Crisis of the state : war and social upheaval /

Analyzing both historical contexts and geographical locations, this volume explores the continuous reformation of state power and its potential in situations of violent conflict. The state, otherwise understood as an abstract and transcendent concept in many works on globalization in political philo...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Kapferer, Bruce, Bertelsen, Bjørn Enge
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.
Sujets:
Political violence.
State-sponsored terrorism.
Civil-military relations.
War and society.
Violence politique.
Terrorisme d'État.
Relations pouvoir civil-pouvoir militaire.
Guerre et société.
terrorism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Violence in Society.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Analyzing both historical contexts and geographical locations, this volume explores the continuous reformation of state power and its potential in situations of violent conflict. The state, otherwise understood as an abstract and transcendent concept in many works on globalization in political philosophy, is instead located and analyzed here as an embedded part of lived reality. This relationship to the state is exposed as an integral factor to the formation of the social whether in Africa, the Middle East, South America or the United States. Through the examination of these particular empir.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (viii, 330 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781845459093
1845459091

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