Heavily influenced by Max Weber's definition of the state, political scientists and criminologists alike have focused their attention on the legitimisation struggles of non-state actors who resort to violence. This book constitutes an attempt to redress that imbalance by examining a series of controversies concerning the State of Israel's use of force and its failure to prevent the violence of others. Separate chapters deal with the public discourse about Palestinian and Jewish terrorism, the war in Lebanon, the alleged connection between the verbal violence of government leaders and the...
Heavily influenced by Max Weber's definition of the state, political scientists and criminologists alike have focused their attention on the legitimis...
This titlewas first published in 2001. The modern state’s claim to a monopoly of legitimate force bestows the concomitant duty of preventing the resort to violence by non-state actors. Consequently, failure to do so often leads to debates, concerning the legitimation of the perpetrators themselves and the legitimation of the authorities who were unable or unwilling to prevent their violent actions. Narratives of Violence constitutes the first work which relates these stigma contests to each other by analyzing the public discourse about right-wing violence in Israel. The result is an...
This titlewas first published in 2001. The modern state’s claim to a monopoly of legitimate force bestows the concomitant duty of preventing the res...
