The deadly ethnic riot /
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| Author / Creator: | Horowitz, Donald L. |
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| Imprint: | Berkeley : University of California Press, c2001. |
| Description: | xvii, 588 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4387150 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- A Note on Place Names
- 1.. Say It with Murder
- The Morphology and Dynamics of Violence
- The Riot as Cause, Effect, and Process
- The Forms of Ascriptive Violence
- Deploying the Data
- The State of Violence Theory
- 2.. Ethnic Boundaries, Riot Boundaries
- Cognitive and Strategic Bases of Ethnicity
- The Ontology of the Riot
- Composing the Decomposable
- 3.. The Riot Episode
- The Rhythm of the Riot
- Before the Riot: The Critical Role of Rumor
- Before the Riot: The Lull
- Preparing for War, Conquering Fear
- The Atrocity-Killing
- 4.. Selective Targeting
- Precision in Targeting
- The Aversion to False Positives
- Target Selection: The Starting Points
- Strong or Weak Targets? The Question of Displaced Aggression
- Beyond Displacement: Strong Targets, Weak Moments
- 5.. Target-Group Characteristics
- Reputation for Aggression
- Traditional Antagonism
- Opposition in War
- Political Threat
- External Affinities Augmenting Internal Strength
- Psychological Strength
- Antipathy, Similarity, and Difference
- 6.. An Economy of Antipathy
- Target Selection and the Imperatives of Violence
- The Source of the Precipitant and the Choice of Target
- Riot Leadership and Target Choice
- Riot Location and Target Choice
- Targeting: Reflections and Distortions
- 7.. Organizers and Participants
- Indicators of Organization
- Organizers
- The Dubious Advantage of Strong Organization
- The Power of Loose Organization
- The Legions of Violence
- The Deadly Riot as a Pickup Game
- 8.. The Occasions for Violence
- Flashpoints: The Events That Precipitate Riots
- A Parade of Processions
- Strikes with Ethnic Overtones
- Divisive Elections
- Official or Unofficial Alternations of Relative Ethnic Status
- The Character of Precipitating Events
- Precipitant-free Riots
- 9.. The Social Environment for Killing
- Interregna
- The Decline of Multiethnic Parties and Coalitions
- Fluctuations in Policy
- Authoritative Tolerance, Acquiescence, or Condonation
- Biased or Ineffective Instruments of Public Order
- Inhibition and Disinhibition
- Absence of Remorse: The Moral Mass Murder
- 10.. Location, Diffusion, and Recurrence
- Location: Differentials in the Fundamentals
- Propinquity and Urban Bias
- Site Selection and Risk Aversion
- The Diffusion of Violence
- Recidivist Locations
- Recurrent Riots
- 11.. Aims, Effects, and Functions
- Narrow Aims, Broad Effects
- Degradation
- Homogenization
- Polarization
- Civil and Secessionist Warfare
- Contingent Effects
- The Putative Functions of Violence
- 12.. Violence and Quiescence
- Proof Positive and Proof Negative: The Problem of Variance
- Theories of Quiescence from the Larger Research Cycle
- Near-Miss Strategies
- Alternatives to Riots: Lynching and Burning
- Alternatives to Riots: Ethnic Terrorism
- Mild Riots and Near-Riots
- Ethnic Fights
- Changes over Time: Nonrecurring Riots
- Non-Riots
- The Hunt for the Missing Variables
- Paths to Prevention
- 13.. The Calculus of Passion
- Convening the Killing Crowd: A Causal Account
- Strategic and Rationalist Approaches to Ethnic Violence
- Reason and Passion: Hypervigilance, Circumspection, and Being of More Than One Mind
- The Decline of the Deadly Ethnic Riot in the West
- Index
