State Terror, State Violence - Global Perspectives

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.

List of contents

Foundations.- Cases.

Product details

• Assisted by: Bettina Koch (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.12.2015
• EAN: 9783658111809
• ISBN: 978-3-658-11180-9
• No. of pages: 170
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 10 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 243 g
• Illustrations: VII, 170 p. 1 illus. in color.
• Series: Staat - Souveränität - Nation; Staat – Souveränität – Nation
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Öffentliche Verwaltung, B, International Relations, Political Theory, Political science & theory, Political Science and International Studies, Public Administration, Public Policy, Political science and theory, International Law;Legitimacy;Sovereignty;Terrorism;Violence