Violence in Europe Historical and Contemporary Perspectives /

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Has violence changed over the centuries? Has it always held the same meanings for us? Will it always be a given in society? Taking the sociocultural long view, Violence in Europe analyzes the prevalence and role of violence-from street crime to terrorist attacks, homicide to genocide-in the evolutio...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Body-Gendrot, Sophie (Editor ), Spierenburg, Pieter (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Temas:
Criminology.
Social sciences.
Society.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contested Definitions
  • Violence: Reflections About a Word
  • Violence as an Essentially Contested Concept
  • Long-Term Trends
  • Homicide in Scandinavia: Long-Term Trends and Their Interpretations
  • Violence in France's Past: An Anthropological Approach
  • The Fall and Rise of Homicide in Ireland
  • Contemporary Trends
  • Violence in Present-Day France: Data and Sociological Analysis
  • From Old Threats to Enigmatic Enemies:The Evolution of European Policies from Low Intensity Violence to Homegrown Terrorism
  • Gendering Violent Practices
  • The Language of Violence: Symbolic Body Parts in Marital Conflicts in Early Modern France
  • Negotiating Violence and Gender: Security and the Night Time Economy in the UK
  • Politics, War and Violence
  • Violence and War: Measuring Homicide in Belgium (1900-1950)
  • Democratization and Violence: European and International Perspectives
  • Violence and Violence-Control in Long-Term Perspective: 'Testing' Elias in Relation to War, Genocide, Crime, Punishment and Sport.

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