Violence Explained: The Sources of Conflict, Violence and Crime and Their Prevention (Political Analyses)

Burton, JW and Jabri, V (fwd)

ISBN 10: 0719050480 / ISBN 13: 9780719050480

Published by Manchester University Press, 1997

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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:9780719050480.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Violence Explained: The Sources of Conflict, Violence and Crime and Their Prevention (Political Analyses)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719050480
• ISBN 13: 9780719050480
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fair
• Weight: 450 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Political Science

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Synopsis

Violence, conflict and crime are a personal anxiety in all societies and at all social levels. Police gaols and international forces are not providing security because dealing with one situation does not prevent others emerging. John Burton argues that the sources of conflict and violence are, on the one hand, the denial to many of their personal needs for development, social recognition and identity, and, on the other, the social expectation of compliance and the means used to enforce it. Social protest, terrorism, revolution, self-appointed leaderships, ethnic conflicts, industrial strife, street gangs of unemployed youth and even some family violence can be explained within this frame of 'structural violence'.
He examines the adversarial institutions of societyleadership, legislatures, the work place, the legal system and the international relations system - and considers what each would be like if designed to solve basic problems rather than to contain them. This provocative and challenging book will be of interest to students, lecturers and practitioners of politics, administration and management, industry, law and law enforcement, education and social work.

About the Author

John Burton was Secretary of the Department of External Affairs in Australia, Director of the Centre for Analysis of Conflict at University College, London, and taught at the University of Maryland and George Mason University, Virginia, where he helped establish Centres for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.