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The art of coercion : the primitive accumulation and management of coercive power

Print Book, English, ©2011
Columbia University Press, New York, ©2011
viii, 298 pages ; 23 cm
9780231702409, 9780231800235, 023170240X, 0231800231
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The ruthlessness of state formation
Maintaining the monopoly: the risk of disloyalty
Maintaining the monopoly: when ruthlessness is still needed
Maintaining the monopoly: the role of political policing
Maintaining the monopoly: the political micromanagement of population control
External intervention and the monopoly: kicking away the ladder?
Beyond the monopoly: origins and development of policing