{"product_id":"9780312229887","title":"Ethnicity Kills? The Politics of War, Peace and Ethnicity in SubSaharan Africa","description":"\u003ch3\u003eInternational Political Economy Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eEthnicity Kills?\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Politics of War, Peace and Ethnicity in SubSaharan Africa\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eE. Braathen\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Sociology \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe two main arguments in the book are to contest the reduction of African civil wars to ethnic conflicts, and to point out the emergence of civil wars as the result of political struggles. The construction of Africa as the \"other\" has entailed that factors commonly used to explain war elsewhere have been neglected in Sub-Saharan Africa. The book aims at bringing the political power struggle as it evolves around the state to the forefront in analyses of civil wars and societal conflict.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEinar Braathen\u003c\/b\u003e was previously Research Fellow at the Research Council of Norway University of Bergen. He works for the Comparative Research Programmee on Poverty (CROP) and the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMorten Bøås\u003c\/b\u003e is Research Fellow at the Centre for Development and the Environment - University of Olso. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGjermund Sæther\u003c\/b\u003e is a political scientist and former University Lecturer at the Eurofaculty - University of Tartu. He joined the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a diplomatic trainee and is currently posted in Vienna.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 August 2000\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan UK\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780312229887\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e223\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51219932872844,"sku":"9780312229887","price":161.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780312229887","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}