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This book combines original theoretical analysis with real life case studies to examine the nature of the standoff. The author explores seven actual standoffs between anti-state groups and organizations of law enforcement (six from the United Staes and one from Peru), and the archetypal patterns of human action and cognition that move us into and out of these highly charged situations. Evoking original ideas about time, space and appropriate or anticipated action, she develops a theory of the fundamental existential indeterminacy of social life and the role improvisation can play in preventing violent outcomes.
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This book combines original theoretical analysis with real life case studies to examine the nature of the standoff. The author explores the archetypal patterns of human action and cognition that move us into and out of these highly charged situations and seeks to theorize the contingency of all such moments. Evoking original ideas about time, space and appropriate or anticipated action, this book aims to develop a theory of the fundamental existential indeterminacy of social life and the role improvisation can play in preventing violent outcomes.
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0521652448
- ISBN 13 9780521652445
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages292
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