Political Sociology
Sociology and New Wars in the Era of Globalisation
By , University of Hull (October 2007)
Section: Political Sociology
Subjects: Sociology, Sociology of War, Peace, and Conflict.
Key Topics: globalization, violence.
Abstract
The sociology of war has used a number of analytical perspectives to explain why the end of the Cold War saw outbreaks of violence around the world in the form of ‘new wars’, rather than universal peace. Factors often considered are globalisation, nationalist ideology, political elites, the Revolution in Military Affairs, international crime and migration. Sociological analysis of these new wars often makes use of comparative historical sociology, but these are wars of state disintegration rather than of state formation. This summary undertakes a critical evaluation of different approaches, arguing that they mostly follow a model of war inherited from Clausewitz which conceives of war only as an encounter between two states and so cannot successfully explain new war, where armed forces no longer primarily fight each other but target civilians.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2007.00032.x
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