The Problem of Death and Destruction in Germany During the Thirty Years War: New Evidence from the Middle Weser Front
In: European Studies Review, Band 2, Heft 3, S. 239-253
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In: European Studies Review, Band 2, Heft 3, S. 239-253
In: Arms control today, Band 27, Heft 6, S. 13-18
ISSN: 0196-125X
World Affairs Online
Cover -- Half Tiltle -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 The Emerging Security Environment in the Mediterranean and the Middle East -- 2 Recent Developments in Arms Control and Non-Proliferation -- 3 Assessing the Proliferation Threat -- 4 WMD Terrorism -- 5 WMD Capabilities of Selected Countries in the Mediterranean and the Middle East -- 6 WMD Proliferation: Threats and Challenges to Western Security and NATO's Response -- 7 Basic Principles of US Counterproliferation Strategy -- 8 The EU's Response to WMD Proliferation -- Conclusions -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
In: NBER working paper series 10722
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In: War in history, Band 30, Heft 2, S. 229-230
ISSN: 1477-0385
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 20, Heft 3, S. 1085-1085
ISSN: 1541-0986
This article explores the volatile security situation in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria as it relates to what Watts (2001) conceptualizes as 'petro-violence' vis-à-vis Small Arms and Light Weapons proliferation within the context of the country's Fourth Republic (May 1999—). The prevailing precarious situation is examined to ascertain the potency of democracy and its influence in ameliorating the conflict trajectory in this resource rich region. Specifically, the paper addresses the following questions; what are the socio-economic and political factors that account for arms proliferation in Nigeria's Niger Delta? Are there effects, either positive or negative, of arms proliferation on local conditions and the oil-bearing communities? How can the situation be improved? What are the civilian government's policy prescriptions to improve the dangerous politico-military situations in the oil delta? Thus, the central argument of this paper is that it is the failure of the social contract (in general and of arms in particular) on the part of the Nigerian government that leads to the challenge, by the people of Niger Delta, of the state's legitimacy and its monopoly of the instruments of violence. The paper concludes by stating that since violence and arms proliferation in the Niger Delta are consequences of the breakdown of the social contract, then the solutions lie in reconstituting the social contract by addressing the root causes of the grievances of the oil-bearing communities
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In: Futures, Band 41, Heft 10, S. 683-693
In: Futures: the journal of policy, planning and futures studies, Band 41, Heft 10, S. 683-693
In: Futures: the journal of policy, planning and futures studies, Band 41, Heft 10, S. 683-694
ISSN: 0016-3287
This study aims to contribute to a critical diagnosis of Hurricane Katrina s impact on two communities in the New Orleans area: the Lower Ninth Ward and St. Bernard through a systematic inquiry into the built environment and social inequality. A socio-historical investigation of the Port of New Orleans and its major 20th-century infrastructure projects, two ship canals called the Industrial Canal and Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet which transformed the built environment of the Lower Ninth Ward and St. Bernard, is presented. The historical analysis focuses on the political power and ideological discourses of the growth coalition that ruled the port through a nonelected board known as the Dock Board. The author argues that business elites affiliated with the board remade the built environment in their own interest without consideration of the local communities. The implications of this history for a critical understanding of Hurricane Katrina are explored.
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In: Political psychology: journal of the International Society of Political Psychology, Band 29, Heft 1, S. 55-75
ISSN: 1467-9221
This study explored the dynamics of terrorism through a quantitative content analysis of documents issued by terrorist groups and nonterrorist comparison groups. Thirteen terrorist groups were matched with comparison groups that shared the same ideologies, and their documents were coded for ingroup affiliation, outgroup affiliation, and power motive imagery. As hypothesized, compared with nonterrorist groups, terrorist groups were significantly higher in ingroup affiliation motive imagery and significantly lower in outgroup affiliation motive imagery in the full sample of documents and in an indicator sample that included only terrorist groups' preterrorism documents. Terrorist groups were significantly higher than comparison groups in power motive imagery in the full sample and marginally significantly higher in power motive imagery in the indicator sample. These results highlight the important role that group dynamics play in terrorist groups.