Democracy and political violence
By: John Schwarzmantel
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780748637959; 9780748637966
Subjects: Political violence; Democracy
Description: An analysis of the phenomenon of political violence and its implications for democratic politics. This book applies democratic theory to the problem of creating a liberal democracy in a situation of conflict, violence and social division.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-210) and index.
Table of contents: title: Conflict and community; title: The forms and nature of political violence; title: The state and violence; title: Democracy and terrorism; title: Ethnic and nationalist violence and democracy; title: Violence and the installation of democracy; title: Culture, violence and democracy; title: Democracy in times of risk and uncertainty.