Abstract
‘Violence and the state’ talks about how interpersonal violence declined as states gained a monopoly over violence. As the state assumed responsibility for the exercise of violence, it was able to reduce levels of violence among ordinary people. It is worth looking at the assumption that any reduction of violence must come from the state, and that those who are most directly touched by violence have little or no agency. The state’s monopolization of violence and state sponsored genocides around the world make it one of the key vectors of violence in the 19th and 20th centuries. The roles played by colonialism, state-sanctioned violence, extreme violence against civilians in warfare, and terrorism in the history of violence are also important.
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