Violence directed at victimized groups because of their real or
imagined characteristics is as old as humankind. Why, then, have
"hate crimes" only recently become recog-nized as a serious social
problem, especially in the United States? This book addresses a
timely set of questions about the politics and dynamics of
intergroup violence manifested as discrimination. It explores such
issues as why injuries against some groups of people--Jews, people
of color, gays and lesbians, and, on occasion, women and those with
dis-abilities--have increasingly captured notice, while similar
acts of bias-motivated violence continue to go unnoticed.
The authors offer empirically grounded, theoretically in-formed
answers to the question: How is social change on this order
possible? Their analysis of the dynamics draws upon three
established traditions: the social constructionist approach; new
social movements theory; and the new institutionalist approach to
understanding change as a process of innovation and diffusion of
cultural forms. In this case, new social movements have converged
of late to sustain public discussions that put into question issues
of "rights" and "harm" as they relate to a variety of minority
constituencies.
The authors couple their general discussion with close
attention to many particular anti-violence projects. They thereby
develop a compelling theoretical argument about the social
processes through which new social problems emerge, social policy
is developed and diffused, and new cultural forms are
institutionalized.
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