
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Partition, Territorial. |
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Nationalism.
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Nationalism. |
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Human geography.
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Human geography. |
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Ethnic conflict -- Former Soviet republics -- Case studies.
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Ethnic conflict. |
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Case studies.
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| Subject |
Former Soviet republics -- Ethnic relations -- Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Casestudies (vorm)
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Electronic books -- Case studies.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Toft, Monica Duffy, 1965- Geography of ethnic violence. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2003 9780691123837 (DLC) 2002042463 (OCoLC)50958916 |
| ISBN |
9781400835744 (electronic book) |
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1400835747 (electronic book) |
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