Two violent trajectories on the micro-macro continuum: emotional tipping-point conflicts, and dispersed attrition conflicts

Micro-sociology analyzes very short expanses of time and space, macro-sociology long expanses. There is no historical trend from micro to macro techniques of violence or vice versa; but changes result from stalemates of older technique, shifting to either a faster or a longer sequence of violent mov...

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Main Author: Randall Collins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bielefeld 2017-12-01
Series:International Journal of Conflict and Violence
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Online Access:http://ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/628