Armed Struggle in Italy: The Limits to Criminology in the Analysis of Political Violence

Ruggiero, Vincenzo

doi:10.1093/bjc/azp077

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“…Studies of social movements are excellent avenues for approaching the analysis of conflictive contexts as well as the phenomenon of political violence (Ruggiero, 2010, 2017), as well as for understanding the mutual effects exchanged between social actions (conflict) and states (repression) (Ruggiero, 2005). More specifically, the analytical tools offered by the literature of ‘unintended’ consequences of social movements in politics and polity should be considered (Giugni et al, 1998, 1999; Giugni, 1995).…”

Section: Theoretical and Methodological Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Culture of Emergency in Italy and Spain: State Antiterrorism

Ubasart-González

2020

Social & Legal Studies

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After nearly six decades, on May 2, 2018, Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) announced its dissolution. This announcement brought an end to the last ripples of the wave of political violence in Europe that began in the sixties, which coincided with a cycle of protests during the sixties and seventies. In response to serious political conflict and its drift toward armed violence, some liberal-democratic states established an antiterrorism framework involving legislative and practical transformations at every level of the criminal justice system. From a critical criminology perspective, the concept of a ‘culture of emergency’ was developed in the field of il garantismo in order to analyze the phenomenon. The present article explores the construction of this exceptionalism in two cases: that of Italy (‘revolutionary wave’) and of Spain (ETA). While attempting to identify a common pattern of emergency, this study also identifies the specificities of each conflict.

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Section: Theoretical and Methodological Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Culture of Emergency in Italy and Spain: State Antiterrorism

Ubasart-González

2020

Social & Legal Studies

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“…Despite these limitations, the growth of these data sources and open accessibility has allowed international researchers to investigate a wide variety of criminological topics related to political violence and terrorist acts (Argomaniz & Vidal-Diez, 2015;Kamprad & Liem, 2019;LaFree et al, 2009). Interestingly, datasets such as ACLED are most often used by political scientists (e.g., Fjelde & Hultman, 2014;Raleigh, 2015), whereas criminologists have long been interested in questions related to political violence (Felices-Luna, 2010;Hagan et al, 2005;Karstedt, 2012Karstedt, , 2013Karstedt et al, 2021;Rosenfeld, 2004;Ruggiero, 2010). There is therefore some potential to utilize the rich sources of data that political scientists have generated to examine political violence from a criminological perspective.…”

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Exploring the Availability and Potential of International Data for Criminological Study

Nivette

2021

Int Criminol

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Despite advances in recent decades to internationalize criminology, one major roadblock that is often mentioned is the difficulty in collecting and obtaining high-quality international and cross-cultural data. More than ever, there is a growing amount of international data covering a wide variety of topics relevant to understanding crime. Visible and accessible international data can open up channels for dialogue and collaboration between cultures and regions, as well as opportunities to test, refine, and develop theoretical and empirical knowledge. This paper therefore aims to make the ‘world of data’ out there more visible not only to shed light on the potential for international research and collaboration, but to highlight the growing, rich body of international knowledge that already exists.

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“…The decline of armed struggle and terrorism is simultaneous with the decline of systemic and institutional violence, and ultimately with the growth of social movements opposing all forms of political violence. The last decades have shown that armed organizations begin to collapse when some of their members feel that movements active in the civil society are no longer prepared to express their sympathy or complicity (Ruggiero 2010). They collapse when the political violence they express becomes too similar to the institutional violence against which social movements fight.…”

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Political Violence: A Typology

Ruggiero¹

2018

CrimLithuan

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[full article, abstract in English; only abstract in Lithuanian] This paper offers a typology of different forms of political violence, linking them in a continuum and in an interdependent field of forces. The forms identified are systemic violence, institutional violence, group violence, armed struggle, terrorism and war. In the final section, after discussing how these types of violence influence one another, a strategy is suggested for their simultaneous reduction.

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Armed Struggle in Italy: The Limits to Criminology in the Analysis of Political Violence

Cited by 12 publications

References 15 publications

The Culture of Emergency in Italy and Spain: State Antiterrorism

The Culture of Emergency in Italy and Spain: State Antiterrorism

Exploring the Availability and Potential of International Data for Criminological Study

Political Violence: A Typology

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