Warriors and peacemakers : how third parties shape violence / Mark Cooney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooney, Mark, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence.

Interpersonal conflict.

Homicide.

Third parties (Law).

Physical Description:

xi, 210 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [1998]

Contents:

Violence as Morality 3

Third Parties 5

Black's Theoretical Paradigm 8

Four Foci 14

2 The u-Curve of Violence 1 22

Status Patterns in Criminal Homicide 23

Elite Violence 31

Third-Party Social Status 37

3 The u-Curve of Violence 2 45

Violence in Stateless Societies 47

Informal Settlement 59

4 Configurations of War and Peace 67

Black's Theory of Partisanship 69

Feuding without End: Close and Distant Group Ties 73

Homicide without Feuding: Close and Distant Individual Ties 83

The Dilemma of Violence: Cross-Cutting Ties 89

Peaceful Indifference: Distant Individual Ties 99

5 Foundations of Honor 107

Classical Honor 108

Modern Honor 113

Tie Stability 119

Statelessness 122

Researching Violence 134

Reducing Violence 140

Explaining Violence 150

Appendix A Moralistic Homicide 155

Appendix B The Virginia Study 158

Appendix C The Cross-Cultural Study 161.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0814715141

0814715672

OCLC:

38047947