The State as Terrorist
The Dynamics of Governmental Violence and Repression
1st Edition
Published on 24. April 1984
202 pages
978-0-313-01596-0 (ISBN)
Description
This volume examines the causes, consequences, and dynamics of that style of governance by force that has come to be known as state terror. The collection deals with theoretical issues and examines case applications as well. The editors distinguish among the study of oppression, repression, and state terror systems. State terrorism in the form of enforcement terrorism, economic repression, military control, and the legal oppression of apartheid in Latin America, Argentina, the Philippines, and South Africa is discussed. One chapter explores American containment policy. Theoretical chapters on state terrorism include editor George Lopez's scheme for the analysis of government terror, editor Michael Stohl's discussion of the international dimensions of this problem, and an agenda for continued investigation.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
ISBN-13
978-0-313-01596-0 (9780313015960)
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The State as Terrorist
The Dynamics of Governmental Violence and Repression
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Content
- Cover
- THE STATE AS TERRORIST
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- A CONTEXT FOR THE STUDY OF STATE TERRORISM
- ON DEFINING STATE TERROR
- THE SCOPE OF THIS BOOK
- NOTES
- 1 Governance without Blood: Social Science's Antiseptic View of Rule
- or, The Neglect of Political Repression
- PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND POLITICAL REPRESSION
- ICONIC MODELS WITH NO ROOM FOR POLITICAL REPRESSION
- Interest-Group Models
- System Theory
- Structural-Functionalism
- Marxism
- Dependencia
- Elite Theory
- Geopolitics
- NOTES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ICONIC MODEL FOR POLITICAL REPRESSION
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- 2 International Dimensions of State Terrorism
- I. COERCIVE DIPLOMACY AS STATE TERRORISM: THE DIPLOMACY OF VIOLENCE
- II. A SPECIAL FORM OF COERCIVE DIPLOMACY: NUCLEAR DETERRENCE, THE BALANCE OF TERROR
- III. CLANDESTINE TERROR
- IV. SURROGATE TERRORISM
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- 3 A Scheme for the Analysis of Government as Terrorist
- THE POLITICAL CLIMATE SURROUNDING THE INITIATION OF STATE TERROR
- IDEOLOGY
- THE CHARACTER OF STATE TERROR
- Alternative Techniques Available to the State as Terrorist
- SUPPORT MECHANISMS
- THE OUTCOMES OF STATE TERROR
- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- 4 State Repression and Enforcement Terrorism in Latin America
- VARIETIES OF POLITICAL REPRESSION IN LATIN AMERICA
- REASONS FOR GOVERNMENTAL REPRESSION IN LATIN AMERICA
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- 5 The Political Economy of State Repression in Argentina
- CONCEPTUAL DEFINITIONS
- POLICY OUTCOMES
- THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS
- Repression: Response to Protest
- Repression and Economic Doctrine
- Cost of Repression and International Finance
- TEST CASE: ARGENTINA
- The Aramburu-Frondizi Years
- The Illia-Ongania Transition
- From Peronism to Videla
- CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY
- NOTES
- 6 Militarism and Repression in the Philippines
- MILITARISM AND MILITARIZATION
- REPRESSION
- THE LINKS
- INSTRUMENTAL LINKS
- Martial Law: Creating the National Security State
- Constitutional Change
- Increased Military Control over Civilian Life
- STRUCTURAL LINKS
- Rising Military Expenditures
- Arms Imports and Domestic Military Industries
- THE INTERNATIONAL CONNECTION
- National Security Thinking
- Military and Economic Aid
- International Arms Marketing
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- 7 South African State Terror: The Costs of Continuing Repression
- THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONTEXT
- ELEMENTS OF TERROR
- SOCIAL COSTS
- POLITICAL ECONOMY
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- 8 Government Terror in the United States: An Exploration of Containment Policy
- PRELIMINARY DISTINCTIONS-GOVERNMENT TERROR
- PRELIMINARY DISTINCTIONS-SCOPE OF GOVERNMENT TERROR
- NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TERROR
- PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS AND CONTAINMENT POLICY
- CONTAINMENT
- INTRUSION AND INDIFFERENCE
- ROOTS OF CONTAINMENT POLICY
- MAJORITIES
- CONTAINMENT AS A POLICY?
- MARXIST POSITION
- LIBERALISM
- NEO-CONSERVATISM
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- 9 Studying the State as Terrorist: A Conclusion and Research Agenda
- NOTES
- Bibliographic Essay
- THE LITERATURE ON AUTHORITARIANISM
- THE LITERATURE ON GENOCIDE
- DATA COLLECTIONS
- Index
- About the Editors and Contributors
