H. Kalmo's scientific contributions

Publication (1)

Book
The political make-up of the contemporary world changes with such rapidity that few attempts have been made to consider with adequate care, the nature and value of the concept of sovereignty. What exactly is meant when one speaks about the acquisition, preservation, infringement or loss of sovereignty? This book revisits the assumptions underlying...

Citations

... Arguably, violence is a necessary tool of the state and the state is explicit in that it will not hesitate to use it in the event of internal chaos and against external interference in its sovereignty. In essence, it enables the State to achieve political goals by employing strategic policies in pursuit of important political and/or military objectives such as the maintenance of control and political power (Osiander, 2001;Hent & Skinner, 2014). Although violent repression is coercion, not all coercion is repressive as in cases where it is used by the state to stamp out societal violent crimes such as rape, murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, and holding people hostage for ransom. ...