Violence and Democracy

Name: Violence and Democracy
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ISBN: 9780521545440

ISBN-10: 0521545447

ISBN-13: 9780521545440

Edition: 2004

Authors: John Keane, John Keane, Ian Shapiro, Russell Hardin, Stephen Holmes

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In this provocative book, John Keane calls for a fresh understanding of the vexed relationship between democracy and violence. Taking issue with the common sense view that 'human nature' is violent, Keane shows why mature democracies do not wage war upon each other, and why they are unusually sensitive to violence. He argues that we need to think more discriminatingly about the origins of violence, its consequences, its uses and remedies. He probes the disputed meanings of the term violence, and asks why violence is the greatest enemy of democracy, and why today's global 'triangle of violence' is tempting politicians to invoke undemocratic emergency powers. Throughout, Keane gives…

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List price: $31.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/24/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 228
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Renowned globally for his creative thinking about democracy, John Keane is Professor of Politics at the University of Sydney and at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB). Among his best-known recent books are Global Civil Society? (Cambridge University Press, 2003), Violence and Democracy (Cambridge University Press, 2004), and the highly-acclaimed The Life and Death of Democracy (2009).




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