Anne Nassauer

Situational Breakdowns

Understanding Protest Violence and Other Surprising Outcomes

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Produktbeschreibung

Situational Breakdowns develops a counterintuitive approach on how surprising social outcomes emerge through a detailed analysis of the breakdown of everyday routines in violent protests, violence in uprisings, and failed store robberies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 167mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 539g
• ISBN-13: 9780190922061
• ISBN-10: 0190922060
• Artikelnr.: 55347808

Autorenporträt

Anne Nassauer is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. Her research focuses on violence and deviant action, collective behavior, and the use of video data for scientific inquiry. Her work lies at the intersection of sociology, social psychology, and criminology, with the ultimate goal of better understanding human action and interaction.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: Situational Collapses and Eruptions
1. Protest Groups and Physical Violence
2. The (Lack of) Power of the Violent Few
3. The Police's Fault?
4. Losing Control
5. Expecting the Worst
6. Uncertainty
7. In the Tunnel of Violence
8. How to Keep Protests Peaceful
9. Situational Breakdowns beyond Protest Violence
Conclusion
References
Appendices
A. Studying Situational Dynamics in the 21st Century
B. Methodological Notes on Studying Protest Violence
C. Methodological Notes on Studying Uprisings
D. Methodological Notes on Studying Robberies