Explosive Conflict: Time-Dynamics of Violence

by Randall Collins

Book Overview

This sequel to Randall Collins' world-influential micro-sociology of violence introduces the question of time-dynamics: what determines how long conflict lasts and how much damage it does. Inequality and hostility are not enough to explain when and where violence breaks out. Time-dynamics are the time-bubbles when people are most nationalistic; the hours after a protest starts when violence is most likely to happen. Ranging from the three months of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032157704
• ISBN13: 9781032157702
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"