Violence and nonviolence : pathways to understanding by Barak, Gregg instant download

Violence and nonviolence : pathways to understanding by Barak, Gregg instant download

1 online resource (361 pages) :, Violence and Nonviolence: Pathways to Understanding is the first book to provide an integrative, systematic approach to the study of violence and nonviolence in one volume. Eminent scholar and award-winning author Gregg Barak examines virtually all forms of violence-from verbal abuse to genocide-and treats all of these expressions of violence as interpersonal, institutional, and structural occurrences. In the context of recovery and nonviolence, Barak addresses peace and conflict studies, legal rights, social justice, and various nonviolent movements. Employing an interdisciplinary framework, Includes bibliographical references and index, Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed October 4, 2012), Secrets of violence and nonviolence. Decreasing violence and increasing nonviolence -- Feelings and structures -- Private and public shame -- A germ theory of violence and nonviolence -- Violent and nonviolent rhetoric, youth at risk, and implications for peacemaking -- Violence against youth is more important than violence by youth -- Types of violence. Violence in perspective. Sanctioned and unsanctioned violence : an alternative perspective -- Violence as an integral part of American life -- American violence in historical perspective -- American violence in contemporary perspective: Suicide ; Class, ethnicity, and gender violence ; Domestic violence ; Youth violence ; Gun violence ; Sexual violence ; Violence against the elderly ; Workplace violence ; Corporate, hate, and state violence -- American violence in comparative perspective -- A reciprocal approach to studying violence -- Interpersonal violence: Homicide ; Juvenile victimization ; Physical and sexual child abuse ; Rape ; Stalking -- Institutional violence: Family violence ; Childhood maltreatment ; School violence ; Gang violence ; Police and penal violence -- Structural violence: Postcolonial violence ; Corporate violence ; Underclass violence ; Terrorist…