The Hidden Structure of Violence: Who Benefits from Global Violence and War Contributor(s): Pilisuk, Marc (Author), Rountree, Jennifer Achord (Author) |
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ISBN: 1583675426 ISBN-13: 9781583675427 Publisher: Monthly Review Press OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy - Social Science | Violence In Society |
Dewey: 303.6 |
LCCN: 2015014106 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.2" (0.90 lbs) 304 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Acts of violence assume many forms: they may travel by 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. |