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Violence, inequality, and human freedom / Peter Iadicola and Anson Shupe.

Title
Violence, inequality, and human freedom / Peter Iadicola and Anson Shupe.
Author
Iadicola, Peter
Publication
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2003.

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Shupe, Anson D.
Description
ix, 405 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
This is a timely and accessible sociological introduction to violence. Showing how violence goes beyond individual actions, the text emphasizes structural causes of violence found in the global economy and in actions of states, corporations and other social institutions.
Subject
  • Violence
  • Civil rights
  • Civil Rights
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The Domain of Violence -- The Cultural Roots of Violence -- Interpersonal Violence: Murder and Rape -- Family Violence -- Religious Violence -- Economic Violence -- State Violence -- Structural Violence -- Conclusion: Violence, Inequality, and Human Freedom.
ISBN
  • 0742519236 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0742519244 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2002151629
OCLC
  • 50809156
  • SCSB-10470437
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library