Author: Simi, Pete Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Format: Adobe PDF
Description: American Swastika takes readers through hidden enclaves of hate in America, exploring how White Supremacy movements thrive nationwide, even as the country on the surface advocates racial equality. The...
Author: Guardiola-Rivera, Oscar Publisher: Birkbeck Law Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: How can we save politics from the politician? How can we save ourselves? This book looks at the example of those who leave the city and break the social contract, rebellious exiles and freedom fighter...
Author: Santos, Jody Publisher: Lexington Books Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "Thou shall remain objective" is the number-one newsroom commandment, but lately cracks have begun to appear in the news media's objective façade. American journalists have been pushed to the emotion...
Author: Cotton, Allison M. Publisher: Lexington Books Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Effigy examines the images of a capital defendant portrayed, by the defense attorneys and the prosecutor, during the guilt and penalty phases of capital trial, the trial tactics used to impart these i...
Author: Gerlach, Christian Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In this groundbreaking book Christian Gerlach traces the social roots of the extraordinary processes of human destruction involved in mass violence throughout the twentieth century. He argues that ter...
Author: Thyne, Clayton L. Publisher: Lexington Books Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Given the appalling consequences of civil wars, why are the competing actors within a state unable to come to a settlement to avoid the costs of conflict? How might external parties affect the likelih...
Author: Daiute, Colette Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Human Development and Political Violence presents an innovative approach to research and practice with young people growing up in the context of political violence. Based on developmental theory, this...
Author: Bercovitch, Mikio Jacob Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book analyses four major long-standing and intractable conflicts in the Asia-Pacific region (the Korean Peninsula; the Taiwan Strait; the South China Sea (Spratly Islands); and India-Pakistan), a...
Author: Lee, Francis LF Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book discusses why the Hong Kong protest movement emerged at a specific time, how it developed from a single protest into a series collective actions, and how effective it has been in changing go...
Author: Kipper, Bobby / Ramey, Bud Publisher: Morgan James Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: No COLORS is one of those bridges that connect our minds and emotions, yet it also strikes something else that lies deep within all of us. It touches our notion of community and our primal sense of ho...
Author: Jones, Linda Winstead Publisher: EReads.com Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: The good news is that the vast majority of soldiers are loath to kill in battle. Unfortunately, modern armies, using Pavlovian and operant conditioning, have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming...
Author: N/A Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This is a comprehensive history of political violence during Europe's incredibly violent twentieth century. Leading scholars examine the causes and dynamics of war, revolution, counterrevolution, geno...
Author: Buckland, Peter Publisher: The World Bank Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The aim of Reshaping the Future is to draw international attention to the key role that education can play in both preventing conflict and in reconstructing post-conflict societies. The author also ho...
Author: Richards, Michael D. Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Revolutions have been a part of politics for centuries. Their ideologies, their leaders, and their successes or failures have shaped the history of nations worldwide. This broad comparative survey foc...
Author: Roy, Beth Publisher: University of California Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Fascinating in its combination of personal stories and analytical insights, Some Trouble with Cows will help students of conflict understand how a seemingly irrational and archaic riot becomes a means...
Description: The timely Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence brings together an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars who provide a coherent state of the art overview of the complex relationsh...
Author: N/A Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The timely Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence brings together an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars who provide a coherent state of the art overview of the complex relationsh...
Author: Smelser, Neil J. Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Terrorism is the most clear and present danger we confront today, yet no phenomenon is more poorly understood by policymakers, the media, and the general public. The Faces of Terrorism is the first se...
Author: De Mente, Boye Lafayette Publisher: (dba) Phoenix Books / Publishers Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Despite the ages that have passed since homo sapiens developed the ability to think and behave in ways that transcended our animal origins-and in remarkable ways distinguished us from other primates-m...
Author: Malesevic, Sinisa Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: War is a highly complex and dynamic form of social conflict. This new book demonstrates the importance of using sociological tools to understand the changing character of war and organised violence. T...
