• Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
A War of Words: Political Violence and Public Debate in Israel

A War of Words: Political Violence and Public Debate in Israel

Hardcover

Series: Political Violence

Criminology

ISBN10: 0714656313
ISBN13: 9780714656311
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: Aug 5 2004
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.34 Depth: 9.24
Language: English

This book examines a series of controversies surrounding Israel's use of force and its failure to prevent violence.

Influenced by Weber's definition of the state as the 'monopoly of violence', politcial scientists and criminologists alike have focused their attention on the legitimation struggles of non-state actors who resort to violence. This book redresses the balance. Chapters are devoted to the public discourse about Palestinian and Jewish terrorism, the war in Lebanon, the alleged connection between verbal violence of government leaders and the physical violence of its supporters, and the use of history to justify the state use of force. The conclusion considers why these controversies play such a central role in Israeli politics and presents a number of suggestions as to the function they fulfil in other Western societies.

1 different editions

Also available

Also in

Criminology