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Judy Torrance introduces the concept of public violence to denote acts widely considered to be violent and of importance to society. Public violence differs from related concepts like political violence in explicitly recognizing that the subject matter is socially constructed.
Price: $39.95
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication Date:
01 May 1988
ISBN: 9780773561793
Format: eBook
BISACs:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society
"In Canadian history there is less violence than in the US, yet one result of this book is a severe debunking of the myth of Canada as a `peaceable kingdom'" A.K. Davis, Choice
Judy Torrance is an independent scholar living in Ottawa.