Civilian protective agency in violent settings : a comparative perspective /
More than half the world's population live in violent settings, such as civil wars, communal conflicts, cities plagued by gang violence and entire areas governed by criminal organizations. Living exposed to diverse forms of violence, individuals and communities have found innovative, and someti...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2023].
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| Summary: | More than half the world's population live in violent settings, such as civil wars, communal conflicts, cities plagued by gang violence and entire areas governed by criminal organizations. Living exposed to diverse forms of violence, individuals and communities have found innovative, and sometimes counterintuitive, ways to protect themselves and others. Civilian Protective Agency in Violent Settings establishes the study of civilian agency and its protective dimension across various violent settings as a systematic and unified field of research. It brings together researchers spanning several social science disciplines to study civilian protective agency in different violent settings, including civil war, genocide, communal violence and organized crime, and in various geographical locations, from Syria to Mozambique, Sri Lanka to Mexico, Iraq to Colombia and western Europe. The volume offers conceptual foundations, new theoretical insights and detailed empirics that advance our understanding of civilian protective agency and promote future research on the topic that is comparable, tractable and cumulative. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780192866714 0192866710 |