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Public violence in Canada, 1867-1982 /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Torrance, Judy Margaret Curtis (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1988.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover13;
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Preface
  • 1 The Concept of Violence
  • A Unified Concept of Violence?
  • Public and Private Violence
  • 2 An Overview of Canadian Public Violence
  • The Frontier
  • Wartime
  • Elections
  • On the Job
  • Ethnic and Religious Groups
  • Other Violence
  • 3 Characteristics of Canadian Public Violence
  • Typologies of Public Violence
  • Classification and Analysis
  • Cross-National Comparisons
  • 4 The Meaning of Violence
  • Constructing the Social Reality of Violence
  • Conflicting Perceptions of Violence
  • Social Bases of Conflicting Perceptions
  • 5 Culture and Ideology
  • The Declining Legitimacy of Violence
  • Cultures of Violence
  • Canada: The Peaceable Kingdom
  • Ideologies
  • 6 The Breakdown of Restraints Against Violence
  • The Violent Crowd
  • Anomic and Marginal Populations
  • Indicators of Anomie
  • Factors Producing Anomie
  • 7 The Growth of Discontent
  • The Discontents Associated with Violence
  • The Exacerbation of Discontent
  • Discontent in Canada
  • Violent Canadians and their Discontents
  • 8 Solidarity Theories
  • Mobilization
  • Types of Groups
  • Maintaining Cohesion
  • Leaders and Followers
  • Organizational Structure, Success, and Violence
  • A Participant's Account of the On to Ottawa Trek
  • 9 The Role of the Government
  • Governments and Violence
  • Conciliation versus Coercion
  • The Costs of Coercion
  • The Legal Framework
  • The Effectiveness of Governmental Violence
  • Changing Levels of Government and Dissident Violence
  • 10 Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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