Search Results for: Between Legitimacy And Violence

DIVComprehensive overview of modern Colombian history considers why Colombia's long-established, stable political institutions have not been able to prevent fre

This book argues that terrorism in the modern world has occurred in four "waves" of forty years each. It offers evidence-based explanations of terrorism, nation

Street gangs are a major concern for residents in many inner-city communities. However, gangs’ secretive and, at times, delinquent tendencies limit most peopl

International Relations scholarship posits that legitimacy, authority and violence are attributes of states. However, groups like Hizballah clearly challenge th

This book brings together scholarship on three different forms of state violence, examining each for what it can tell us about the conditions under which states