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1 online resource (282) |
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Kannada language |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover13; -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- 1 The Concept of Violence -- A Unified Concept of Violence? -- Public and Private Violence -- 2 An Overview of Canadian Public Violence -- The Frontier -- Wartime -- Elections -- On the Job -- Ethnic and Religious Groups -- Other Violence -- 3 Characteristics of Canadian Public Violence -- Typologies of Public Violence -- Classification and Analysis -- Cross-National Comparisons -- 4 The Meaning of Violence -- Constructing the Social Reality of Violence -- Conflicting Perceptions of Violence -- Social Bases of Conflicting Perceptions -- 5 Culture and Ideology -- The Declining Legitimacy of Violence -- Cultures of Violence -- Canada: The Peaceable Kingdom -- Ideologies -- 6 The Breakdown of Restraints Against Violence -- The Violent Crowd -- Anomic and Marginal Populations -- Indicators of Anomie -- Factors Producing Anomie -- 7 The Growth of Discontent -- The Discontents Associated with Violence -- The Exacerbation of Discontent -- Discontent in Canada -- Violent Canadians and their Discontents -- 8 Solidarity Theories -- Mobilization -- Types of Groups -- Maintaining Cohesion -- Leaders and Followers -- Organizational Structure, Success, and Violence -- A Participant's Account of the On to Ottawa Trek -- 9 The Role of the Government -- Governments and Violence -- Conciliation versus Coercion -- The Costs of Coercion -- The Legal Framework -- The Effectiveness of Governmental Violence -- Changing Levels of Government and Dissident Violence -- 10 Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Violence -- History -- Canada.
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Violence. |
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History. |
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Canada. |
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Violence -- History -- Canada -- Kanada.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic resource.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Torrance, Judy. |
| ISBN |
9780773561793 electronic book |
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077356179X electronic book |
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0773506667 |
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9780773506664 |
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0773505903 |
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9780773505902 |
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