Violence and Politics: Globalization's Paradox

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Kenton Worcester, Sally Avery Bermanzohn, Mark Ungar
Routledge, 2013 M10 8 - 262 pages
Violence and Politics points out a paradox of contemporary political violence: it appears to be growing in scope and complexity even in this era of unprecedented democratic and economic growth. These essays cover a number of timely issues including pro-life terrorism, hate crimes, Islam's connection (or stereotyped connection) to violence, rape as a war crime, ethnic conflicts, and violence against those protesting for civil rights for women, gays and lesbians and blacks. Contributors cross disciplines and subdisciplines to examine the counter-intuitive persistence of violence in advanced democracies and in steadily improving developing countries.
 

Contents

INTRODUCTION
1
States Social Groups and Contentious Politics
11
CHAPTER TWO
32
CHAPTER THREE
48
CHAPTER FOUR
67
CHAPTER FIVE 90
90
Identities Adversaries and Democratic Values
125
CHAPTER EIGHT
146
CHAPTER NINE
165
CHAPTER TEN
184
CHAPTER ELEVEN
209
CHAPTER TWELVE
226
Contributors
245
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Kenton Worcester is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Marymount Manhattan College. Sally Avery Bermanzhon and Mark Ungar are both Assistant Professors of Political Science at Brooklyn College.

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