Violence is increasing on many measures. As criminal justice and security interventions become more punitive, rising inequalities diminish the resources needed for resilience. When all governments proclaim the need to end violence, how can we make sense of this? Sylvia Walby offers new ways to theorize violence, placing it at the centre of society, not the periphery, and rethinking the relationship between violence and security. Arguing for an integrated analysis of internal and external security within a theory of society, she shows how neoliberal transformations have led to the growth of violence. Understanding these changes requires gendering theories of the state, the economy and civil society. With securitization growing while welfare and the regulation of the economy shrink, Walby uses complexity science to investigate the contradictions in state responses. Crucially, this book offers a way forward, drawing on inspirational practices and cutting-edge social theory, to better understand violence and the causes of its variations.
By:
Sylvia Walby (University of Leeds) Imprint: Polity Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
ISBN:9780745647586 ISBN 10: 0745647588 Pages: 224 Publication Date:04 September 2024 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Sylvia Walby is Professor of Sociology and UNESCO Chair in Gender Research at Lancaster University