by A. Barton Hinkle. From police brutality to the events in Ukraine. “Ukrainian events have demonstrated,” writes Maria Snegovaya in
The New Republic, “that control of violence is still at
the very essence of the state.” She says Vladimir Putin’s
aggression proves that Max Weber’s definition of the state—an
entity with a monopoly on the ... MOREGovernment Power Rests on Violence and Coercion
by A. Barton Hinkle. From police brutality to the events in Ukraine. “Ukrainian events have demonstrated,” writes Maria Snegovaya in
The New Republic, “that control of violence is still at
the very essence of the state.” She says Vladimir Putin’s
aggression proves that Max Weber’s definition of the state—an
entity with a monopoly on the ... MORE