The Demography of Armed Conflict

Uitgever: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

Taal: Engels

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Uitgever: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

Engels
Hardcover
9781402051340
Druk: 2006 ed.
december 2006
396 pagina's

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This book assembles researchers in demography, statistics, political science, sociology, anthropology, history, geography, economics and law to offer fresh insight on the demographic causes and consequences of armed conflict. Cause studies consider migration, ethnicity, population growth and youth bulges. Studies on consequences of conflict include mortality from conflict, casualty estimation for prosecution of war crimes, and case studies of conflicts in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cambodia, Kenya, Mali, Rwanda, Sudan and Uganda.

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From the reviews: This volume brings together 16 articles ... . The articles are presented in three sections ... . Overall, The Demography of Armed Conflict is a very interesting book. For those who would like to read a thorough overview of the current state of research in the field, this is probably the place to start. For those who have already developed an interest in this topic, many of the articles offer new perspectives and suggest new and challenging research questions. (Damien de Walque, Population Studies, Vol. 62 (1), 2008) The book collects 16 papers presented in a seminar on 'Demography of Conflict and Violence' held in Norway in November 2003 ... . Overall, the book provides readers with a glimpse of ongoing research in diverse disciplines and demonstrates the strong need for further research on this issue. (Kazuhiro Obayashi, Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 45 (2), 2008)

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