Drawing on postcolonial critique to analyze the work and political purpose of activist groups social media, this article asks question: How do digital media communications simultaneously reinstate binary oppositions invite rhizomatic relations? While concept counterpublics is helpful when it comes understanding voices opposition in public discourse, also necessary introduce geopolitical histori...

OBJECTIVE To examine the contribution of socio-economic position (SEP) in explaining the excess of any abuse and intimate partner violence (IPV) among Aboriginal versus non-Aboriginal women in Canada. This comparison has not been studied before. METHODS We conducted logistic regression analysis, using nationwide data from a weighted sample of 57,318 Canadian-born mothers of singletons who par...

The objective of this paper is to address the empirical basis and forensic application of a bimodal theory of violence. The definitions of affective and predatory violence, the relevant animal and clinical research, and the current empirical evidence in neurochemistry, neuropsychology and psychophysiology are reviewed. Forensic evidence for the relevance of this bimodal theory is investigated. ...

Borders are sites of epistemic struggle. Focusing on the illegal tactic “pushback,” which is routinely deployed by state authorities to forcefully expel asylum seekers from European Union territory without due process, this article explores uneven politics knowledge that helps support or unsettle clandestine border violence. Drawing long-term qualitative research Croatia–Bosnia border, includin...

We provide a theory of the spread and decline of violence in a structured population. Engaging in violence towards a particular target group of individuals shapes the attitudes of individuals in the perpetrating group. We focus on situations where violence has private costs and provides local benefits to the perpetrating group only socially. The free rider problem is overcome when individuals f...