Violent democracy / Daniel Ross.
Ross, Daniel, 1970-| Call Number | 303.6 |
| Author | Ross, Daniel, 1970- author. |
| Title | Violent democracy / Daniel Ross. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (vii, 183 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| 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. |
| Summary | This fascinating and provocative 2005 book will change the way you think about democracy. Challenging conventional wisdom, Daniel Ross shows how from its origins and into its globalized future, violence is an integral part of the democratic system. 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. |
| Subject | Democratization. TERRORISM. POLITICAL VIOLENCE. |
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| Summary | This fascinating and provocative 2005 book will change the way you think about democracy. Challenging conventional wisdom, Daniel Ross shows how from its origins and into its globalized future, violence is an integral part of the democratic system. 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. |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| 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. |
| Subject | Democratization. TERRORISM. POLITICAL VIOLENCE. |
| Multimedia |