Framing Excessive Violence Discourse and Dynamics / [electronic resource] :
edited by Daniel Ziegler, Marco Gerster, Steffen Krämer.
- X, 263 p. online resource.
This book explores the dynamics of excessive violence, using a broad range of interdisciplinary case studies. It highlights that excessive violence depends on various contingencies and is not always the outcome of rational decision making. The contributors also analyse the discursive framing of acts of excessive violence.