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UNINA9910778481003321 |
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Titolo |
Contemporary state terrorism : theory and practice / / edited by Richard Jackson, Eamon Murphy and Scott Poynting |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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1-135-24515-0 |
1-135-24516-9 |
1-282-28451-7 |
9786612284519 |
0-203-86835-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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JacksonRichard <1966-> |
MurphyEamon |
PoyntingScott |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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State-sponsored terrorism |
Terrorism |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Conclusion: Contemporary state terrorism - towards a new research agendaIndex |
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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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UNINA9910971171003321 |
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Autore |
Lee Erika |
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At America's gates : Chinese immigration during the exclusion era, 1882-1943 / / Erika Lee |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2003 |
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9798890873095 |
9780807863138 |
0807863130 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (345 p.) |
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HIS003000LAW032000POL004000 |
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Disciplina |
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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 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-310) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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- |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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