Monopoly of Violence

A Monopoly of Violence is a monopoly on the use of physical force.

• AKA: Monopoly on Violence.
• See: International Relations, Monopoly, State (Polity), Police Force, Anarchy.

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References

2015

• (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_on_violence Retrieved:2015-3-21.
  • The monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force, also known as the monopoly on violence, is the defining conception of the state as first expounded by sociologist Max Weber in his essay Politics as a Vocation (1919). Weber claims that the state is any "human community that successfully claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory"; thus, "the modern state is a compulsory association which organizes domination." In other words, Weber describes the state as any organization that succeeds in holding the exclusive right to use, threaten, or authorize physical force against residents of its territory. Such a monopoly, according to Weber, must occur via a process of legitimation. According to Raymond Aron, international relations are characterized by the absence of widely acknowledged legitimacy in the use of force between states.

2007

• (Kraska, 2007) ⇒ Peter B. Kraska) ⇒ (2007). “Militarization and policing — Its relevance to 21st century police." Policing
  • QUOTE: … To begin, militarism is an ideology geared toward solving problems. It is a set of beliefs, values, and assumptions that stress the use of force and threat of violence as the most appropriate means to solve problems. It glorifies the use of military power, hardware, operations, and technology as its primary problem-solving tools. Militarization is the implementation of the ideology of militarism. It is the process of arming, organizing, planning, training for, and sometimes implementing violent conflict. To militarize means adopting and applying the central elements of the military model to an organization or particular problems, like the drug problem. … and militarization can operate as powerful theoretical lenses to make sense of many issues and trends in society — particularly those societies such as the...

1973

• Eisinger, Peter K. “The conditions of protest behavior in American cities." American political science review 67, no. 01 (1973): 11-28.

1919

• (Weber, 1919) ⇒ Max Weber. (1919). “Politics as a Vocation (Politik als Beruf)"
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_as_a_Vocation

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