""Frontiers and Ghettos is based on the idea that when it comes to
ethnopolitical conflict, lousy is better than horrible. How
outcomes better than horrible arise, despite ideological
imperatives, hatreds, and predatory opportunities, is brilliantly
analyzed in this empirically rich, vividly written, and provocative
comparison of Serbian and Israeli policies toward Croatians,
Muslims and Palestinians. A terrific book!"--Ian S. Lustick, author
of "Unsettled States, Disputed Lands
"Abusive governments try to avoid leaving fingerprints on acts
of repression, often using paramilitaries or death squads for
deniability. James Ron reveals that territorial boundaries can
serve a similar function. Abuse is more likely, he shows, as one
crosses the frontiers of established state power, obscuring the
signature of official action. This original and insightful book
encourages us to expose cross-border involvement in human rights
violations and re-establish official accountability."--Kenneth
Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch
"With terrifying lucidity, Ron uses the experiences of Serbia,
Kosovo, Bosnia, Israel, and Palestine to examine how a state's
definition of the boundary separating its favored population from a
different people authorizes, channels, or inhibits its use of
force. This veteran participant-observer uses first-hand
observation tellingly."--Charles Tilly, author of "Durable
Inequality
""Frontiers and Ghettos represents a major step forward in
social science's effort to understand state violence. James Ron
shows that while all states use violence, they do so differently in
their well-policed interiors and at their margins. This book is
powerful, timely, and importantfor both scholars, policy-makers,
and those who would advance respect for human rights."--Craig
Calhoun, President, Social Science Research Council
"James Ron has written a strikingly clear and convincing study
of the factors affecting controlled and uncontrolled state-directed
violence in the current period, with an analysis that adds
substantially to the sociology of the state. His book will be
important for all those concerned--for scholarly reasons and for
broader ones--with modern confrontations of world norms, state
power and human rights. And its gripping accounts will be important
for those concerned with the specific violent conflicts it
examines, in Serbia and Israel."--John W. Meyer, Professor of
Sociology, Emeritus, Stanford University
"This ingenious and courageous comparison of the types of
violence used by nationalist regimes should transform the way we
think about borders and state sovereignty. In demonstrating that
even the most unsavory governments can be sensitive to
international norms and the appearance of legality, Ron also
strikes a serious blow at standard policy prescriptions -- from
imposing sanctions and isolation on offending regimes to offering
autonomy packages and soft borders for ethnic minorities. This book
deserves wide circulation and serious reflection."--Susan L.
Woodward, author of "Balkan Tragedy: Chaos and Dissolution after
the Cold War
"As the horrific escalation of violence in Israel and the
Palestinian territories grips international headlines, the
inability of commentators to locate these tragic events in a
comparative analytical frame is striking. This book is an
impressive exception. Ron's elegant comparative analysis of Serbia
andearlier periods of Israeli-Palestinian conflict makes the
dynamics of the present conflict and its future possibilities
comprehensible in a way that few others have managed to do. It is a
signal contribution to our understanding of modern state
violence."--Peter Evans, Eliaser Chair of International Studies,
University of California, Berkeley
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