TY  - BOOK
AU  - SVENSSON Isak
TI  - Ending holy wars: religion and conflict resolution in internal armed conflicts 
SN  - 9780702249563 (pbk.) :
PY  - 2013///
CY  - St Lucia
PB  - Univ of Queensland Press
KW  - WAR
KW  - RELIGIOUS ASPECTS
KW  - RECONCILIATION
KW  - PEACE
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Ending Holy Wars explores how religious dimensions affect the possibilities for conflict resolution in civil war. This is the first book that systematically tries to map out the religious dimensions of internal armed conflicts and explain the conditions under which religious dimensions impede peaceful settlement. It draws upon empirical work on global data, based on the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), and complements this quantitative data with several smaller case studies (Sri Lanka, Philippines and Indonesia). The book shows how religious identities and incompatibilities influence the likelihood of agreements and the mechanisms through which parties and third-party mediators have been able to overcome religious obstacles to negotiated settlements. These findings pave the way for a discussion on how conflict theory can better incorporate religious dimensions, as well as how policy can be designed to manage religious dimensions in armed conflicts
ER  -