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africa
anthropology
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balkans
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chechnya
comparative politics
cultural anthropology
cultural social
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ethnic studies
frontier life
government officials
history of violence
human rights
institutional violence
interviews
israel
jewish ghettos
middle east
military veterans
nationalism
political
political activists
political analysts
political violence
serbia
sociologists
state violence
theoretical framework
turkey
war
warring states
Product details
- ISBN 9780520236578
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 19 May 2003
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 exciting new framework for analyzing today's nationalist wars.
James Ron is the Canada Research Chair in Conflict and Human Rights in McGill University's Department of Sociology.
