- Case studies on state violence and state terror
- International approach
- With articles from Africa, South East Asia, the Middle East, and the US
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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.
- About the authors
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Bettina Koch is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA (USA).
- Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Terror, Violence, Coercion: States and the Use of (Il)legitimate Force
Pages 1-10
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International Law and the Use of Armed Force by States
Pages 13-30
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Securitization and Terroristization: Analyzing States’ Usage of the Rhetoric of Terrorism
Pages 31-50
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From Colonialism to Globalization: State Violence in Modern India
Pages 53-70
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Violence on the Periphery of the Thai State and Nationhood
Pages 71-92
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- State Terror, State Violence
- Book Subtitle
- Global Perspectives
- Editors
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- Bettina Koch
- Series Title
- Staat – Souveränität – Nation
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-658-11181-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-658-11181-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-658-11180-9
- Series ISSN
- 2625-7076
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VII, 170
- Number of Illustrations
- 1 illustrations in colour
- Topics