Power and Comparative Methods : Performing the Worlds of Armed Conflict

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Charbonneau, Bruno ; Sandor, Adam:
Power and Comparative Methods : Performing the Worlds of Armed Conflict.
In: Civil Wars. Vol. 21 (2019) Issue 4 . - pp. 437-447.
ISSN 1743-968X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2019.1706144

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Abstract in another language

This Special Issue emphasises how power and power relations involved in establishing limits and boundaries to define, categorise and understand the world through comparison are intimately tied to conflict and intervention practices and dynamics. Indeed, when pundits, practitioners, academics and even conflict actors compare settings of armed conflict and intervention, they are participating in an inherently political move. The most off-handed of comments connect to assemblages that enable the production of categories and concepts from which it becomes difficult to think differently. Our comparisons perform worlds of armed conflict, and international interventions more often than not reflect those performances.

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
Refereed:	Yes
Institutions of the University:	Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Chair Sociology of Africa Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Chair Sociology of Africa > Chair Sociology of Africa - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke
Result of work at the UBT:	No
DDC Subjects:	300 Social sciences 300 Social sciences > 300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology 300 Social sciences > 320 Political science
Date Deposited:	08 Nov 2022 08:30
Last Modified:	08 Nov 2022 10:53
URI:	https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/72720