Illustrated most dramatically by the events of 9/11 and the
subsequent war on terror, violence represents a challenge to
democratic politics and to the establishment of liberal-democratic
regimes. Liberal-democracies have themselves not hesitated to use
violence and restrict civil liberties as a response to such
challenges. These issues are at the centre of global politics and
figure prominently in political debates today concerning
multiculturalism, political exclusion and the politics of
gender.
This book takes up these topics with reference to a wide range
of case-studies, covering Latin America, the Middle East, Africa,
Asia and Europe. It provides a theoretical framework clarifying the
relationship between democracy and violence and presents original
research surveying current hot-spots of violent conflict and the
ways in which violence affects the prospects for democratic
politics and for gender equality. Based on field-work carried out
by specialists in the areas covered, this volume will be of high
interest to students of democratic politics and to all those
concerned with ways in which the recourse to violence could be
reduced in a global context. This book has significant implications
for policy-makers involved in attempts to develop safer and more
peaceful ways of handling political and social conflict.
This book was published as a special issue of
Democratizations.
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