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UNINA9910452768103321 |
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Autore |
Bock Joseph G. |
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Titolo |
The technology of nonviolence : social media and violence prevention / / Joseph G. Bock ; foreword by John Paul Lederach |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , c2012 |
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[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : , : IEEE Xplore, , [2012] |
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ISBN |
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1-282-13379-9 |
9786613806376 |
0-262-30555-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (311 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nonviolence |
Violence - Prevention |
Social media |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Towards an applied theory of violence prevention -- Reporting and warning about deadly possibilities -- Organizing against ethnoreligious violence in Ahmedabad -- Overcoming gang violence in Chicago -- Counteracting ethnoreligious violence in Sri Lanka -- Crowdsourcing during post-election violence in Kenya -- Foisting tribal violence in East Africa -- Comparing the approaches -- How to intervene effectively -- What to do when violence prevention is unlikely to work -- Concerns about misallocation of resources -- Future directions and recommendations. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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How technology and community organizing can combine to help prevent violence, with examples from Chicago to Sri Lanka. |
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