| Theorizing the Standoff: Contingency in Action Contributor(s): Wagner-Pacifici, Robin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521654793 ISBN-13: 9780521654791 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $40.84 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2000 Annotation: This book combines original theoretical analysis with real life case studies to examine the nature of the standoff. The author explores seven actual standoffs between anti-state groups and organizations of law enforcement (six from the United Staes and one from Peru), and the archetypal patterns of human action and cognition that move us into and out of these highly charged situations. Evoking original ideas about time, space and appropriate or anticipated action, she develops a theory of the fundamental existential indeterminacy of social life and the role improvisation can play in preventing violent outcomes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 303.6 |
| LCCN: 99029695 |
| Lexile Measure: 1460 |
| Series: Cambridge Cultural Social Studies (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.11" W x 9" (1.00 lbs) 292 pages |
