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Subject(s)

• Violence—United States [Browse]
• Identity politics—United States [Browse]
• Ethnic conflict [Browse]
• United States—Race relations [Browse]

Series

Cornell scholarship online. [More in this series]

Summary note

Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia counterintuitively analyzes why and how various ethnoracial groups proactively and instrumentally use different forms of violence to achieve their goals. Combining a historical analysis spanning the centuries with an examination of contemporary problems, she considers how and why ethnoracial groups can be both perpetrators and victims of violence, why some minority groups react differently to violence in comparable situations, and what the consequences are today for politics in both America and Europe.

Notes

Also issued in print: 2023.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Target audience

Specialized.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 23, 2023).

Contents

• Violence as a Pro-active Response to Adversity
• Violence as a Cause of Ethno-racial Identities
• From Past to Present Ethno-racial Identification Strategy
• The Dynamics of Contention
• Two Tales of One Nation
• From Identity Politics to Ethno-racial Identity Crisis
• Centrifugal Dynamics of Societal Fragmentation
• Is a Violent Society America's only Possible Future?
• Is Violent America Europe's Future?
• Conclusion: Lessons for the Future.

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ISBN

• 1-5017-6756-9
• 1-5017-6758-5

OCLC

1321077820

Doi

• 10.1515/9781501767586

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