Jennifer Carlson

Citizen-Protectors

The Everyday Politics of Guns in an Age of Decline

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Produktbeschreibung

In this compelling portrait of gun carriers, Jennifer Carlson draws on her fieldwork attending guns shows and training courses, becoming an NRA certified instructor, and carrying a firearm to unpack the everyday politics of guns.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780199347551
• ISBN-10: 0199347557
• Artikelnr.: 47973596

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Carlson is an American sociologist at the University of Toronto. She is an authority on the issue of guns, and has written widely on the topic, including in the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Christian Science Monitor.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: American Dreams, American Nightmares
Chapter 2: Criminal Insecurities
Chapter 3: NRA Training and the Everyday Politics of Gun Carry
Chapter 4: The Right to Self-Defense, the Duty to Protect
Chapter 5: Policing Guns, Profiling People
Chapter 6: Jumping the Gun
Conclusion: We Hope for Better Things; It Shall Rise from the Ashes
Notes
Bibliography
Index