Violence - Europe

Indeks : p.251 - 256 ; This 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.