Violence - from state coercion to wars and revolutions - remains an enduring global reality.
This book will be essential introductory reading for students and scholars of the ethics and politics of Political violence..
Examining the complex questions raised by different types of violence, they conclude that, ultimately, all attempts to justify Political Violence fail.
They carefully explore the strategies that have been deployed to condone violence, either as means to certain ends or as an inherent facet of politics.
In this lucid and erudite book, Elizabeth Frazer and Kimberly Hutchings address these issues using vivid contemporary and historic examples.
But whereas it is often believed that the point of constitutional politics is to make Violence unnecessary, others argue that it is an unavoidable element of politics.
Violence - from state coercion to wars and revolutions - remains an enduring global reality