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9. The Shapley–Owen Value and the Strength of Small Winsets: Predicting Central Tendencies and Degree of Dispersion in the Outcomes of Majority Rule Decision-Making

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Feld, Scott L., Godfrey, Joseph, Grofman, Bernard, Fleurbaey, Marc, Editor-in-chief, Dutta, Bhaskar, Series editor, Salles, Maurice, Editor-in-chief, Gaertner, Wulf, Series editor, Herrero Blanco, Carmen, Series editor, Klaus, Bettina, Series editor, Pattanaik, Prasanta K., Series editor, Suzumura, Kotaro, Series editor, Thomson, William, Series editor, Fara, Rudolf, editor, and Leech, Dennis, editor

Published
2014
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13. Gender Norms and Retaliatory Violence against Spouses and Acquaintances

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Feld, Scott L. and Felson, Richard B.

Abstract

This article examines an experiment embedded within a nationally representative survey of adult Americans to investigate gender norms regarding retaliatory violence between spouses and acquaintances. Contrary to claims that societal norms permit violence within marriage, respondents disapproved of retaliatory violence against spouses more than they did against acquaintances. Contrary to claims that gender roles encourage violence by males more than females, respondents were just as likely to approve of female retaliation against males as they were male retaliation against males, and they were more approving of females' retaliating against females than of males' retaliating against females. Male and female respondents had similar, strongly disapproving attitudes toward men's retaliating against women, even though male respondents were more accepting of retaliation in all other conditions. Evidence clearly shows that societal norms discourage retaliation between spouses and men's retaliating against women. Consequently, violent wife abuse continues despite (not because of) societal norms. (Contains 3 tables.)

Published
2008
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23. Violence as a Strategy of the Weak against the Strong: The Case of Siblings.

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New Hampshire Univ., Durham. Family Research Lab. and Feld, Scott L.

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This paper considers the case of violence between siblings in the family, and describes findings based on a U.S. national sample that show the relatively frequent use of violence by weaker siblings against more powerful siblings. Analysis and theoretical discussion shows that even though strong actors have greater means for using violence, and weak actors are more likely to suffer from the use of violence than strong actors, the motive and opportunity structure of relatively powerless social actors may encourage their use of violence toward the strong. Weak actors are especially likely to use violence when they have reason to expect that observers will interpret a conflict in their favor. The use of violence by terrorists, social movements, corporations, governments and particular disempowered categories of individuals may be partially understood by the application of these theoretical principles. The empirical evidence presented in this study demonstrates the relative frequency of violence by the weak, but it is insufficient to demonstrate the theoretical principles presented. Further research must measure characteristics of the specific contexts (including attitudes and behaviors of observers) and expectations of the actors to determine the importance of these particular mechanisms. (LLL)

Published
1988

24. When Desegregation 'Reduces' Interracial Contact: A Class Size Paradox for Weak Ties.

Author

Feld, Scott L. and Carter, William C.

Abstract

Observes that interracial contact is a primary goal of school desegregation policies. Demonstrates that reallocation of students among schools may reduce opportunities for interracial contact by focusing on weak social ties as one important type of contact. Considers policy implications for schools and theoretical implication for understanding intergroup relations. (DSK)

Published
1998

44. Gender norms and retaliatory violence against spouses and acquaintances

Author

Feld, Scott L. and Felson, Richard B.

Subjects
Husband and wife -- Analysis, Sex role -- Evaluation, Family violence -- Analysis, Family violence -- Social aspects, Family violence -- Demographic aspects, Family and marriage, Sociology and social work
Abstract

This article examines an experiment embedded within a nationally representative survey of adult Americans to investigate gender norms regarding retaliatory violence between spouses and acquaintances. Contrary to claims that societal norms permit violence within marriage, respondents disapproved of retaliatory violence against spouses more than they did against acquaintances. Contrary to claims that gender roles encourage violence by males more than females, respondents were just as likely to approve of female retaliation against males as they were male retaliation against males, and they were more approving of females' retaliating against females than of males' retaliating against females. Male and female respondents had similar, strongly disapproving attitudes toward men's retaliating against women, even though male respondents were more accepting of retaliation in all other conditions. Evidence clearly shows that societal norms discourage retaliation between spouses and men's retaliating against women. Consequently, violent wile abuse continues despite (not because of) societal norms. Keywords: intimate violence; norms; retaliation; gender; experiment; national sample

Published
2008

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