The art of coercion
Subtitle: the primitive accumulation and management of coercive power
By: Antonio Giustozzi
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780231702409; 9780231800235
Subjects: Political development; Nationalism; The State; Power (Social sciences)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The ruthlessness of state formation; title: Maintaining the monopoly: the risk of disloyalty; title: Maintaining the monopoly: when ruthlessness is still needed; title: Maintaining the monopoly: the role of political policing; title: Maintaining the monopoly: the political micromanagement; title: Of population control; title: External intervention and the monopoly: kicking away the ladder?; title: Beyond the monopoly: origins and development of policing; title: Conclusion.