Download or read book Understanding Collective Political Violence written by Y. Guichaoua and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding Collective Political Violence offers a unique view on contemporary processes of violent political mobilization across continents: Africa, Latin America, South East Asia and the Middle East. It pays particular attention to unconventional combatants such as women or children and details the drivers of their violent engagement.