"Politics of Violence uses ex-militant testimonies from Cyprus and Italy to explore the ways in which political violence is political, the functionality of violence, and the post-conflict consolidation of political authority"--
"If constitutional legitimacy is based on violence, what does this mean for democracy? Almost every state in the world has a written constitution. The great majority of these declare the constitution to be the law controlling the organs of the state. We tend to label western lib…
This ambitious book has two inter-related objectives, proposing a new theory of human behaviour and then analysing terrorism in the light of this general theory. It will be essential reading for advanced students of terrorism studies and political science, and of great interest …
This ambitious book has two inter-related objectives, proposing a new theory of human behaviour and then analysing terrorism in the light of this general theory. It will be essential reading for advanced students of terrorism studies and political science, and of great interest …
Stalin's Terror of the 1930s has long been a popular subject for historians. However, while for decades, historians were locked in a narrow debate about the degree of central control over the terror process, recent archival research is underpinning new, innovative approaches and…
This study advances a theoretical synthesis to explaining radicalization. Treating radicalization as a process along which a member organisation of a broad social movement shifts from predominantly nonviolent tactics to predominantly violent tactics, the book moves beyond a focu…
"This book uses an interdisciplinary approach to chart how various forms of violence - domestic, military, legal and political - are not separate instances of violence, but rather embedded in structural inequalities brought about by colonialism, occupation and state violence. Th…
This anthology brings together classic perspectives on violence, putting into productive conversation the thought of well-known theorists and activists, and proceeds from the editor's contention that violence is always historically contingent; it must be contextualized to be und…
This anthology brings together classic perspectives on violence, putting into productive conversation the thought of well-known theorists and activists, and proceeds from the editor's contention that violence is always historically contingent; it must be contextualized to be und…
"In autumn 2001, U.S. and NATO troops were deployed to Afghanistan to unseat the Taliban rulers, repressive Islamic fundamentalists who had lent active support to Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda jihadists. The NATO forces defeated and dismantled the Taliban government, scattering its…