Author: Wagner-Pacifici, Robin Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book combines original theoretical analysis with real life case studies to examine the nature of the standoff. Starting with the standoffs of Wounded Knee, MOVE, Ruby Ridge, Waco, Freeman of Mont...
Description: The book argues for a properly 'relational' approach to sociology. It explores what such an enterprise would involve by unpacking and evaluating the key concepts in the relational 'toolbox' - interact...
Author: Wendy, Ann Wood, Publisher: ReadHowYouWant Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Triumph Over Darkness is a collection of prose and therapeutic insights that create a powerful commentary on incest, rape, abuse, and the recovery process. Women and men share their personal experienc...
Author: Carver, M. Heather / Lawless, Elaine J. Publisher: University Press of Mississippi Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Troubling Violence: A Performance Project follows the collaboration between performance studies professor M. Heather Carver and ethnographic folklorist Elaine J. Lawless. The book traces the creative ...
Description: Violence Expressed explores the diverse expressions and manifestations through which the meaning of violent experiences and events are (re)produced. A compelling contribution to ongoing discussions on...
Author: Coppel, Charles A. Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book presents important new thinking on violent conflict in Indonesia. It looks at the nature of violence, and at the reasons for violence breaking out, considering a range of particular conflict...
Description: This volume of cutting-edge research comparatively analyzes violent protest and rioting, furthering our understanding of this increasingly prevalent form of claim making. Hank Johnston and Seraphim Se...
Author: Chirot, Daniel / McCauley, Clark Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Genocide, mass murder, massacres. The words themselves are chilling, evoking images of the slaughter of countless innocents. What dark impulses lurk in our minds that even today can justify the eradic...
Author: Esbensen, Finn-Aage Publisher: Temple University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The first comprehensive overview to examine how sex and race/ethnicity impact the interrelationships among youth violence, violent victimization, and gang membership
Author: Cromer, Gerald Publisher: Frank Cass Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Heavily influenced by Max Weber's definition of the state, political scientists and criminologists alike have focused their attention on the legitimization struggles of non-state actors who resort to ...
Author: Nanda, Serena Publisher: Altamira Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The 3,000-year-old Ambum Stone, from Papua New Guinea, is the focus of several archaeological stories. The stone itself is an interesting artifact, an important piece of art history that tells us some...
Author: Pastrano, Andres Publisher: The World Bank Format: Adobe PDF
Description: A purpose of this book is to present recent World Bank analytical work on the causes of violence and conflict in Colombia, highlighting pilot lending programs oriented to promote peace and development...
Author: N/A Publisher: Springer Publishing Company Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: In this exciting new book John Hamel, author of the ground-breaking Gender-Inclusive Treatment of Intimate Partner Abuse, and Tonia Nicholls go beyond the traditional intervention theo
Author: Kipper, Bobby / Ramey, Bud Publisher: Morgan James Publishing Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: No COLORS is one of those bridges that connect our minds and emotions, yet it also strikes something else that lies deep within all of us. It touches our notion of community and our primal sense of ho...
Description: Real Rape, Real Pain is a book may make you feel uncomfortable, in that it tackles the violence and unpleasantness of rape within marriage; it forces us to confront the hidden violence in our socie...
Author: Berry, Bonnie Publisher: Garland Science Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book defines and describes the meaning of social rage by examining the influence of social forces such as economic conditions, population diversity and power shifts. The role of media, in particu...
Author: N/A Publisher: Rutgers University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: How do societies come to terms with the aftermath of genocide and mass violence, and how might the international community contribute to this process? Transitional Justice, the first edited coll...
Author: Broch-Due, Vigdis Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "Violence and Belonging" explores the crucial formative role of violence in shaping people's ideas of who they are in uncertain postcolonial contexts where, as resources dwindle and wealth is conteste...
Author: Chirot, Daniel / McCauley, Clark Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Genocide, mass murder, massacres. The words themselves are chilling, evoking images of the slaughter of countless innocents. What dark impulses lurk in our minds that even today can justify the eradic...
