Format:
Online-Ressource (xxiv, 262 p)
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maps
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0520236572
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0520230809
Content:
James Ron uses controversial comparisons between Serbia and Israel to present a novel theory of state violence. Formerly a research consultant to Human Rights Watch and the International Red Cross, Ron witnessed remarkably different patterns of state coercion. Frontiers and Ghettos presents an institutional approach to state violence, drawing on Ron's field research in the Middle East, Balkans, Chechnya, Turkey, and Africa, as well as dozens of rare interviews with military veterans, officials, and political activists on all sides. Studying violence from the ground up, the book develops an exc
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-251) and index
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Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Puzzles of Violence; 1. Institutional Settings and Violence; PART ONE: Patterns of Serbian Violence; 2. Bosnian Frontier Formation; 3. Ethnic Cleansing on the Bosnian Frontier; 4. Ethnic Harassment in the Serbian Core; 5. Kosovo's Changing Institutional Fate; PART TWO: Patterns of Israeli Violence; 6. Creating the Palestinian Ghetto; 7. Policing the Ghetto; 8. Alternatives to Policing; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520236578
Additional Edition:
Print version Frontiers and Ghettos : State Violence in Serbia and Israel
Language:
English
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