PLCP 2500: Political Violence (Instructor of Record)

When is violence political violence? What forms does it take, who uses it, and why? Violence remains an ever-present part of politics, used by state and non-state actors in both democracies and dictatorships. Content will focus on traditional interpretations of political violence such as state repression but also expand into new debates such as the status of policing, surveillance, incarceration and climate change as forms of political violence.