Frontiers and ghettos : state violence in Serbia and Israel / / James Ron

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910449887103321
• Autore: Ron James
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2003; ©2003
• ISBN: 0-520-93690-6; 1-282-35962-2; 9786612359620; 1-59734-625-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxiv, 262 pages)
• Disciplina: 949.703
• Soggetti: State-sponsored terrorism - Serbia and Montenegro - Serbia; State-sponsored terrorism - Israel; Serbia Ethnic relations Political aspects; Serbia Politics and government 1992-2006; Israel Ethnic relations Political aspects; Israel Politics and government 1993-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-251) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Institutional settings and violence -- Bosnian frontier formation -- Ethnic cleansing on the Bosnian frontier -- Ethnic harassment in the Serbian core -- Kosovo's changing institutional fate -- Creating the Palestinian ghetto -- Policing the ghetto -- Alternatives to policing.
• Sommario/riassunto: James Ron uses controversial comparisons between Serbia and Israel to present a novel theory of state violence. Formerly a research consultant to Human Rights Watch and the International Red Cross, Ron witnessed remarkably different patterns of state coercion. Frontiers and Ghettos presents an institutional approach to state violence, drawing on Ron's field research in the Middle East, Balkans, Chechnya, Turkey, and Africa, as well as dozens of rare interviews with military veterans, officials, and political activists on all sides. Studying violence from the ground up, the book develops an exciting new framework for analyzing today's nationalist wars.