Violence and Politics

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Introduction Violence and Politics, Mark Ungar, Sally Avery Bermanzohn, Kenton Worcester PART ONE: States, Social Groups and Contentious Politics 1. Violent and Nonviolent Trajectories in Contentious Politics, Charles Tilly 2. Private Armies and the Decline of the State, Ulric Shannon 3. State Violence and LGBT Rights, Mark Ungar 4. Globalization, Weak States and the Death Toll in Asia, Bridget Welsh 5. Political Islam: Inclusion or Violence?, Najib Ghadbian 6. State Rape: Sexual Violence as Genocide, Lisa Sharlach Part Two: Identities, Adversaries and Democratic Values 7. From Protest to Retribution: The Guerrilla Politics of Pro-life Violence 8. Violence, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the US Civil Rights Movement, Sally Avery Bermanzohn 9. Ethno-national Conflicts, Democratization and Hate Crime, Roger MacGinty 10. Economics, Violence and Protest in Venezuela: A Preview of the Global Future?, Margarita Lopez Maya, Luis E. Lander, and Mark Ungar 11. The Clash Within: Intrapsychically Created Enemies and their Roles in Ethno-nationalist Conflict, Jeffrey Murer 12. Fear and Democracy, John Keane