Violence and Society: Toward a New Sociology

Violence and Society features a multidisciplinary collection of readings by leading national and international experts that set a new agenda for our understanding of interpersonal and state violence in contemporary society.

Features contributions from leading international experts in collective, state, and interpersonal violence
Develops innovative interdisciplinary theorizations based on new empirical studies on violence and society
Incorporates within an emerging analytical framework issues of war, domestic and gender-based violence, fighting, honor and shame, violence and identity, and politics and violence
Allows us to better understand the world we live in