126 Pages
by
Routledge
This title was first published in 2001. The modern state’s claim to a monopoly of legitimate force bestows the concomitant duty of preventing the resort to violence by non-state actors. Consequently, failure to do so often leads to debates, concerning the legitimation of the perpetrators themselves and the legitimation of the authorities who were unable or unwilling to prevent their violent... Read more
Contents: Terrorist tales; A memorial book; A corrupter-corrupted model; Etiology stories; Conclusions; References; Index.
Biography
Gerald Cromer
’...a well-written book that adds to the scholarship on terrorism by focusing our attention on issues relating to the legitimization of violence, that until now...have not received that much consideration.’ e-Extreme Newsletter
