Books in the Violence, Cooperation, Peace series

Focuses on the issues that generate group violence. This volume assesses about the historical precedents and international parallels of American violence.

Explores the dynamics of the antinuclear protest movement, particularly the freeze and its origins, growth, decline, and enduring problems. Beginning with a historical analysis of early attempts to control nuclear weapons, this work uses a sociohistorical case study to give insight into how social change occurs in postindustrial society.

Surveys research on the long-term dynamics of murder and other crimes of violence. This work identifies and diagnoses the circumstances of recurring epidemics of violent crime that have swept the social landscape of the United States in the last 150 years, including immigration, the social dislocation of war, and concentrations of urban poverty.

The author examines how indigenous activists are cultivating international support for a programme of self-determination and legal protection, as well as how the indigenous voice in world politics is transforming civic discourse within the international community. With the United Nations designating 1993 as the `Year of Indigenous Peoples', this book could not be more timely.