Slow and sudden violence: why and when uprisings occur

2025/04/24 by Luuk Slooter · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Political Conflict and Governance

paper · doi:10.1080/01419870.2025.2492894

openalex publication_date 2025/04/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/15

Abstract

Derek Hyra’s Slow and Sudden Violence examines the wave of urban unrest that swept across the United States between 2014 and 2020. The book begins with the police killings of Michael Brown in Fergu...

Discussions

• Derek Hyra’s Slow and Sudden Violence links urban unrest (2014–2020) to police brutality and deeper systemic forces, drawing from cases in St. Louis & Baltimore. Review by Luuk Slooter: doi.org/10.108 [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]

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