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State Terror, State Violence [electronic resource] : Global Perspectives / edited by Bettina Koch.
Contributor(s): Koch, Bettina [editor.]
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TextSeries: Publisher: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden (Imprint), 2016Description: VII, 170 p. 1 illus. in color. online resource.ISBN: 9783658111816 (ebook: PDF).Subject(s): International relations | Political theory | Public policyDDC classification: 327 Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: The volume critically discusses theoretical discourses and theoretically informed case studies on state violence and state terror. How do states justify their acts of violence? How are these justifications critiqued? Although legally state terrorism does not exist, some states nonetheless commit acts of violence that qualify as state terror as a social fact. In which cases and under what circumstances do (illegitimate) acts of violence qualify as state terrorism? Geographically, the volume covers cases and discourses from the Caucasus, South East and Central Asia, the Middle East, and North America. The Content -Foundations - Cases Target Groups Researchers and students from the field of political and social science The Editor Bettina Koch is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA (USA).
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The volume critically discusses theoretical discourses and theoretically informed case studies on state violence and state terror. How do states justify their acts of violence? How are these justifications critiqued? Although legally state terrorism does not exist, some states nonetheless commit acts of violence that qualify as state terror as a social fact. In which cases and under what circumstances do (illegitimate) acts of violence qualify as state terrorism? Geographically, the volume covers cases and discourses from the Caucasus, South East and Central Asia, the Middle East, and North America. The Content -Foundations - Cases Target Groups Researchers and students from the field of political and social science The Editor Bettina Koch is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA (USA).