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Violence: a micro-sociological theory

Randall Collins
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  • Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter
  • List of Illustrations and Tables (page ix)
  • Acknowledgments (page xiii)
  • 1. The Micro-sociology of Violent Confrontations (page 1)
  • PART ONE: The Dirty Secrets of Violence (page 37)
    • 2. Confrontational Tension and Incompetent Violence (page 39)
    • 3. Forward Panic (page 83)
    • 4. Attacking the Weak: I. Domestic Abuse (page 134)
    • 5. Attacking the Weak: II. Bullying, Mugging, and Holdups (page 156)
  • PART TWO: Cleaned-up and Staged Violence (page 191)
    • 6. Staging Fair Fights (page 193)
    • 7. Violence as Fun and Entertainment (page 242)
    • 8. Sports Violence (page 282)
  • PART THREE: Dynamics and Structure of Violent Situations (page 335)
    • 9. How Fights Start, or Not (page 337)
    • 10. The Violent Few (page 370)
    • 11. Violence as Dominance in Emotional Attention Space (page 413)
  • Epilogue: Practical Conclusions (page 463)
  • Notes (page 467)
  • References (page 527)
  • Index (page 555)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
CS 38.2 (Mar. 2009): 190-192 http://www.jstor.org/stable/20617238
JPR 46.1 (Jan. 2009): 147-148 http://www.jstor.org/stable/27640806
TES 37.2 (Apr. 2009): 214-216 http://www.jstor.org/stable/25593994
RFS 51.1 (Jan-Mar. 2010): 158-161 http://www.jstor.org/stable/40731177
AJS 115.6 (May 2010): 1910-1912 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/654714
SC 320.5872 (Apr. 2008): 51-52 http://www.jstor.org/stable/20054920
HUMS 36.1 (Spring 2013): 149-151 http://www.jstor.org/stable/41818855
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Published: c2008
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780691143224 (paper)
  • 9781400831753 (ebook)
  • 9780691133133 (hardcover)
Subject
  • Sociology
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