Government Violence and Repression: An Agenda for Research

by George Lopez

A form of terrorism that is receiving increased attention is human rights abuses on the part of individual states. This study, written by specialists from several countries, attempts to define the parameters of state terrorism, analyze its causes, and identify the types of data and methods needed for policy-relevant research. It focuses on state use of acts of terror to intimidate, pacify, coerce, or destroy whole populations, groups, or classes of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313246513
• ISBN13: 9780313246517
• Release Date: September 1986
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"