Violence and Repression in Latin America provides a comprehensive quantitative and historical analysis of political violence across Latin American nations. The authors examine patterns of state repression, insurgency movements, and social conflict, using comparative case studies to uncover structural and political factors that shape violence in the region. The book explores how authoritarian re…
The Riddle of Violence is a reflective political and philosophical work by Kenneth Kaunda, the first President of Zambia. In this volume, Kaunda explores the moral, social, and political roots of violence in modern society, drawing from his personal experiences during Zambia’s struggle for independence and his leadership in a newly emerging African nation. He contrasts violence with African h…
Pembunuhan Indira Gandhi menyajikan laporan jurnalistik dan historis tentang peristiwa-peristiwa yang mengelilingi pembunuhan Perdana Menteri India Indira Gandhi pada Oktober 1984. Disusun oleh Hajjah Ani Idrus, Eddi Elison, dan Marwan Effendie, buku ini mendokumentasikan ketegangan politik sebelum pembunuhan, keadaan serangan, dampak di India, dan reaksi publik di seluruh dunia. Ditulis d…
Gandhi Today examines the enduring relevance of Mahatma Gandhi’s ideas on nonviolence, social justice, and political transformation in contemporary society. J. D. Sethi discusses how Gandhian philosophy continues to influence modern political movements, social reform initiatives, and grassroots activism in India and beyond. The book highlights Gandhi’s perspectives on truth, moral leadershi…
AKM Nasimul Kamal's Genocide in Bangladesh 1971 is a comprehensive historical study examining the systematic atrocities committed during the Bangladesh War of Independence. It documents the political tensions, mass killings, gender-based violence, and widespread human rights violations committed by the Pakistan Army and its collaborators. Drawing on archival sources, eyewitness accounts, govern…
Buku ini terdiri dari pembahasan berikut: Bab I Umum Bab II Tumbuh dan Berkembangnya Partai Komunis di Indonesia Bab III Aksi Subversi Partai Komunis Indonesia Bab IV Persiapan Perebutan Kekuasaan/Pemberontakan Partai Komunis Indonesia Melalui Gerakan 30 September Bab V Pelaksanaan Aksi Perebutan Kekuasaan/Pemberontakan Partai Komunis Indonesia Melalui Gerakan 30 September Bab VI Penumpa…
Anti-Chinese violence in Indonesia reached a climax in Jakarta and elsewhere in May 1998 against a background of dramatic social and political change. This study presents close analysis of selected incidents that occurred mainly in Java in the years prior to this and in its aftermath. It tests explanations of anti-Chinese violence based on economic resentment, religious difference or state-spon…
The six essays of this book, now revised after having previously been published as Violence for Equality: Inquiries in Political Philosophy, are the result of trying to inquire with an open mind into terrorism and more particularly what some people think are justifications of it or would be justifications of it. If you actually think about it, what can be said for and against terrorism or polit…
With the whole world embroiled in war, a conference was held at the White House, in January 1940, and a report 'Children in a Democracy' subsequently published. Shortly after, a child psychologist, Despert (1942), reviewing the proceedings, reported that she found the study to be 'disappointing' in so far as psychological considerations were concerned, with only one short chapter, 'The Child in…
Looking at contemporary issues such as drone warfare, state violence, gender and political violence, cyberterrorism, lone-wolf terrorism, and de-radicalization, this book draws on the expertise of members of the Terrorism and Political Violence Association network to provide readers with a fascinating introduction to the area.