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UNINA9910809102903321 |
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Autore |
Byrne Sean <1962-> |
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Titolo |
Violence : analysis, intervention, and prevention / / Sean Byrne and Jessica Senehi |
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Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, 2012 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Collana |
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Research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; ; no. 13 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Violence |
Violence - Prevention |
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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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List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: The Confluence of Violence: From Analysis to Resolution; Chapter 2: The Violence Prism: Framing a Typology of Theories of Violence; Chapter 3: Violence Unveiled: Causes and Varieties of Youth Violence and Strategies for Intervention; Chapter 4: Understanding and Preventing Violence against Women and Interpersonal Violence in the Home; Chapter 5: Understanding and Preventing Hate Crimes in Communities: Xenophobia, Homelessness, Racism, Soccer Hooliganism, Anti-GLBT, and Neo-Fascist Violence |
Chapter 6: Understanding and Preventing Corporate Violence and Abusive Behavior in the WorkplaceChapter 7: Ethnopolitical Conflict: Causes, Intervention, and Prevention; Chapter 8: War: Causes, Intervention, and Prevention; Chapter 9: Peace and Conflict Studies: Nonviolence, Social Justice, Human Rights, and Social Change; Chapter 10: The Violence Prism: Building Cultures of Peace to Make a Difference; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"In a world desperate to comprehend and address what appears to be an ever-enlarging explosion of violence, this book provides important insights into crucial contemporary issues, with violence providing the lens. Violence: Analysis, Intervention, and Prevention provides a multidisciplinary approach to the analysis and resolution of violent conflicts. In particular, the book discusses ecologies of violence, and |
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micro-macro linkages at the local, national, and international levels as well as intervention and prevention processes critical to constructive conflict transformation. The causes of violence are complex and demand a deep multidimensional analysis if we are to fully understand its driving forces. Yet in the aftermath of such destruction there is hope in the resiliency, knowledge, and creativity of communities, organizations, leaders, and international agencies to transform the conditions that lead to such violence. "-- |
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