Political violence is everywhere. But how does it emerge and what can be done about it? This
book addresses the diversity of violence in South Asia South East Asia and Western Europe. It
examines the various forms of ideological backgrounds structural conditions relations and
aims of non-state actors who are involved in violence in these regions and certain countries.
Thereby this book presents a similar diversity of theoretical and disciplinary approaches
towards explaining the same phenomenon: violence. The rationale behind this collection of
approaches and case studies is to identify communalities on the one hand and to counter simple
unidimensional explanations of why non-state actors resort to violence on the other. Finally
it provides policy recommendations on how to counter violence.With contributions byGreg Barton
D. Suba Chandran Aurel Croissant Rohan Gunaratna Kevin McDonald Subrata K. Mitra Khuram
Iqbal Serina Rahman La Toya Waha and Christian Echle
