Jeffrey Stevenson Murer
Biographic Data
| ID | 1159291 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeffrey Stevenson Murer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeffrey Stevenson |
| FAMILY NAME | Murer |
| SIGNATURE | MURER J S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of St Andrews |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8056-9365 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Social Rituals of Pain
Much of criminological scholarship on street gangs focuses on the deviant and delinquent aspects of gang violence. Although the research tradition acknowledges that violence is central to the life in a gang, it often labels this form of violence as an “anti-social” behaviour. This article challenges this conceptualisation of gang violence and proposes instead that gang violence is a social performance. By using the example of gang initiation rite…
‘Oh motherland I pledge to thee …’
In this paper, we argue that beyond understanding nations as imagined communities , the metaphor of an ‘imagined family’ or ‘filial community’ is a more useful concept towards understanding links between gender and nationhood as family relations in four ways: (1) providing a clear, hierarchical structure ; (2) prescribing social roles and responsibilities ; (3) being linked to positive affective connotations ; and (4) reifying social phenomena as…
Understanding collective violence
This chapter explores the motivations for joining violent groups across arange of circumstances. In particular, the chapter will explore the similarities in the role of violence as a marker of identity within groups as diverseas street gangs and ethnic communities. Frequently, membership inviolent groups is explained in terms of individual material gain or theattainment of individual fame, in very rationalist and individualistic terms.This focus …
The Emergence of a Lumpen-Consumerate
Ethnic Conflict
This article examines developments in the analysis of communal conflict over the past twenty years, exploring insights regarding the relationships of economic structure, conceptions of deprivation, and the constructions of narratives making sense of civil strife. The piece compares analyses from differing paradigms and disciplines, including terrorism studies, the sociology of violence and war, and the anthropology of violence. The article explor…
Institutionalizing enemies
Discourse and Politics
Socio-ideological fantasy and the Northern Ireland conflict
Constructing the enemy-other
La terreur des opprimés ? Un examen comparatiste des réponses au terrorisme
Les réactions de l'Etat et de la société au terrorisme, envisagées sous l'angle du respect des droits humains, diffèrent selon les contextes. L'intensité de la réponse étatique, notamment pour ce qui est de la limitation des droits humains, semble corrélée à la manière dont l'appareil étatique décrypte le danger. Les menaces venant d'entités qui ne mettent pas en cause la construction du sujet d'une politique collective donnée sont minimisées, ta…
Historical Contingency and the Political Economy of Nations
Ethnic Conflict
This article examines developments in the analysis of communal conflict over the past twenty years, exploring insights regarding the relationships of economic structure, conceptions of deprivation, and the constructions of narratives making sense of civil strife. The piece compares analyses from differing paradigms and disciplines, including terrorism studies, the sociology of violence and war, and the anthropology of violence. The article explor…
Constructing the enemy-other
The Emergence of a Lumpen-Consumerate
Social Rituals of Pain
Much of criminological scholarship on street gangs focuses on the deviant and delinquent aspects of gang violence. Although the research tradition acknowledges that violence is central to the life in a gang, it often labels this form of violence as an “anti-social” behaviour. This article challenges this conceptualisation of gang violence and proposes instead that gang violence is a social performance. By using the example of gang initiation rite…
Institutionalizing enemies
La terreur des opprimés ? Un examen comparatiste des réponses au terrorisme
Les réactions de l'Etat et de la société au terrorisme, envisagées sous l'angle du respect des droits humains, diffèrent selon les contextes. L'intensité de la réponse étatique, notamment pour ce qui est de la limitation des droits humains, semble corrélée à la manière dont l'appareil étatique décrypte le danger. Les menaces venant d'entités qui ne mettent pas en cause la construction du sujet d'une politique collective donnée sont minimisées, ta…
Historical Contingency and the Political Economy of Nations
La terreur des opprimés ? Un examen comparatiste des réponses au terrorisme
Les réactions de l'Etat et de la société au terrorisme, envisagées sous l'angle du respect des droits humains, diffèrent selon les contextes. L'intensité de la réponse étatique, notamment pour ce qui est de la limitation des droits humains, semble corrélée à la manière dont l'appareil étatique décrypte le danger. Les menaces venant d'entités qui ne mettent pas en cause la construction du sujet d'une politique collective donnée sont minimisées, ta…
Discourse and Politics
Socio-ideological fantasy and the Northern Ireland conflict
Constructing the enemy-other
Institutionalizing enemies
Ethnic Conflict
This article examines developments in the analysis of communal conflict over the past twenty years, exploring insights regarding the relationships of economic structure, conceptions of deprivation, and the constructions of narratives making sense of civil strife. The piece compares analyses from differing paradigms and disciplines, including terrorism studies, the sociology of violence and war, and the anthropology of violence. The article explor…
Understanding collective violence
This chapter explores the motivations for joining violent groups across arange of circumstances. In particular, the chapter will explore the similarities in the role of violence as a marker of identity within groups as diverseas street gangs and ethnic communities. Frequently, membership inviolent groups is explained in terms of individual material gain or theattainment of individual fame, in very rationalist and individualistic terms.This focus …
The Emergence of a Lumpen-Consumerate
‘Oh motherland I pledge to thee …’
In this paper, we argue that beyond understanding nations as imagined communities , the metaphor of an ‘imagined family’ or ‘filial community’ is a more useful concept towards understanding links between gender and nationhood as family relations in four ways: (1) providing a clear, hierarchical structure ; (2) prescribing social roles and responsibilities ; (3) being linked to positive affective connotations ; and (4) reifying social phenomena as…
Social Rituals of Pain
Much of criminological scholarship on street gangs focuses on the deviant and delinquent aspects of gang violence. Although the research tradition acknowledges that violence is central to the life in a gang, it often labels this form of violence as an “anti-social” behaviour. This article challenges this conceptualisation of gang violence and proposes instead that gang violence is a social performance. By using the example of gang initiation rite…
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