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Predator Culture : The Systemic Roots and Intent of Organised Violence

By Fred Harrison

Book information

Publisher
Shepheard-Walwyn
Year
2010
ISBN
9780856833250, 9780856832734
LCC
JC328.6 -- .H37 2010eb
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
990 kB (1014165 bytes)
Pages
189\189
Time added
2023-08-24 06:34:07
Political violence. ; Violence -- History.

Description

Drawing on case studies of organized violence—ranging from territorial wars and colonial conquests to non-state variants such as organized crime—this record offers a general theory to account for the use of force in both the state and civil sectors of society. Challenging the popular views that the dominant forms of violence are due to failings of human nature, this volume suggests that the laws and institutions favoring an approach to property rights that encourage rent seeking are responsible. Addressing issues such as genocide and the gap between the rich and poor, this record proposes policies to dismantle the incentives that nurture the resort to violence by redistributing power to the individual.

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