Legitimacy, civil society, and state crime

Part of a special issue on neoliberalism, militarism, and armed conflict. The writers integrate the concepts of legitimacy, hegemony, and civil society, which emanate from the disciplines of political science and international relations, into a criminological framework in order to understand state c...

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Main Author: Ward, Tony (Author)
Contributors: Green, Penny
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2000
In: Social justice
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Civil Society
Crimes against humanity
Deviant Behavior
Hegemony
Human Rights
Legitimacy of governments
Social Sciences
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Summary:Part of a special issue on neoliberalism, militarism, and armed conflict. The writers integrate the concepts of legitimacy, hegemony, and civil society, which emanate from the disciplines of political science and international relations, into a criminological framework in order to understand state crime. They clarify the relationship of these concepts to deviance and human rights and outline how they contribute to explanations of state crime and its control.