Network Theory and Violent Conflicts : Studies in Afghanistan and Lebanon
Kramer, Christian R.
2017
HN659.Z9 V55 2017
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Title Network Theory and Violent Conflicts : Studies in Afghanistan and Lebanon
Author Kramer, Christian R.
ISBN 9783319413938
3319413937
3319413929
9783319413921
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41393-8
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017
Language English
Description 1 online resource (VII, 230 pages) online resource
Item Number 9783319413921
10.1007/978-3-319-41393-8 doi
Call Number HN659.Z9 V55 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification 327.16
Summary This book offers a novel approach to understanding violence and violent conflict using complexity and network theories, borrowed from the natural sciences, together with social network analysis. Because violence is both a universal and central component of human communication and identity formation, it has a fundamental function in shaping social behavior. Using Manuel Castells' work on the programming of social networks, this book explores the Lebanese Civil War and the ongoing war in Afghanistan under the perspective of violence within networks. The approach presents a unique and compelling argument that counters the long-held assumption that war is caused by specific events, or is the unavoidable culmination of existing conditions or grievances. Rather, this book argues that violence emerges when the structure of social networks becomes too rigid and hierarchic to adapt to stresses and challenges that materialize on a constant basis from both within and without the network. This is important not only for the study of war, but as a method of improving the success of contemporary peace building efforts
Note This book offers a novel approach to understanding violence and violent conflict using complexity and network theories, borrowed from the natural sciences, together with social network analysis. Because violence is both a universal and central component of human communication and identity formation, it has a fundamental function in shaping social behavior. Using Manuel Castells' work on the programming of social networks, this book explores the Lebanese Civil War and the ongoing war in Afghanistan under the perspective of violence within networks. The approach presents a unique and compelling argument that counters the long-held assumption that war is caused by specific events, or is the unavoidable culmination of existing conditions or grievances. Rather, this book argues that violence emerges when the structure of social networks becomes too rigid and hierarchic to adapt to stresses and challenges that materialize on a constant basis from both within and without the network. This is important not only for the study of war, but as a method of improving the success of contemporary peace building efforts
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Networks, Complexity, and International Relations
Chapter 3: Networks and Violence
Chapter 4: Disintegrative Violence
Chapter 5: Lebanon
Chapter 6: Afghanistan
Chapter 7: Network-centric Peacebuilding

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