Books by William Ascher

Although many scholars and practitioners recognize that development and conflict are intertwined, there is much less understanding of the mechanisms behind these linkages. This book takes a new approach by critically examining how various development strategies provoke or help prevent intrastate violence, based on cases from all developing regions.

Presents the aspects of the author's contributions to the field of Political Psychology such as the psychodynamic mechanisms drawn from psychoanalytic theory, and the use of symbol associations to understand political propaganda.