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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823723003321

Autore

Schwarzmantel John

Titolo

Democracy and Political Violence

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-13316-4

9786613133168

0-7486-4598-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

321.809051

Soggetti

Democracy

Political violence

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political ideologies / Democracy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Conflict and Community; 2 The Forms and Nature of Political Violence; 3 The State and Violence; 4 Democracy and Terrorism; 5 Ethnic and Nationalist Violence and Democracy; 6 Violence and the Installation of Democracy; 7 Culture, Violence and Democracy; 8 Democracy in Times of Risk and Uncertainty; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An analysis of the phenomenon of political violence and its implications for democratic politics.