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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816283803321

Autore

Marx Emanuel

Titolo

The social context of violent behaviour : a social anthropological study in an Israeli immigrant town / / Emanuel Marx

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-136-54172-1

1-136-54165-9

1-315-01769-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Social and cultural anthropology ; ; IX

Disciplina

303.6/095694

Soggetti

Violence - Israel

New towns - Israel

Jews, Moroccan - Israel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1976.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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