Study Of Political Violence Research Articles

Issues in the study of political violence: Understanding the motives of participants in small group political violence

Research on the motives of those who engage in small group political violence typically takes a qualitative or quantitative form. I argue that researchers should seek to understand why people engage in small group political violence, and that the best way to achieve such understanding is to employ both. The advantages of this approach are discussed in this paper, as is the importance of recognizing that the activities of all actors in any given violent location, including state actors, should be accounted for in research.

The medical anthropology of political violence: a cultural and feminist agenda.

s this volume of MAQ attests, the study of political violence and warfare has become an active site for theoretical and empirical exchanges in medical anthropology.' The reasons for this development can be articulated in global and specific terms. Globally, the unprecedented making and unmaking of violent conflicts in the twentieth century provokes the anthropological question of what it is to be human. This question is pressing whether it is formulated by grieving relatives at mass grave sites in Bosnia-Herzegovina, attending physicians who judge when to say 'when' during torture sessions in El Salvador, or scholars, regardless of whether they consider violence to be a natural tendency or a socialized construction. Indeed, warfare and political violence invariably tap into the deepest existential currents of life and death, good and evil, and sickness and health. The making and unmaking of violence must also be set forth specifically in terms of issues that are central to medical anthropology: (1) the cultural structuring and personal, embodied experience of violence; (2) the aftermath of violence and warfare manifest as damage, distress, and disease on the one hand, and resilience, resistance, and healing on the other; and (3) the gender, class, and ethnic dimensions of violence as enacted or endured. The foregoing articles address these issues either implicitly or explicitly with varying degrees of clarity. Before considering the individual contributions, however, I begin by setting forth an analytic summary of cultural issues in theorizing violence.

Ethnic and Nationalist Violence

Work on ethnic and nationalist violence has emerged from two largely nonintersecting literatures: studies of ethnic conflict and studies of political violence. Only recently have the former begun to attend to the dynamics of violence and the latter to the dynamics of ethnicization. Since the emergent literature on ethnic violence is not structured by clearly defined theoretical oppositions, we organize our review by broad similarities of methodological approach: (a) Inductive work at various levels of aggregation seeks to identify the patterns, mechanisms, and recurrent processes implicated in ethnic violence. (b) Theory-driven work employs models of rational action drawn from international relations theory, game theory, and general rational action theory. (c) Culturalist work highlights the discursive, symbolic, and ritualistic aspects of ethnic violence. We conclude with a plea for the disaggregated analysis of the heterogeneous phenomena we too casually lump together as “ethnic violence.”

They shoot prime ministers too, don't they? Religious violence in Israel: Premises, dynamics, and prospects

The assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin struck Israelis with shock and horror. The realization that their leader has been gunned down in the heart of Tel Aviv by a Jewish zealot was overwhelming. The vexing question, “How could such an atrocity occur in the seeming bastion of democracy in the Middle East?” left Israelis bewildered and disillusioned. This paper attempts to answer this question by indicating the conditions and circumstances that enabled the assassination. It presents a counterculture of messianism at the core of religious Zionism, which has matured into a formidable force waiting to erupt. Drawing on insights from studies of political violence in general and religiously motivated violence in particular, the paper concludes that a violence tendency tandem (VTT) fosters and encourages religious violence in Israel, from the vigilante activities of the settlers’ Gush Emunim to the assassination of Rabin.

The Anthropology and Ethnography of Political Violence

Two recent books have shown the fruitfulness of approaching the analysis of political violence and terror based on a set of general anthropological ideas about meaning formation, cosmology and ritual. One of these works in particular reveals links between what may be described as the cultural construction of political violence in modern industrialized contexts and the shaping of particular spatial and bodily symbolism among social actors. The other book has contributed to the field of cross-cultural studies of political violence by examining connections between the making of particular concepts of the past - or history - among groups of actors, and the suffering and perpetration of political violence. This study sheds general light on the relationship between collective remembering of violence and spirals of ethnic violence. This review essay also briefly assesses a third book, i.e. a collection of essays which discuss different aspects of what it means in theoretical, methodological, and ethical terms to carry out research based on fieldwork when political violence in the field is, or has until recently been, commonplace. Together the three volumes can be said to reveal central features of recent trends among anthropologists who investigate political violence.

