Can Political Violence Ever Be Justified?

Elizabeth Frazer is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford.Kimberly Hutchings is Professor of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London.

• Introduction: The Question of Political ViolenceChapter 1: Violence and JustificationChapter 2: Simple justifications of simple violenceChapter 3: Complicating mattersChapter 4: The meaning of political violenceChapter 5: Against the justification of political violenceConclusion: Political Violence Can Never Be JustifiedSources and further reading

‘Drawing on a deep critical engagement with the theme of violence in political thought, Frazer and Hutchings offer a highly original treatment of a vitally important question for contemporary politics. I know of no scholars better qualified to answer it.’Christopher Finlay, University of Durham‘Rich in critical insight and empirical detail, Frazer and Hutchings’s book is more than a mere academic exercise. It asks about the lived reality of justice and what it might mean to take seriously questions of peaceful cohabitation.’Brad Evans, University of Bath