The Use of Force for State Power: History and Future

by Michael Warner, John Childress, Michael Warner

Book Overview

This book studies force, the coercive application of power against resistance, building from Thomas Hobbes' observation that all self-contained political orders have some ultimate authority that uses force to both dispense justice and to defend the polity against its enemies. This cross-disciplinary analysis finds that rulers concentrate force through cooperation, conveyance, and comprehension, applying common principles across history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030454126
• ISBN13: 9783030454128
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"