Bock, Joseph G.,
The technology of nonviolence : social media and violence prevention / Joseph G. Bock ; foreword by John Paul Lederach. - 1 PDF (xxi, 288 pages) : illustrations.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Towards an applied theory of violence prevention -- Reporting and warning about deadly possibilities -- Organizing against ethnoreligious violence in Ahmedabad -- Overcoming gang violence in Chicago -- Counteracting ethnoreligious violence in Sri Lanka -- Crowdsourcing during post-election violence in Kenya -- Foisting tribal violence in East Africa -- Comparing the approaches -- How to intervene effectively -- What to do when violence prevention is unlikely to work -- Concerns about misallocation of resources -- Future directions and recommendations.
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How technology and community organizing can combine to help prevent violence, with examples from Chicago to Sri Lanka.
Mode of access: World Wide Web
1282133799 9781282133792 9780262305556
Nonviolence.
Violence--Prevention.
Social media.
Multi-User.
Electronic books.
HM1281 / .B63 2012eb
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The technology of nonviolence : social media and violence prevention / Joseph G. Bock ; foreword by John Paul Lederach. - 1 PDF (xxi, 288 pages) : illustrations.
AC-SUB CatBulkString:september.30.13 CatMonthString:september.13 Multi-User.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Towards an applied theory of violence prevention -- Reporting and warning about deadly possibilities -- Organizing against ethnoreligious violence in Ahmedabad -- Overcoming gang violence in Chicago -- Counteracting ethnoreligious violence in Sri Lanka -- Crowdsourcing during post-election violence in Kenya -- Foisting tribal violence in East Africa -- Comparing the approaches -- How to intervene effectively -- What to do when violence prevention is unlikely to work -- Concerns about misallocation of resources -- Future directions and recommendations.
Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
How technology and community organizing can combine to help prevent violence, with examples from Chicago to Sri Lanka.
Mode of access: World Wide Web
1282133799 9781282133792 9780262305556
Nonviolence.
Violence--Prevention.
Social media.
Multi-User.
Electronic books.
HM1281 / .B63 2012eb
303.6/1