Violence directed at victimized groups because of their real or imagined characteristics is as old as humankind. Why, then, have -hate crimes- only recently become recog-nized as a serious social problem, especially in the United States? This book addresses a timely set of questions about the politics and dynamics of intergroup violence manifested as discrimination. It explores such issues as why injuries against some groups of people--Jews, people of color, gays and lesbians, and, on occasion, women and those with dis ...
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Violence directed at victimized groups because of their real or imagined characteristics is as old as humankind. Why, then, have -hate crimes- only recently become recog-nized as a serious social problem, especially in the United States? This book addresses a timely set of questions about the politics and dynamics of intergroup violence manifested as discrimination. It explores such issues as why injuries against some groups of people--Jews, people of color, gays and lesbians, and, on occasion, women and those with dis-abilities--have increasingly captured notice, while similar acts of bias-motivated violence continue to go unnoticed. The authors offer empirically grounded, theoretically in-formed answers to the question: How is social change on this order possible? Their analysis of the dynamics draws upon three established traditions: the social constructionist approach; new social movements theory; and the new institutionalist approach to understanding change as a process of innovation and diffusion of cultural forms. In this case, new social movements have converged of late to sustain public discussions that put into question issues of -rights- and -harm- as they relate to a variety of minority constituencies. The authors couple their general discussion with close attention to many particular anti-violence projects. They thereby develop a compelling theoretical argument about the social processes through which new social problems emerge, social policy is developed and diffused, and new cultural forms are institutionalized.
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Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 215 p. Contains: Illustrations. Social Problems and Social Issues (Walter Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. LCCN 97008950 Type of material Book Personal name Jenness, Valerie, 1963-Main title Hate crimes: new social movements and the politics of violence / Valerie Jenness and Kendal Broad. Published/Created New York: Aldine de Gruyter, c1997. Description xi, 215 p. : ill.; 24 cm. ISBN 0202306011 (cloth: alk. paper) 020230602X (pbk. : alk. paper) LC classification HV6250.3. U5 J45 1997 Related names Broad, Kendal. Subjects Hate crimes--United States. Social movements--United States. Gays--Violence against--United States. Women--Violence against--United States. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-[207]) and index. Series Social problems and social issues Dewey class no. 364.1