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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778481003321

Titolo

Contemporary state terrorism : theory and practice / / edited by Richard Jackson, Eamon Murphy and Scott Poynting

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-24515-0

1-135-24516-9

1-282-28451-7

9786612284519

0-203-86835-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies

Altri autori (Persone)

JacksonRichard <1966->

MurphyEamon

PoyntingScott

Disciplina

327.1/17

Soggetti

State-sponsored terrorism

Terrorism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Terrorism, the state and the study of political terror; 1 State terrorism in the social sciences: Theories, methods and concepts; 2 Darfur's dread: Contemporary state terrorism in the Sudan; 3 State terrorism and the military in Pakistan; 4 Israel's other terrorism challenge; 5 'We have no orders to save you': State terrorism, politics and communal violence in the Indian state of Gujarat, 2002

6 The politics of convenient silence in southern Africa: Relocating the terrorism of the state7 Revenge and terror: The destruction of the Palestinian community in Kuwait; 8 Winning hearts and mines: The Bougainville crisis, 1988-90; 9 Paramilitarism and state terror in Colombia; 10 'We are all in Guantánamo': State terror and the case of Mamdouh Habib; 11 From garrison state to garrison planet: State terror, the War on Terror and the rise of a global carceral complex; 12 The deterrence logic of state warfare: Israel and the Second Lebanon



War, 2006

Conclusion: Contemporary state terrorism - towards a new research agendaIndex

Sommario/riassunto

This volume aims to 'bring the state back into terrorism studies' and fill the notable gap that currently exists in our understanding of the ways in which states employ terrorism as a political strategy of internal governance or foreign policy.Within this broader context, the volume has a number of specific aims. First, it aims to make the argument that state terrorism is a valid and analytically useful concept which can do much to illuminate our understanding of state repression and governance, and illustrate the varieties of actors, modalities, aims, forms, and outcomes of t

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971171003321

Autore

Lee Erika

Titolo

At America's gates : Chinese immigration during the exclusion era, 1882-1943 / / Erika Lee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2003

ISBN

9798890873095

9780807863138

0807863130

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Classificazione

HIS003000LAW032000POL004000

Disciplina

325/.251073

Soggetti

Chinese Americans - Social conditions - 19th century

Chinese Americans - Social conditions - 20th century

Chinese Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - History

Immigrants - United States - History - 19th century

Immigrants - United States - History - 20th century

United States Emigration and immigration History

China Emigration and immigration History

United States Emigration and immigration Government policy

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-310) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Introduction; Part I. Closing the Gates; 1. The Chinese Are Coming. How Can We Stop Them?: Chinese Exclusion and the Origins of American Gatekeeping; 2. The Keepers of the Gate: U.S. Immigration Officials and Chinese Exclusion; Part II. At America's Gates; 3. Exclusion Acts: Race, Class, Gender, and Citizenship in the Enforcement of the Exclusion Laws; 4. One Hundred Kinds of Oppressive Laws: The Chinese Response to American Exclusion; Part III. Cracks in the Gate; 5. Enforcing the Borders: Chinese Exclusion along the U.S.-Canadian and U.S.-Mexican Borders

6. The Crooked Path: Chinese Illegal Immigration and its ConsequencesPart IV. The Consequences and Legacies of Exclusion; 7. In the Shadow of Exclusion: The Impact of Exclusion on the Chinese in America; Epilogue: Echoes of Exclusion in the Late Twentieth Century; Afterword: Following September 11, 2001; Notes; Notes; Notes; Notes; Notes; Notes; Notes; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E-F; G-I; J-L; M; N-P; Q-

Sommario/riassunto

Devoted to both Chinese immigrants and the American immigration officials who sought to keep them out following the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, tHIS text explores the consequences for the Chinese and for the USA as a nation of immigrants.