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PublisherMonthly Review Press

ISBN-101583675426

ISBN-139781583675427

eBay Product ID (ePID)208714888

Product Key Features

Number of Pages304 Pages

Publication NameHidden Structure of Violence : Who Benefits from Global Violence and War

LanguageEnglish

SubjectSociology / General, Public Policy / Social Policy, Violence in Society

Publication Year2015

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science

AuthorMarc Pilisuk, Jennifer Achord Rountree

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2015-014106

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"An encyclopedic and yet highly focused analysis of the causes and consequences of violence and wars - This is a sober book that nonetheless leaves us with hope for future generations." - G. William Domhoff, author, Who Rules America? "One of the most comprehensive - and programmatic - discussions of the sources and nature of global violence in years." - Tom Hayden, author, Inspiring Participatory Democracy

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal303.6

SynopsisActs of violence assume many forms: they may travel by the arc of a guided missile or in the language of an economic policy, and they may leave behind a smouldering village or a starved child. The all pervasiveness of violence makes it seem like an unavoidable, and ultimately incomprehensible, aspect of the modern world. But, in this detailed and expansive book, Marc Pilisuk and Jen Rountree demonstrate otherwise. Widespread violence, they argue, is in fact an expression of the underlying social order, and whether it is carried out by military forces or by patterns of investment, the aim is to strengthen that order for the benefit of the powerful. The Hidden Structure of Violence marshals vast amounts of evidence to examine the costs of direct violence, including military preparedness and the social reverberations of war, alongside the costs of structural violence, expressed as poverty and chronic illness. It also documents the relatively small number of people and corporations responsible for facilitating the violent status quo, whether by setting the range of permissible discussion or benefiting directly as financiers and manufacturers. The result is a stunning indictment of our violent world and a powerful critique of the ways through which violence is reproduced on a daily basis, whether at the highest levels of the state or in the deepest recesses of the mind., Acts of violence assume many forms: they may travel by the arc of a guided missile or in the language of an economic policy, and they may leave behind a smoldering village or a starved child. The all-pervasiveness of violence makes it seem like an unavoidable, and ultimately incomprehensible, aspect of the modern world. But, in this detailed and expansive book, Marc Pilisuk and Jen Rountree demonstrate otherwise. Widespread violence, they argue, is in fact an expression of the underlying social order, and whether it is carried out by military forces or by patterns of investment, the aim is to strengthen that order for the benefit of the powerful. The Hidden Structure of Violence marshals vast amounts of evidence to examine the costs of direct violence, including military preparedness and the social reverberations of war, alongside the costs of structural violence, expressed as poverty and chronic illness. It also documents the relatively small number of people and corporations responsible for facilitating the violent status quo, whether by setting the range of permissible discussion or benefiting directly as financiers and manufacturers. The result is a stunning indictment of our violent world and a powerful critique of the ways through which violence is reproduced on a daily basis, whether at the highest levels of the state or in the deepest recesses of the mind., Acts of violence assume many forms: they may travel by the arc of a guided missile or in the language of an economic policy, and they may leave behind a smouldering village or a starved child. The all pervasiveness of violence makes it seem like an unavoidable, and ultimately incomprehensible, aspect of the modern world. But, in this detailed an

LC Classification NumberHM886.P57 2015