Beschreibung:
This book offers a socio-cultural and interdisciplinary understanding of the impact of political violence on youth behaviour. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in the Kashmir valley, the volume brings to focus the ways in which violence affects social and psychological dynamics within the individual and the community.
1 Social psychological approach to the understanding of conflict 2 Re-examining exposure to violence: shifting the focus to collective violence 3 The conflict in the Kashmir Valley: youth, extremism and psychological consequences 4 Violence, emotions and their regulation 5 Conflict, aggression and gender: re-viewing established links 6 Violence, hope and optimism: can negative events have positive outcomes? 7 Beyond violence: conclusions and thoughts