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Using illustrations from past and current internal wars, thirteen social scientists here apply their many perspectives--derived from the fields of sociology, political science, and economics--to a variety of aspects of internal wars.

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Adler, Denmark, and their contributors examine the similarities and differences in violence in various countries around the world.

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A provocative look at the violent content of 'sacred scripture' and what Jews, Christians, and Muslims must do to re-vision their faiths away from justifying violence. Post 9/11 attention focused on Islam as a violent religion, but this work shows that the Bible and the Quran both have violence-justifying content to support "holy" and other wars.

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Ninety years after the First World War, police in a Victorian country town uncovered inside a velvet-lined display cabinet, the mummified head of a Turkish soldier - a bullet-ridden souvenir brought home from Gallipoli by a returning Anzac. The macabre discovery launched Jeff Sparrow on a quest to understand the nature of deadly violence.

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Seeks to map the inexorable but unstable relationship of law to violence. Building on the seminal work of Robert Cover and striving to situate his insights within political, social, economic, and cultural contexts, this book contemplates diverse and interrelated subjects surrounding the theme of law and violence.

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Encourages competent parenting to ensure society's well-being through its children's well-being

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A ground-breaking examination of a vastly unrecognized though widely prevalent form of violence. Male on Male Rape shatters the silence and offers concrete strategies for prevention and recovery.

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Eliminate manners and respect vanishes with them.

The connection between the decline of manners and the increase of violence is documented by reference to a variety of social instances and trends.

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Offers a contribution to theoretical debates about political - religious and nationalist - violence. This book brings together two perspectives on political violence - identification and purification. It combines these insights with a focus on urban youth culture, in which masculinity, physicality, and the performance of violence are key values.

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New Arenas for Violence examines the history, nature, and causal factors of occupational homicidemurder in the workplacewith a view to the development of a comprehensive understanding of the issue and the introduction of prevention measures designed to establish a safer work environment for the American worker.

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This book covers short stories from Dr. Marin Nikolov and his experience while on the trail in the U. S. Army. Stories include lived experiences and witness of sexual harassment and sexual assault of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual recruits during the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy.

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Guns are everywhere: three quarters of a billion guns - from pistols to machine guns exist in the world. Illustrated with a range of case material - from North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa, this work explores and questions this global icon. Why do guns proliferate What does it mean to shoot or to be shot And more.

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Guns are everywhere: three quarters of a billion guns - from pistols to machine guns exist in the world. Illustrated with a range of case material - from North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa, this work explores and questions this global icon. Why do guns proliferate What does it mean to shoot or to be shot And more.

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Addresses the many forms of global violence against women and shows how the psychology of individuals, institutions, and societies perpetuate the oppression of women.

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Not only in corporations but also within governments and not-for-profit institutions, organizational violence is on the rise.

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From 1960s student movements to today's global jihad, this text explores key factors shaping violence and terrorism today. It examines the globalization of violence, the search for the extreme and the new centrality of media. Assessing recent theoretical debates it argues for a renewed social science. It is a must-read for students and citizens.

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Through his panoramic view, Gupta provides an explanation for both social order and political pathology that will be of interest to students, scholars, and other researchers involved with ethnic conflict, collective behavior, and conflict resolution.

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Terming outbreaks of ethnic hatred and violence from Bosnia, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, and elsewhere outbreaks of "collective madness," in which the individual subsumes his identity within the group and acts with the group often against his own individual interest, Gupta (peace and urban studies, San Diego

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This volume introduces the concept of Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress (PITS), a form of PTSD symptoms caused not by traditionally expected roles, such as being a victim or rescuer in trauma, but by being an active participant in causing trauma.