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Terror, violence, coercion : states and the use of (il)legitimate force / Bettina Koch -- International law and the use of armed force by states / Abel S. Knottnerus -- Securitization and terroristization : analyzing states' usage of the rhetoric of terrorism / Priya Dixit -- From colonialism to globalization : state violence in modern India / Eva-Maria Nag -- Violence on the periphery of the Thai state and nationhood / Karin Zackari -- Violence from above, violence from below : the state and policing citizens in Mubarak's Egypt / Dina Rashed -- Killing the chicken to scare the monkey : some notes on state terror in the People's Republic of China / Peter R. Moody -- Violence by proxy : state-sponsored rebels and criminals in Chechnya / Yelena Biberman -- U.S.-drones strikes : acts of terror, violence, or coercion? / Bettina Koch

In this era of renewed federalism, state governments take center stage advancing ambitious legislative agendas, pioneering innovative public policy, and providing much needed political leadership. The "devolution revolution" of the 1990s transferred many of the nation's principal domestic programs from federal to state management, often without transferring the necessary funding. This combination of expanded responsibilities and deficient resources has left many states in financial turmoil-unable to fulfill policy promises. At the same time, escalating concerns over national security have pro

For decades, the Democrats have been viewed as the party of the poor, with the Republicans representing the rich. Recent presidential elections, however, have shown a reverse pattern, with Democrats performing well in the richer blue states in the northeast and coasts, and Republicans dominating in the red states in the middle of the country and the south. Through multilevel modeling of individual level survey data and county- and state-level demographic and electoral data, we reconcile these patterns. Furthermore, we find that income matters more in red America than in blue America. In poor states, rich people are much more likely than poor people to vote for the Republican presidential candidate, but in rich states (such as Connecticut), income has a very low correlation with vote preference. Adapted from the source document.

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