The paradox of political violence

Ayyash, Mark Muhannad

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“…Put differently, there is a need to see the interrelation between power and violence, i.e. how more subtle forms of power, which produce, discipline and govern subjects, exist alongside the presence of potentially more coercive and violent forms (see also Ayyash, 2013;Walby, 2012). This is apparent in that way that the work of Foucault has been used in organization studies so as to make violence rather invisible.…”

Section: Foucault Sovereign Power and Disciplinary Powermentioning

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Violence and Organization Studies

Costas

Grey

2018

Organization Studies

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In this paper we argue that violence is curiously both absent and present within organization studies. By violence we mean actual or potential physical harm and, building on an insight from Norbert Elias, we suggest that such violence is both ‘totally familiar yet hardly perceived’ in organizations. We examine how in two major traditions of organization studies, one deriving from Weber and the other from Foucault, violence figures as, respectively, an ‘absent-presence’ and a ‘present-absence’. We then propose that a sensibility towards violence enables the recognition of ‘the blood and bruises’ of organizational life: something present close to home as well as faraway; here and now rather than long ago; and featuring in ‘normal’ organizations as well as in abnormal or exceptional circumstances.

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Section: Foucault Sovereign Power and Disciplinary Powermentioning

confidence: 99%

Violence and Organization Studies

Costas

Grey

2018

Organization Studies

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“…Violence is the creative action in the anti-colonial and anti-state movements and makes it clear that violence is a peculiar instrument because it usually appears with power. The appearance of violence in the form of action can disrupt the movement of status quo and leads to more destruction [33].…”

Section: Arbitrary Detention In the Kashmir Valley: A Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

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Law and Detention: A Critical Analysis of Law in the Kashmir Valley

Haq¹

2019

Social.val.Soci

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The conflict of Kashmir is mapped out as a multi-dimensional dispute between various states. It is an inter-state dispute between India and Pakistan, armed conflict between India and Kashmiri's over the right of self-determination (freedom) and between India and religious militants. Meanwhile, India took repressive measures that created the situation of 'new war' in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The 'new wars' were basically post-cold war conflicts which differ from the accepted definition of warfare. The main features of these conflicts include human rights abuses, identity issues and the presence of para-military forces, which lead to displacement of population. It is noteworthy that democratic states practice the art of law fare and justifies the violence and brutality against their own inhabitants. The law employed by the government also carries an insurgent potential in order to make claims for resources, recognition, voice, integrity and sovereignty. Similarly, in Kashmir valley where security forces use force to preserve law by enforcing new regulations or by reconsidering established sanctions. The paper would examine why violence like arbitrary detention, torture, and disappearances are existing in the contemporary period and what is the role of law in the valley towards detention.

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“…Instead, he sets the context forth as dynamic and changing but helping maintain politics which is marked by the use of violence (Siniawer 2008(Siniawer , 2, 75, 2012. Nevertheless, in focusing entirely on the productive violence, Siniawer does not take into account the destructive violence, a result of relations between political violence and politics in general (Ayyash 2013), which reduces the scope of the category's applicability to studies. Siniawer also avoids offering the model of context dynamics and the trajectory of changes.…”

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Theorizing Cultures of Political Violence in Times of Austerity

Rak¹

2018

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Why did some protest movements turn to force when others did not in times of austerity? How has it influenced political structures of the Eurozone states? In this empirically rich, methodologically advanced, and theoretically innovative book, Joanna Rak open-mindedly addresses important research problems of the sources and consequences of differences and similarities across cultures of political violence formed by the post-2008 anti-austerity movements in Europe. Not only does Rak's study contribute to our understanding of what happened in austerity-driven societies, but it also makes an important contribution to the Social Sciences by creating and applying a compelling non-traditional research design that allows a researcher to verify methodological correctness and analytical effectiveness of theoretical frameworks. Those who are interested in how to analyze contentious politics now have an excellent work to read!' Roman Bäcker, The former President of Polish Political Science Association 'Joanna Rak has written an admirably clear, rigorously designed and conducted comparative study of European anti-austerity movements. This book does more than challenge the students of contention to think critically about conceptual and explanatory frameworks of cultures of political violence. By formulating and testing new analytical tools, the study pushes us to reconsider a traditional research process and the use of theoretical categories in comparative politics and social movement studies.' Adam Wielomski, The President of Political and Legal Theory Association 'This timely and innovative research allows us to understand how broad civil historical contexts shaped placid, hector-led, and militant cultures of political violence in austerity-driven Europe. Drawing upon the pieces of data in 14 languages and a comprehensive literature review, Joanna Rak creates entirely new databases for anti-austerity movements. In skillfully combining qualitative and quantitative comparative techniques, she achieves both theory-verification and theory-generation aims. The analysis makes significant methodological and theoretical advances as Rak devises a gradable theoretical category of a culture of political violence. Her original theoretical framework introduces a refreshingly new way to bring together accomplishments in the study of contentious politics and history. Rak paves the way for further research and discussion about a nature of contemporary cultures of political violence.'

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The paradox of political violence

Cited by 8 publications

References 7 publications

Violence and Organization Studies

Violence and Organization Studies

Law and Detention: A Critical Analysis of Law in the Kashmir Valley

Theorizing Cultures of Political Violence in Times of Austerity

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