Violence explained
Subtitle: the sources of conflict, violence and crime and their prevention
By: John W. Burton ; foreword by Vivienne Jabri.
Series: Political analyses
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press; Manchester Univ Pr; St. Martin's Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Manchester; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
Subjects: Social conflict.; Violence.
Description: Burton argues that the sources of conflict and violence are, on the one hand, the denial to many of their personal needs for development, social recognition and identity, and, on the other, the social expectation of compliance and the means used to enforce it. Social protest, terrorism, revolution, self-appointed leaderships, ethnic conflicts, industrial strife, street gangs of unemployed youth and even some family violence can be explained within this frame of 'structural violence'. He examines the adversarial institutions of society - leadership, legislatures, the work place, the legal system and the international relations system - and considers what each would be like if designed to solve basic problems rather than to contain them. This provocative and challenging book will be of interest to students, lecturers and practitioners of politics, administration and management, industry, law and law enforcement, education and social work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [154]-157) and index.