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

• Autore: Marx Emanuel
• Pubblicazione: Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.6/095694
• Soggetto topico: Violence - Israel; New towns - Israel; Jews, Moroccan - Israel
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The social context of violent behaviour
• ISBN: 1-136-54172-1; 1-136-54165-9; 1-315-01769-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816283803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge library editions. . -Anthropology and ethnography ; ; IX.