TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - When "the facts" become a text reinterpreting war with Serbian war veterans
JO  - Revue de synthèse
A1  - Schlichte, Klaus
SP  - 361
EP  - 384
VL  - 135
IS  - 4
N2  - Rationalist theories of political violence proclaim rather than show what motivates war participation. This article tries to examine the limits of reconstructions of these motivations by analyzing interview material gathered from Serbian war veterans. Using "grounded theory" as a methodology, this research has revealed that the identification of motivations has to take into account social and historical contexts that play out as life-worlds and world-views. Real decision points are, however, hard to identify. Therefore, the article suggests a stronger focus on "carriers" (Trägerschichten) for the study of conflict dynamics.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0035-1776
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11873-014-0262-y
ID  - ref1
ER  -