Transformations of political violence?
| Autor: | Daase, Christopher, Driedger, Jonas F., Kroll, Stefan, Mannitz, Sabine, Simon, Hendrik, Wolff, Jonas |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| DOI: | 10.48809/priftracewp2201 |
| Popis: | PRIF TraCe Working Paper, 2022/01 This paper outlines a research program on the development of political violence. Political violence in its many forms – from riotous protests to war between states – remains ever-present and has immense moral and political implications. However, the overall development of political violence remains poorly understood. Examining existing research, we identify three general positions: political violence has either declined, escalated, or taken different forms. However, due to diverging definitions and specifications as well as partially ambiguous evidence, no clear assessment has as yet been made. Hence, the paper provides a basic framework to better group existing approaches, examine availab- le findings, and to enable the design of further research to better understand the development of political violence. Surveying the conceptual literature, we find narrower and broader definitions of political violence which, respectively, allow for more focused and for more wholistic investigations. We also distinguish three crucial aspects of political vi- olence: its forms and patterns, the role of political institutions, and its social construction and justification. Surveying the literature on the state and transnational groups, we also propose a basic typology on the direction, basic entities, and forms of political violence. Jointly, these definitions, aspects and basic concepts form a general framework with which to break new ground on the development of political violence by affording connection and communication bet- ween various strands of research from diverse disciplinary perspectives. |
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