Terror and Resistance: A Study of Political Violence

Terror and Resistance: A Study of Political Violence

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:THE POLITICS OF DEPENDENCE: Papua New Guinea 1968. Edited by A. L. Epstein, R. S. Parker and Marie Reay.POLITICS IN NEW GUINEA: Traditional and in the context of change, some anthropological perspectives. Edited by Ronald M. Berndt and Peter Lawrence.PACIFIC POLITIES: Asian, Australasian, Oceanic. Edited by I. F. Nicolson and Colin A. Hughes.POLITICAL OPINION POLLS. By Frank Teer and James D. Spence.THE 1922: The Story of the Conservative Backbenchers' Parliamentary Committee.SOUTHERN AFRICA IN PERSPECTIVE: Essays in Regional Politics. Edited by Christian P. Potholm and Richard Dale. New York, The Free Press, 1972. Pp. xvi + 418. $14.25.SOUTH AFRICA AND THE WORLD: The Foreign Policy of Apartheid. By A. Vandenbosch.LABOUR IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD MINES 1911–1969. By Francis Wilson.WAR: Patterns of Conflict. By Richard E. Barringer.REFORM RULE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA: The Dubcek Era 1968–1969. By Galia Golan.1914: DELUSION OR DESIGN?: The Testimony of Two German Diplomats. Edited by J. RON. ElekPROSPERITY AND DEPRESSION IN AUSTRALIA 1887–1897. By E. A. Boehm.METTERNICH. By Alan Palmer.PORTRAIT OF A DECISION: The Council of Four and the Treaty of Versailles. By H. Elcock.DECISION BY DEFAULT: Peacetime Conscription and British Defence. By P. Dennis.SOVIET ADVANCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. By George Lenczowski. U.S. Interests in the Middle East Series.THE ARABIAN PENINSULA: Society and Politics. Edited by Derek Hopwood.LORD SALISBURY ON POLITICS: A selection from the articles in the Quarterly Review 1860–1883. Edited by Paul Smith.JOSÉ ANTONIO PRIME DE RIVERA, SELECTED WRITINGS. Edited and introduced by Hugh Thomas. Translated from the Spanish by Gudie Lawaetz. Roots of the Right: Readings in Fascist, Racial and Elitist Ideology. General Editor George Steiner.THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION OF FEBRUARY 1917. By Marc Ferro. Translated by J. L. Richards. Notes and Bibliography translated by Nicole Stone.THE SOVIET INTELLIGENTSIA: An Essay on the Social Structure and Roles of the Soviet Intellectuals During the 1960s. By L. G. Churchward.SOCIALIZATION TO POLITICS: A Reader. Edited by Jack Dennis.ESSAYS IN POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY. Ry A. F. Davies.THE ASIAN NEWSPAPERS’ RELUCTANT REVOLUTION. Edited by John A. Lent. AmesREACTIONS TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. By R. C. Cobb.MAN IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS: Essays on Geographical Change in the Pacific Islands. Edited by R. Gerard Ward.RELIGION AND SOCIETY IN ENGLAND 1790–1850. By W. R. Ward.THE POLITICS OF ELECTORAL COLLEGE *FORM. By L. D. Longley and A. G. Braun.THE SLOVAK DILEMMA. By Eugen Steiner.ECONOMIC POLICY IN SOCIALIST YUGOSLAVIA. By Rudolf Bićanić.CIVILIZING CAPITALISM: The Labor Movement in New South Wales 1870–1900.SUKARNO: A Political Biography. By J. D. Legge.TALES OF A REVOLUTION. By A. Hanifah. Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1972.A STUDY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE: The Indonesian Experience. By S. Sloan.TRENDS IN INDONESIA. Edited by Y. M. Cheong.CONTINUITY AND CHANGE, IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. By Harry J. Benda.AUSTRALIAN COMPULSORY ARBITRATION 1900–1970. By J. H. Portus.STRIKE: A Live History 1887–1971. By R. A. Leeson.INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN THE COMMON MARKET. By Campbell Balfour.JAPANESE BLUE COLLAR: The Changing Tradition, By Robert E. Cole.

Terror and Resistance: A Study of Political Violence, with Case Studies of Some Primitive African Communities. By Eugene Victor Walter. (London and New York: Oxford University Press, 1969. Pp. 385. $8.50, cloth; $2.95, paper.)

Terror and Resistance: A Study of Political Violence, with Case Studies of Some Primitive African Communities. By Eugene Victor Walter. (London and New York: Oxford University Press, 1969. Pp. 385. $8.50, cloth; $2.95, paper.)

Terror and Resistance: a study of political violence with case studies of some primitive African societies

Journal Article Terror and Resistance: a study of political violence with case studies of some primitive African societies Get access Terror and Resistance: a study of political violence with case studies of some primitive African societies, by E. V. Walter. OUP, New York, 1969. 385pp. £3.60. J. J. GUY J. J. GUY School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 70, Issue 281, October 1971, Pages 414–415, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a096184 Published: 01 October 1971

: Terror and Resistance: A Study of Political Violence, with Case Studies of Some Primitive African Communities . Eugene Victor Walter.

American AnthropologistVolume 72, Issue 5 p. 1195-1197 Free Access OTHER: Terror and Resistance: A Study of Political Violence, with Case Studies of Some Primitive African Communities. Eugene Victor Walter. Terror and Society Peter Worsley, Peter Worsley Manchester UniversitySearch for more papers by this author Peter Worsley, Peter Worsley Manchester UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: October 1970 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1970.72.5.02a00920AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume72, Issue5October 1970Pages 1195-1197 RelatedInformation

Patterns of Political Violence in Comparative Historical Perspective

The causes and consequences of political violence have become major topics of research in an era of history beset by seemingly continual warfare, revolution, and other violent acts of every description. The study of political violence has drawn upon theoretical perspectives and forms of analysis from all the social sciences. The Report of the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence, for example, includes among its authors historians, economists, sociologists, psychologists, and anthropologists as well as political scientists. In this article we shall consider political violence from a broad comparative and historical perspective in an effort to discern patterns of political violence through the years; to identify some of the economic conditions that are associated with violence; and to examine a few major political effects of violence. The article is divided into three main parts. Part I describes the incidence of warfare and of domestic political violence in sixty-five countries during the period 1800-1960; Part II investigates relationships between acts of political violence in these countries and several economic variables; and Part III examines connections between domestic political violence and attempts to introduce and maintain democratic regimes.

Terror and Resistance: A Study of Political Violence.

Terror and Resistance: A Study of Political Violence.

Violent Men-an Inquiry Into the Psychology of Violence.Hans TochTerror and Resistance: A Study of Political Violence, with Case Studies of Some Primitive African Communities.Eugene Victor Walter

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