Enduring Conflict: Challenging the Signature of Peace and Democracy

by Adrian Little

Book Overview

This unique text challenges the notion that absence of conflict is the foundation and norm of a stable political environment. Combining complexity theory and the notion of signature with case studies, it argues that political processes need to be understood within their social and cultural contexts. It thus develops the idea of enduring conflict, referring to both the enduring nature of political conflict and the endurance of people in conflict-ridden...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780937687
• ISBN13: 9781780937687
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"