New Journal: Conflict and Society

Berghahn announces the launch of Conflict and Society, an exciting new journal publishing peer-reviewed articles by international scholars. The journal expands the field of conflict studies by using ethnographic inquiry to establish new fields of research and interdisciplinary collaboration. With special attention paid to ongoing debates on the politics and ethics of conflict studies research, including military-academic cooperation, Conflict and Society will be an essential forum for scholars, researchers, and policy makers.

Current Issue: Volume 1

Editorial

Special section: Perpetrators

• "Introduction: Approaching Perpetrators" by Erin Jessee
• "Methods, Interpretation, and Ethics in the Study of White Supremacist Perpetrators" by Kathleen M. Blee
• "'There was No Genocide in Rwanda': History, Politics and Exile Identity among Rwandan Rebels in the Eastern Congo Conflict" by Anna Hedlund
• "Just War: The Metaphysics of Police Vigilantism in India" by Beatrice Jauregui
• "Rwandan Women No More: Female Génocidaires in the Aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide" by Erin Jessee
• "How to Scale Factional Divisions in Conflict Situations: Finding Perpetrators and Switchboard Operators in Post-Authoritarian Argentina" by Antonius C.G.M. Robben
• "Democratization of Perpetration: Human Rights, Transitional Justice and Memories of Resistance in Post-Conflict Timor-Leste" by Amy Rothchild
• "Managing Danger in Fieldwork with Perpetrators of Political Violence and State Terror" by Jeffrey A. Sluka

Special section: Sovereignty

• "Introduction: Sovereignty and Social Contestation—Between Violence and Alternative Sociocultural Orders" by Martijn Oosterbaan and Wil G. Pansters
• "Formations of Sovereignty at the Frontier of the Modern State" by Finn Stepputat
• "'We Had to Pay to Live!' Competing Sovereignties in Violent Mexico" by Wil G. Pansters
• "Sovereignty, Riots, and Social Contestation: Excess and Domestication" by Lars Buur
• "Color-Coded Sovereignty and the Men in Black: Private Security in a Bolivian Marketplace" by Daniel M. Goldstein
• "Batman Returns: Brazilian Conflicts and the Popular Culture of Sovereignty" by Martijn Oosterbaan

Book Reviews

In Memoriam: Karen Armstrong, first reviews editor of Conflict & Society by Ronald S. Stade