Deadly Ethnic Riot

Informationen zum Autor Donald L. Horowitz is the James B. Duke Professor of Law and Political Science at Duke University. He is the author of! among other books! Ethnic Groups in Conflict (California! 2001) and A Democratic South Africa? Constitutional Engineering in a Divided Society (California! 1991)! which won the Ralph Bunche Prize of the American Political Science Association. Klappentext Donald Horowitz defines a deadly ethnic riot as "an intense! though not necessarily unplanned! lethal attack by members of one ethnic group on civilian members of another ethnic group." The book draws examples from all over the world and rigorously analyzes this brutal phenomenon. Zusammenfassung Considers the structure and dynamics of ethnic violence - the deadly ethnic riot - an intense, sudden, lethal attack by civilian members of one ethnic group against another ethnic group. This title examines approximately 150 such riots in about fifty countries, mainly in Asia, Africa, and the former Soviet Union, as well as fifty control cases. Inhaltsverzeichnis A Note on Place Names 1. Say It with Murder 2. Ethnic Boundaries! Riot Boundaries 3. The Riot Episode 4. Selective Targeting 5. Target-Group Characteristics 6. An Economy of Antipathy: Target Selection and the Imperatives of Violence 7. Organizers and Participants 8. The Occasions for Violence 9. The Social Environment for Killing 10. Location! Diffusion! and Recurrence 11. Aims! Effects! and Functions 12. Violence and Quiescence 13. The Calculus of Passion Index

Product details

• Authors: Donald L Horowitz, Donald L. Horowitz, Horowitz Donald L.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2003
• EAN: 9780520236424
• ISBN: 978-0-520-23642-4
• No. of pages: 605
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Ethnic Studies, Asia, Africa, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Social discrimination & inequality, Violence in society, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Violence and abuse in society, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies