When push comes to shove : a routine conflict approach to violence / Leslie W. Kennedy, David R. Forde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennedy, Leslie W.

Contributor:

Forde, David R. (David Robert), 1959-

Series:

SUNY series in violence

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--United States.

Violence.

Aggressiveness.

Interpersonal conflict.

United States.

Interpersonal conflict--United States.

Social conflict--United States.

Social conflict.

Aggressiveness--United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [1999]

Summary:

When Push Comes to Shove examines the ways in which people define and respond to confrontations and interpersonal dilemmas in their lives. It includes insights from constructionist, interactionist, and criminal event perspectives to present the situational factors that contribute to conflict. The recent revelation that violence is connected with public and private life, and the realization that mainstream society tolerates many forms of violence, leads Kennedy and Forde to explore the circumstances when people use or don't use violent means to solve everyday disputes.

Contents:

1. Violence in Everyday Life 1

2. Learning Aggression and Violence 12

3. Elements of Routine Conflict: Social Construction, Coercion, and the Social Event 21

4. Studying Routine Conflict and Violence 37

5. Attitudes Toward Violence: Setting Up Routines 50

6. Experience with Violence: Routine Aspects of Conflict 76

7. Street Youth and Violence 108

8. Routine Conflict in Theory and Practice 124.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-191) and indexes.

ISBN:

0791440338

0791440346

OCLC:

38311614