Gun Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Politics, Policy, and Practice

ISBN-13: 9781138904262 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 348 str.

Jennifer Carlson; Harel Shapira; Kristin A. Goss

Opis

As material objects, guns are one of the simplest mechanical tools. As cultural, social, political, and historical objects, however, guns are rich with complex and contested significance. What guns mean, why they matter, and what policies should be undertaken to regulate guns remain issues of vigorous scholarly and public debate. This interdisciplinary handbook presents the core debates past, present, and future in gun studies across history, sociology, gender studies, political science, criminology and economics. Global in focus, it provides a critical window into the multifaceted ways in which guns take on social significance: as violent weapons; as cultural symbols; as political statements; and as market commodities."

O autorze

Jennifer Carlson is an assistant professor at the School of Sociology and School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona, USA.

Kristin A. Goss is an associate professor of public policy and political science at Duke University, USA.

Harel Shapira is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.