War, violence, and population : making the body count / / James A. Tyner ; foreword by Chris Philo
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| Autore: |
Tyner James A. <1966->
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| Titolo: |
War, violence, and population : making the body count / / James A. Tyner ; foreword by Chris Philo
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Guilford Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.15/1 |
| 364.151 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Genocide |
| Political atrocities | |
| War crimes | |
| Crimes against humanity | |
| Violence | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index.es. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front Matter; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Notes; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Author |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Grounded in theory and research, this book offers a spatial perspective on how and why populations are regulated and disciplined by mass violence?and why these questions matter for scholars concerned about social justice. James Tyner focuses on how states and other actors use acts of brutality to manage, administer, and control space for political and economic purposes. He shows how demographic analyses of fertility, mortality, and migration cannot be complete without taking war and genocide into account. Stark, in-depth case studies provide a powerful and |
| Titolo autorizzato: | War, violence, and population |
| ISBN: | 1-282-79033-1 |
| 9786612790331 | |
| 1-60623-401-3 | |
| 1-60623-114-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815390703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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