Stasis: Civil War as a Political Paradigm, by Giorgio Agamben

Political opportunity structures, democracy, and civil war

Theories of mobilization suggest that groups are more likely to resort to violence in the presence of political opportunity structures that afford greater prospects for extracting concessions from the government or better opportunities to topple ruling governments. However, existing efforts to consider the possible influences of political opportunity structures on incentives for violence and ci...

Doctors as Civil and Political Officers

Whisn, after the final suppression of the Mutiny, the Government of India was transferred from the Company to the Crown, considerable changes took place in the various branches, military and civil, of the Company's Service. Among others, the fate of the Indian Medical Service was under consideration, and for long hung in the balance. For over four years, October 1860 to March 18G5, no new commis-

A Civil War? Political Violence and Non-Violence in a Democracy Movement

Civil War in Cyberspace

In der Informationsgesellschaft nehmen auch in Deutschland aggressive und kriminelle Handlungen (Computermißbrauch) ausweislich der jährlichen Kriminalstatistik [BMI02] zu. Weniger Bedeutung wird in Deutschland bisher politisch–motivierten Aktionen beigemessen. Weltweit werden klassische Verfahren wie ziviler Ungehorsam, innere Unruhen und Bürgerkrieg zunehmend durch IT–gestützte Verfahren ergä...

Globalization and Civil War