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Message to the Movement
Zuccotti Park Press 2012; US$ 5.99Radical black journalist gives organizing advice, political analysis and encouragement to activists from his cell on Death Row more...
Violent Politics
Palgrave Macmillan 2002; US$ 148.00Violent politics in Northern Ireland has lasted thirty years and cost four thousand lives and billions of pounds. Many such conflicts afflict the world. This book describes the search for causes and solutions. It identifies the key factors driving violent politics and the range of counter-strategies. It analyzes the course of the troubles in Northern... more...
The Dynamics of the Armed Struggle
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 53.95This is an analysis of one of the most prevalent forms of political violence at the end of the millennium. The author has been shot at, kidnapped, expelled and questioned in wars from Central America to Northern Ireland. The book reflects his access to the cultures of political violence. more...
Europe in the Era of Two World Wars
Princeton University Press 2008; US$ 28.95How and why did Europe spawn dictatorships and violence in the first half of the twentieth century, and then, after 1945 in the west and after 1989 in the east, create successful civilian societies? In this book, Volker Berghahn explains the rise and fall of the men of violence whose wars and civil wars twice devastated large areas of the European... more...
The Ashgate Research Companion to Political Violence
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 165.00Aimed at scholars, students and lay persons interested in peace and conflict studies, The Ashgate Research Companion to Political Violence is a comprehensive resource to understand the principal debates on political violence, a field which is becoming an increasingly important part of courses on peace and conflict. more...
Fragile States
Wiley 2013; US$ 69.95Today a billion people, including about 340 million of the world's extreme poor, are estimated to live in 'fragile states'. This group of low-income countries are often trapped in cycles of conflict and poverty, which make them acutely vulnerable to a range of shocks and crises. This engaging book defines and clarifies what we mean by fragile states,... more...
Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 48.95This book seeks to examine the causes of escalation and de-escalation in intrastate conflicts. Specifically, the volume seeks to map the processes and dynamics that lead groups challenging existing power structures to engage in violent struggle; the processes and dynamics that contribute to the de-escalation of violent struggle and the participation... more...
The Globalization of Political Violence
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 46.95The events of the 11 th of September 2001 revealed most dramatically that globalization has a shadow. While large sections of the world?s population enjoy the perceived benefits of globalization, others seek to utilize globalization for their own politically violent purposes. If 9/11 demonstrated anything, it is that globalization can as readily... more...
State, Identity and Violence
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 180.00In this book, a collection of experts investigate the varied forces - from global systems to local beliefs - that lead to civil violence, chaos and, perhaps, a new political order. The State, Identity and Violence explores acts of mass violence occurring within national borders and examines the links such acts have to personal identities and how they... more...
The 'New' Policy Partnership
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008; US$ 199.00This e-book explores policy-academic partnerships. The e-book contains articles that address innovative ways that researchers and policymakers can collaborate to move policy agendas forward. more...









