Frontiers and Ghettos: State Violence in Serbia and Israel

by James Frohlich and James Ron

Book Overview

James Ron uses controversial comparisons between Serbia and Israel to present a novel theory of state violence. Formerly a research consultant to Human Rights Watch and the International Red Cross, Ron witnessed remarkably different patterns of state coercion. Frontiers and Ghettos presents an institutional approach to state violence, drawing on Ron's field research in the Middle East, Balkans, Chechnya, Turkey, and Africa, as well as dozens of rare...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520230809
• ISBN13: 9780520230804
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.1"