The rationale is straightforward and persuasive: intrastate conflicts are by definition subnational phenomena. If we want to understand them fully, it may be wise to refocus our attention from the country level to the subnational level. Where violence is located might inform us as to why it...

All societies must deal with the possibility of violence, and they do so in different ways. This study integrates the problem of violence into a larger social science and historical framework, showing how economic and political behavior are closely linked ...

Thema des Bandes ist der Strukturwandel des Staates unter dem Vorzeichen seiner neoliberalen Umgestaltung. Der Band gliedert sich in einen theoretischen und einen empirisch ausgerichteten Teil. Die verschiedenen Phänomene der Ausdifferenzierung von Staatsfunktionen seit den 1990er Jahren in...