Malešević offers a novel sociological answer to the age-old question:'Why do humans
fight?'. Instead of focusing on the motivations of solitary individuals, he emphasises the …

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive analysis of the emergence, nature, and
function of Serbian paramilitary units during the violent breakup of Yugoslavia. The book …

Based on fine-grained ethnographic research in an English city, this book offers a highly
original perspective on England's contemporary political predicament. It argues that some of …

In 2014, eight years prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian-backed
separatists seized parts of the Ukrainian regions Luhansk and Donetsk. Shortly thereafter …

Culture features prominently in the common-sense understandings of terrorism. From
journalistic accounts to pub discussions terrorist acts are regularly interpreted invoking such …

The killing of human beings is one of the defining features of war. Yet there has not been
much research on understanding its emotional dynamics. The act of close-range killing in …

Background: This study aims to analyze the relationship between lean practices and
organizational performance in a public institution, specifically, a military organization …

The present article assesses the extent to which a community context can play the role in
legitimising engagement in paramilitary Irish republicanism. The research analyses this …

Recent scholarship claims that group grievances due to political exclusion and
discrimination drive civil wars. The grievance perspective suggests that socio-psychological …