Randall Collins

Explosive Conflict (eBook, ePUB)

Time-Dynamics of Violence

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What determines how long conflict lasts and how much damage it does? Inequality and hostility are not enough to explain when and where violence breaks out. Collins shows what makes some protests more violent than others and why some revolutions are swift and non-violent tipping-points while others devolve into lengthy civil wars.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000506631
• Artikelnr.: 63161590

Autorenporträt

Randall Collins is the Dorothy Swaine Thomas Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. His articles and books are influential in many academic disciplines throughout the world. His books include Violence: A Micro-Sociological Theory, The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change, and Conflict Sociology: A Sociological Classic Updated (Routledge).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Emergent and Self-Propelling Conflicts
Part 1. Time-Dynamics
1 C-Escalation and D-Escalation: A Theory of the Time-Dynamics of Conflict
2 Time-Bubbles of Nationalism
3 Tipping Point Revolutions and State Breakdown Revolutions: Why Revolutions Succeed or Fail
4 Time-Dynamics of Violence from Micro to Macro
Part 2. The Eye of the Needle: Emotional Processes
5 Material Interests Are Ambiguous
So Interaction Rituals Steer Political Movements
6 Mood-Swings in the Downfall of the English Revolution
7 When History Holds Its Breath: The Take-Off of the French Revolution
8 Assault on the Capitol: 2021
1917
1792
Part 3. War and Sport: Dynamics of Winning
Losing
and Stalemate
9 The Micro-Sociology of Sport
10 Battle Dynamics: Victory and Defeat
11 High-Tech War in Theory and Reality
12 Terrorist Tactics: Symbiosis with High-tech
Part 5. Violence in Everyday Life
13 Emotional Domination and Resistance to Sexual Aggression
14 Clues to Mass Rampage Killers
15 Cool-Headed Cops Needed (and Cool Heads on the Street): Heart-Rate Monitors Can Help
Conclusion: Optimistic Discoveries in the Sociology of Violence

Rezensionen

"This book is a major contribution to Collins' influential theories of violence. It has a breadth and novelty of argument that can't be found elsewhere."

-- Ralph Schroeder, Oxford University

"Collins offers a fresh and provocative perspective on the sociology of violence and grand theory."

--Elijah Anderson, Yale University

"Collins offers a way forward for sociology free of moralizing, doctrine, and prejudice that infects the work of others. Although instructors of a very wide range of courses teach Collins's many books, this book is clearly a great choice for courses on sociological theory, historical sociology, political sociology, sociology of violence and conflict, and courses on public order/crowds/movements."

--Anthony King, University of Warwick