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Preface
PART I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
Vigilantism: An Analysis of Establishment Violence
—H. Jon Rosenbaum and Peter C. Sederberg
Spontaneous Vigilantism as a Response to Anti-Social Behavior
—R. Lance Shotland
The Vigilante Personality
—William P. Kreml
Vigilantism and Political Theory
—Edward Stettner
PART II: AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES
The History of Vigilantism in America
—Richard Maxwell Brown
White Collar Vigilantism: The Politics of Anti-Communism in the United States
—Edward Schneier
Community Police Patrols and Vigilantism
—Gary T. Marx and Dane Archer
Vigilantism and the American Police
—Kanti C. Kotecha and James L. Walker
PART III: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES
Comparative Vigilantism: The United States and South Africa
—Christian P. Potholm
Black Vigilantism in Cultural Transition: Violence and Viability in Tropical Africa
—Ali A. Mazrui
"Pariah" Communities and Violence
—Fred R. von der Mehden
Vigilantism in Northern Ireland
—Richard Ned Lebow
PART IV: CONCLUSIONS
Vigilante Politics: Concluding Observations
—H. Jon Rosenbaum and Peter C. Sederberg
About the author
H. Jon Rosenbaum was Professor of Political Science at American University. He is the author of Interpreting Politics: An Analytical Inquiry. Peter C. Sederberg is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of South Carolina.
