This book, by noted German sociologist Wilhelm Heitmeyer, analyses capitalist development in Western Europe, with a focus on Germany, since the 1990s and its consequences for open society and liberal democracy. Following Heitmeyer’s long-term interest in extremism, this book highlights two main threads of discussion: the causes and distribution of authoritarian tendencies, and the processes and steps of escalation of these tendencies through right-wing alliances. It critically views capita...

Der Mord an Walter Lübcke, die Anschläge von Halle und Hanau, Hass und Gewalt gegen Juden und Muslime - immer wieder erschüttert rechter Terror das Land. Die Bundesrepublik wird die Neonazis nicht los. Schaut der Staat scharf genug hin, um die Gefahr des Rechtsextremismus zu erkennen? Geht er effektiv dagegen vor? In jüngster Zeit mehren sich die Vorwürfe gegen Beamte, Polizisten und Behörden, selbst in radikale Umtriebe verstrickt zu sein. Vor dem Hintergrund dieser alarmierenden Entwickl...

Diese Studie begeht einen neuen Weg zur Erklärung von Devianz und Gewalt im Jugendalter, indem sie versucht, zwei soziologische Ansätze, die Theorie Sozialer Desintegration und die Control Balance Theory, miteinander zu verknüpfen. Es geht um die Frage der Realitätskontrolle über eigene Lebenswege aufgrund der Bedingungen in den verschiedenen Sozialisationsfeldern von Schule, Familie und Peers. Die leitende These der empirischen Untersuchung besagt, dass das Zusammenwirken von Anerkennungs...

Die Studie befasst sich auf breiter empirischer Basis mit den vielfältigen Lebenswelten und -realitäten junger Menschen und beleuchtet differenziert die möglichen Zusammenhänge wiederholter Jugenddelinquenz.

This book presents a comparative look at the norms and attitudes related to youth violence. It aims to present a perspective outside of the typical Western context, through case studies comparing a developed / Western democracy (Germany), a country with a history of institutionalized violence (South Africa), and an emerging democracy that has experienced heavy terrorism (Pakistan). Building on earlier works, the research presented in this innovative volume provides new insights into the so...

The Control of Violence in Modern Society, starts from the hypothesis that in modern society we will face an increasing loss of control over certain phenomena of violence. This leads to unpredictable escalations and violence can no longer be contained adequately by the relevant control regimes, such as police, state surveillance institutions, national repression apparatuses and international law. However, before investigating this hypothesis from an internationally and historically compara...

School shootings are a topic of research in a variety of different disciplines—from psychology, to sociology to criminology, pedagogy, and public health—each with their own set of theories. Many of these theories are logically interconnected, while some differ widely and seem incompatible with each other, leading to divergent results about potential means of prevention. In this innovative work, leading researchers on the topic of school shootings introduce their findings and theoretical co...