The Los Angeles Riots - Mark Baldassare, David O Sears, Edgar W Butler, Peter A Morrison

The Los Angeles Riots

Lessons For The Urban Future
Buch | Hardcover
270 Seiten
2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-29363-5 (ISBN)
159,95 inkl. MwSt
This book addresses three questions: What were the causes of the Los Angeles riots, what actually took place, and what are the consequences and meaning of the riots for U.S. cities? The Los Angeles Riots presents solutions and policy recommendations for avoiding a repeat of such unrest in the future.
The Los Angeles riots in the Spring of 1992 were among the most violent and destructive events in twentieth-century urban America. This collection of original essays by leading urban experts offers the first comprehensive analysis of the unrest that took place after a jury acquitted the police officers who were accused of using excessive force in t

Edgar W. Butler is Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Riverside. He holds a BA in Social Science, and a Ph.D. as well. He is the author and editor of numerous books and scientific papers on related subjects. James B. Pick is professor and former chair of the department of management and business at the University of Redlands. W. James Hettrick is the director of information systems for the City of Loma Linda, California, and the president/ceo of Information Systems Management Solutions, Inc. located in Redlands, California.

Introduction -- A Riot of Color: The Demographic Setting -- Los Angeles Coalition Politics -- The Rodney King Beating Verdicts -- Public Opinion Before and After a Spring of Discontent1 -- A Profile of Those Arrested -- Property Damage and Violence: A Collective Behavior Analysis -- Black-Korean Conflict -- Community Coalition-Building -- Urban Rioting in Los Angeles: A Comparison of 1965 with 1992

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 657 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-367-29363-3 / 0367293633
ISBN-13 978-0-367-29363-5 / 9780367293635
Zustand Neuware
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