THE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS OF INTERNAL CONFLICT: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS (REVOLUTION).
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Title
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THE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS OF INTERNAL CONFLICT: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS (REVOLUTION).
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Identifier
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AAI8501137
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identifier
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8501137
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Creator
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HARBERT, JOSEPH R.
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Contributor
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Dankwart A. Rustow
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Date
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1984
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Political Science, International Law and Relations
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Abstract
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Traditional scholarship on conflicts within states focuses on structural features of the social system. More recent work analyzes human motivation in the social mobilization process. Neither aspect of the literature, however, deals adequately with the role which exogenous (international) factors may play in internal conflict.;The present study is based on the notion that analysis of the international politics of internal conflict is an essential adjunct to traditional modes of study. In this view, one cannot understand the phenomenon of internal conflict in the twentieth century without considering the international environment in which it occurs. Drawing on literature in international politics and foreign policy analysis, as well as the extant literature on conflict, political violence and social change, this study develops an approach to studying internal conflict which considers both endogenous (internal) and exogenous (international) factors.;This approach posits two areas for exploration: (1) the impact of the general international system on: (a) actors in internal conflict, and (b) the social, economic, political and ideological environment in which they function; and (2) the effect which specific policies and acts of external actors (discrete external factors) have on internal actors and their milieu. The framework presented builds from analysis of internal factors to analysis of external factors.;The approach is applied in one major case study--the 1959 Cuban conflict--and then in two other Latin American cases--Bolivia (1952) and the Dominican Republic (1965).;The study's major findings with regard to Cuba are that: (1) international systemic factors, particularly the system's bipolarity, influenced the shift to an alliance with the Soviet Union; (2) discrete external factors, particularly economic penetration and political interference by the U.S., altered the internal balance of power between insurgents and incumbents; and (3) the insurgents were highly conscious of international factors and attempted to manipulate external actors to achieve internal goals.;The comparative viewpoints offered by the two other cases validate the utility of approaching internal conflict from a perspective which incorporates analysis of both internal and external factors.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Political Science
