01698 2200241 4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020001800097041000800115082001400123084001800137100006600155245009900221260003200320300003500352500002500387520094900412650002201361700002301383990002501406990002501431INLIS00000000000473020221018090649 a0010-0520004730221018 | | eng  a9780387745077 aeng a303.609 4 a303.609 4 VIO0 aViolence in Europe : Historical and Contemporary Perspectives1 aViolence in Europe : Historical and Contemporary Perspectives /cEdited by Sophie Body-Gendrot aNew York :bSpringer,c2008 ax, 256p. :b: illus. ;c24 cm. aIndeks : p.251 - 256 aThis book is organized in five parts, examining contested definitions, longterm trends, contemporary trends, gendering violent practices and politics, war and violence, all contributing to elaborate historical and contemporary perspectives on violence in Europe. Part one, two scholars agree that common definitions of violence are needed to work along the same parameters. Research on violence and three contributions constitute Part two. The continuation of this theme is found in part three. Gendering violent practices are the object of part four. The major themes of part five are politics, war and violence. Taking the sociocultural long view, it analyzes the prevalence and role of violence - from street crime to terrorist attack, homicide to genocide - in the evolution of human and national behavior. It examining centuries of violent phenomena, from the culltural logic of the Middle Ages to Today's soccer riots and security alerts. 4aViolence - Europe0 aPieter Spierenburg a10054/MKRI-P/XI-2008 a10055/MKRI-P/XI-2008