Vigilante Politics /

This book throws a searchlight on a kind of sociopolitical aggression frequently experienced but never before adequately recognized in political theory.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rosenbaum, H. Jon, Sederberg, Peter C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Temas:
Violence.
Law enforcement.
Vigilance committees.
Lois > Application.
violence.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Law Enforcement.
Law enforcement
Vigilance committees
Violence
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Part I: Theoretical Perspectives
  • 1. Vigilantism: An Analysis of Establishment Violence
  • 2. Spontaneous Vigilantism: A Bystander Response to Criminal Behavior
  • 3. The Vigilante Personality
  • 4. Vigilantism and Political Theory
  • Part II: American Perspectives
  • 5. The History of Vigilantism in America
  • 6. White Collar Vigilantism: The Politics of Anti-Communism in the United States
  • 7. Community Police Patrols and Vigilantism
  • 8. Vigilantism and the American Police
  • Part III: Comparative Perspectives
  • 9. Comparative Vigilantism: The United States and South Africa
  • 10. Black Vigilantism in Cultural Transition: Violence and Viability in Tropical Africa
  • 11. "Pariah" Communities and Violence
  • 12. Vigilantism in Northern Ireland
  • Part IV: Conclusions
  • 13. Vigilante Politics: Concluding Observations
  • Contributors
  • Index

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