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Author Ross, Daniel, 1970-

Title Violent democracy / Daniel Ross
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004
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Description 1 online resource (vii, 183 pages)
Contents The high horse and the low road -- Strangers in a familiar land -- Sorry we killed you -- The great debate -- Border protection and alien friends -- Enemy combatants -- Afterword : the politics of torture
Summary "This book will change the way you think about democracy. Challenging conventional wisdom, Daniel Ross shows how violence is an integral part of the democratic system from its origins and into its globalised future. He draws on the examples of global terrorism and security, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the relation of colonial powers to indigenous populations, and the treatment of asylum seekers. His analysis of these controversial issues moves beyond the comfortable stances of both left and right to show that democracy is violent, from its beginning and at its heart."--Jacket
Analysis Democracy
Political violence
Terrorism
National security
Torture
Refugees
Aboriginal reconciliation
Immigration controls
Colonialism
United States
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-180) and index
Notes English
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Subject Democratization.
Terrorism.
Political violence.
Terrorism
terrorism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Violence in Society.
Democratization
Political violence
Terrorism
Democratie.
Politiek geweld.
State.
Armed intervention.
Combatants.
Prisoners.
Form Electronic book
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