Sophie (Hrsg.) Body-Gendrot

Violence in Europe

Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

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SOFTCOVER EDITIONHas violence changed over the centuries? Has it always held the same meanings for us?Will it always be a given in society?Taking the sociocultural long view, Violence in Europe analyzes the prevalence and role of violence-from street crime to terrorist attacks, homicide to genocide-in the evolution of human and national behavior. The editors and 14 colleagues in history, anthropology, sociology, and psychology focus on Northern and Western Europe, examining centuries of violent phenomena, from the cultural logic of the Middle Ages to today's soccer riots and security alerts. The contributors' examination of social constructio… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Spierenburg, Pieter (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-387-09704-6
EAN: 9780387097046
Produktnummer: 4023777
Verlag: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 258 S.
Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.8 cm x D2.0 cm 416 g
Auflage: 2009 ed.
Abbildungen: X, 258 p.
Gewicht: 416
Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor

With a Ph.D. in political science from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques and a B.A. and M.A. in American Studies from the University of Paris-Sorbonne, Sophie Body-Gendrot is a Professor of Political Science and of American studies at the Sorbonne, Paris. She founded the Center for Urban Studies (CEUMA). She is a researcher at the Centre de recherche sociologique sur le droit et les institutions pénales (CNRS-CESDIP-Dept of Justice) and an expert for the program Urban Age at the London School of Economics on safety and public space. She is also a member of the French Civilian Police Review Commission. She has wrote or co-edited more than fifteen books and over a hundred articles. The most recent works related to urban violence and public policies are La peur détruira-t-elle la ville? (Will Fear Destroy the City?); Violence in Europe (coedited with P. Spierenburg); Sortir des banlieues: Pour en finir avec la tyrannie des territories (Getting Out of Inner-cities: Putting an End to Territorial Tyranny); Police et discriminations raciales: Le tabou français; La société américaine après le 11 septembre?; Villes: La fin de la violence?; The Social Control of Cities; Villes et violence; and a chapter in The Endless City called Confronting Fear.