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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826413303321

Autore

Cromer Gerald <1944->

Titolo

A war of words : political violence and public debate in Israel / / Gerald Cromer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Portland, OR, : Frank Cass, 2004

ISBN

1-902598-73-3

1-135-75433-0

0-429-23463-5

1-280-04954-5

0-7146-8516-X

0-203-64612-6

1-135-75434-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 154 p

Collana

Cass series: political violence A war of words

Disciplina

303.6/095694

Soggetti

Political violence - Israel - Public opinion

Arab-Israeli conflict - Public opinion

Public opinion - Israel

Terrorism - Government policy - Israel

Political culture - Israel

Israel Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 The Body Politic -- chapter 3 Terrorism -- chapter 4 War -- chapter 5 Verbal Violence -- chapter 6 Racism -- chapter 7 Remembering Violence.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines a series of controversies surrounding Israel's use of force and its failure to prevent violence. Influenced by Weber's definition of the state as the 'monopoly of violence', politcial scientists and criminologists alike have focused their attention on the legitimation struggles of non-state actors who resort to violence. This book redresses the balance. Chapters are devoted to the public discourse about Palestinian and Jewish terrorism, the war in Lebanon, the alleged connection between verbal violence of government leaders



and the physical violence of its supporters, and the use of history to justify the state use of force. The conclusion considers why these controversies play such a central role in Israeli politics and presents a number of suggestions as to the function they fulfil in other Western societies.