Kissane, Bill 
ORCID: 0000-0002-0371-7889 and Sitter, Nick
(2013)
Ideas in conflict: the nationalism literature and the comparative study of civil war.
Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 19 (1).
pp. 38-57.
ISSN 1353-7113
Abstract
The comparative study of civil war has recently gone through a structural turn, towards large-n quantitative studies that explain the variation in the incidence of civil wars in terms of structural factors. The alternatives have been a return to case studies and a constructivist critique that emphasizes the role of ideas in conflict. While there is no a priori reason to reconcile these approaches, it remains a practical task for those who want to understand how a given social situation escalates into civil war. After reviewing the two poles in the debate, we mine the literature on nationalism for insights into this issue
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/fnep20 |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 Taylor & Francis |
| Divisions: | Government |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology J Political Science > JC Political theory P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0080 Criticism |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2013 16:50 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Feb 2025 17:04 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/49541 |
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