Theorizing the Standoff

Contingency in Action

By: Robin Wagner-Pacifici

Write A Review

Hardcover | 19 June 2000

At a Glance

Hardcover
292 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
22.86 x 15.24 x 2.06

Hardcover

RRP $174.95

$145.50

17%OFF

or 4 interest-free payments of $36.38 with

Aims to ship in 7 to 10 business days

This book combines original theoretical analysis with real life case studies to examine the nature of the standoff. Starting with the standoffs of Wounded Knee, MOVE, Ruby Ridge, Waco, Freeman of Montana, Tupac Amaru, Republic of Texas, the author explores the archetypal patterns of human action and cognition that move us into and out of these highly charged situations and seeks to theorize the contingency of all such moments. As an emergency situation where interaction is both frozen and continuing, the standoff evokes original ideas about time, space and appropriate or anticipated action and individuals and organisations often find their standard operating procedures and categories deflected and transformed. By tracking and analysing such impositions and deflections, this book aims to develop a theory of the fundamental existential indeterminacy of social life and the possible role that improvisation can play in navigating this indeterminacy and preventing a violent and destructive conclusion. Co-winner of the 2001 Best Book Award given by the Sociology of Culture Section of the American Sociological Association.

Industry Reviews

"Wagner-Pacifici has offered us a cabinet rich in terms and the parameters of a new program by which to understand social action as a dramatic genre." Contemporary Sociology 30, 3 action as a dramatic genre

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $79.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.

Defective items

If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.

For more info please visit our Help Centre.

You Can Find This Book In

Non-Fiction Society & Culture Social Issues & Processes Violence in Society Sociology & Anthropology Cultural Studies Language & Linguistics Linguistics Sociolinguistics

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Theorizing contingency	p. 1
The times of standoffs	p. 60
The spaces of the standoff	p. 96
The action of standoffs	p. 137
Endings and improvisations	p. 214
Notes	p. 238
Bibliography	p. 258
Index	p. 268
Table of Contents provided by Syndetics. All Rights Reserved.

Theorizing the Standoff

Contingency in Action

At a Glance

Hardcover

Industry Reviews

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

You Can Find This Book In

More in Violence in Society

EVERY MAN

Why Violence Against Women is a Men's Issue, and How You Can Make a Difference

The New Age of Sexism

How the AI Revolution is Reinventing Misogyny

The Names

'The best debut novel in years' Sunday Times

Why Does He Do That?

Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

The Complex PTSD Workbook

Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole

Predators' Paradise

A Journey of Survival and Resilience

Hold Everything Dear

Dispatches on Survival and Resistance

The Gift of Fear

Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

Eggshell Skull

Shortlisted for the 2019 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards for Non-fiction

Ask Not

The Kennedys and the Women they Destroyed

Consent Laid Bare

Sex, Entitlement & the Distortion of Desire

The Coffin Confessor

One Man's Fight to Survive the Past and Leave Nothing to Fate

Examining Crime and Justice around the World

Global Viewpoints

Guns in America

Examining the Facts

An Intersectional Guide for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Their Allies

Masculinity Reconnected

An Intersectional Guide for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Their Allies

Masculinity Reconnected

Hop-Frog

Penguin Archive

Losing It

Can we stop violence against women and children?: Quarterly Essay 97

The Assassin

An action-packed espionage thriller

Complicit

How Our Culture Enables Misbehaving Men

Nine Miracles

When Bullets Can't Kill and Hope Prevails

The Psychology of Gun Violence

How Smart Choices Can Save Lives

The Devil You Know

Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2022

Suburban True Crime

Australian cases you'll never forget and some you've never heard of

This product is categorised by