UID:
edocfu_9959236122302883
Format:
1 online resource (292 p.)
ISBN:
1-136-54172-1
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1-136-54165-9
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1-315-01769-5
Series Statement:
Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Social and cultural anthropology ; IX
Content:
First published in 1976.〈BR〉 Violent behaviour occurs in every society. It grows out of the social order and can therefore be understood only in a social context. This book examines an orderly and relatively tranquil society, a small Israeli town settled by new immigrants, which is run by public agencies who pour in their resources to maintain the inhabitants. Circumstances have made the town an egalitarian society, but also limit its members' economic opportunities. This society has produced its special combinations of violent behaviour. The analysis extensively employs the 'case method' whic
Note:
First published in 1976.
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Cases; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Social Definitions of Violence; 3 The Setting: Dependence on Bureaucrats; 4 Coercive Violence; 5 Appealing Violence; 6 Private Violent Appeals; 7 A Theory of Individual Violence; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-86926-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-33034-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781315017693
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