POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN CONTEXT

Context is crucial to understanding the causes of political violence and the form it takes. This book examines how time, space and s upportive milieux decisively shape the pattern and pace of such violence. While much of the work in this field focuses on individual psychology or radical ideology, Bosi, Ó Dochartaigh, Pisoiu and others take a fresh, innovative look at the importance of context i n generating mobilisation and shaping patterns of violence. The cases dealt with range widely across space and time, from Asia, Afri ca and E...[Llegir més]