Violence : : A Micro-sociological Theory /

Violence : : A Micro-sociological Theory / / Randall Collins.

In the popular misconception fostered by blockbuster action movies and best-selling thrillers--not to mention conventional explanations by social scientists--violence is easy under certain conditions, like poverty, racial or ideological hatreds, or family pathologies. Randall Collins challenges this...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Collins, Randall,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (584 p.) :; 53 halftones. 1 line illus. 4 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Micro-sociology of Violent Confrontations
  • PART ONE. The Dirty Secrets of Violence
  • 2. Confrontational Tension and Incompetent Violence
  • 3. Forward Panic
  • 4. Attacking the Weak: I. Domestic Abuse
  • 5. Attacking the Weak: II. Bullying, Mugging, and Holdups
  • PART TWO. Cleaned-up and Staged Violence
  • 6. Staging Fair Fights
  • 7. Violence as Fun and Entertainment
  • 8. Sports Violence
  • PART TREE. Dynamics and Structure of Violent Situations
  • 9. How Fights Start, or Not
  • 10. The Violent Few
  • 11. Violence as Dominance in Emotional Attention Space
  • 12. Epilogue: Practical Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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