Collective Violence

ISBN-13: 9781138520745 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 410 str.

James F. Jr. Short; Marvin E. Wolfgang

Opis

Collective violence has played an important role throughout American history, though we have typically denied it. This book addresses theory and research on violence as a group phenomenon. It is suitable for courses in sociology, anthropology and political science.

Spis treści

I: Introduction and Overview; 1: ; II: Theoretical Issues; 2: Interpreting Collective Violence; 3: Issueless Riots; 4: A Critical Note on Conceptions of Collective Behavior; 5: Two Critics in Search of a Bias; 6: Agonistics—Rituals of Conflict; 7: The Legitimation of Violence; 8: The Controversy Surrounding Analyses of Collective Violence; III: Comparative Perspectives; 9: Patterns in International Warfare, 1816-1965; 10: Sources of Rebellion in Western Societies; 11: Conflict Without Violence and Violence Without Conflict in a Mexican Mestizo Village; 12: ; 13: Violence in the New Guinea Highlands; 14: Violence in Burmese History; 15: The Place of Aggression in Social Interaction; IV: Dimensions of Collective Violence in the United States; 16: The Paradox of American Violence; 17: The Psychology of Political Activity; 18: Rebellion and Repression and the Vietnam War; 19: Cultural Value Orientations and Student Protest; 20: Campus Protests and the Vietnam War; 21: Campus Conflict as Formative Influence; 22: Local Political Leadership and Popular Discontent in the Ghetto; 23: The Emergence of Muted Violence in Crowd Behavior; 24: Police Violence and Its Public Support; 25: The Police and Collective Violence in Contemporary America; V: In Search of Alternatives; 26: The Nonviolent Alternative; 27: The Usefulness of Commission Studies of Collective Violence

O autorze

James F. Short, Marvin E. Wolfgang