Introduction: State terror and anthropology, Jeffrey A. Sluka 1. A fictional reality: Paramilitary death squads and the construction of State terror in Spain, Begona Aretxaga 2. Trials by fire: Dynamics of terror in Punjab and Kashmir, Cynthia 3. State terror in the netherwo…
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Death Squad brings together an international group of anthropologists who have done extensive research in areas marked by extreme forms of state violence and who have studied state terror from the perspective of victims and survivors.
"There is real personal danger for anthropologists who dare to speak and write against terror; by doing so, they potentially and sometimes actually bring the terror down on themselves."--Jeffrey A. Sluka, from the IntroductionDeath Squad is the first work to focus specifically o…
Violence and the state
by Sussex, Matthew, Killingsworth, Matt, Pakulski, Jan
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This title provides a highly original, multi-contributed interdisciplinary investigation into organised violence across a wide range of geographical and academic areas.
In providing a counterweight to the notion that political violence has irrevocably changed in a globalised world, Violence and the state offers an original and innovative way in which to understand political violence across a range of discipline areas. It explores the complex re…
This title provides a highly original, multi-contributed interdisciplinary investigation into organised violence across a wide range of geographical and academic areas.
"'Western leaders should be aware that when they shake hands with Putin, they shake hands with a murderer.'--Leonid Martyniuk. In Russia, the twenty-first century belongs to Vladimir Putin. His political dominance has lasted two presidential terms, an appointment to prime minist…
"Accounts of the relationships between states and terrorist organizations in the Cold War era have long been shaped by speculation, a lack of primary sources and even conspiracy theories. In the last few years, however, things have evolved rapidly. Using a wide range of case stu…
