Is violence a successful tool in social change?
• Violence
• Social Change
• Good Violence
• Government change
• Social reform

Crowe, Charles. "Racial Violence and Social Reform - Origins of the Atlanta Riot of 1906." The Journal of Negro History 53.3 (1968): 234-56. Print.

Examples of United States history where violence may have lead to social reforms in Atlanta.


Robert, Lipsyte. "Brutality: Who needs it?." USA Today n.d.: Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 14 Apr. 2010.

May give me an opposing view and help give argument against supporters of non-violence.

Senchal de la Rocher, Roberta. "Collective Violence as Social Control." Sociological Forum 11.1 (1996): 97-128. Print.

Shows how violence can help a social issue.

TAYLOR, CHARLES. "Violence as the Best Revenge: Fantasies of Dead Nazis." Dissent (00123846) 57.1 (2010): 103-106.Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 14 Apr. 2010.

Examples of how “Hollywood” or modern culture perceives the use of violence.

Martin, Brian. Paths to social change: conventional politics, violence and nonviolence. N.p., 2006. Web. 14 Apr. 2010. .

Explains how violence has been used in order to create social change.

M, Linda. Families, Violence and Social Change. Maidenhead, England: Open University Press, 2006. Print.
Book explains how violence and social change interact.

Monti, Daniel J. "Violence as Social Intervention." Journal of Intergroup Relations 9.2 (1981): 31-45. Print.
Explains violence is used to cause a social change.

"Pakistan Edges Closer to Banning Domestic Violence." New York Times 7 Apr. 2010. Web. 14 Apr. 2010. .
Gives modern day example of how violence causes social issues.


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Plan to interview a family member who has worked as a Lieutenant in the Colombian Armed forces and how has the country dealt with violence.