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| Author | Dimitris Vardoulakis |
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| Subject | Political theory |
| Published | 2013 (Fordham University Press) |
| Pages | 269 pp. |
| ISBN | 9780823251360 |
Sovereignty and Its Other: Toward the Dejustification of Violence is a book-length study of sovereignty and its relation with violence by Dimitris Vardoulakis. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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