Rampage shootings and gun control : politicization and policy change in Western Europe /

Hurka, Steffen.,

Rampage shootings and gun control : politicization and policy change in Western Europe / Steffen Hurka. - 1 online resource (viii, 187 pages) - Routledge research in comparative politics ; 70 . - Routledge research in comparative politics ; 70. .

1. Introduction -- 2. Rampage shootings, politicization and policy change -- 3. The impact of focusing events on public policy -- 4. Theorizing conditions for politicization, policy change and stability -- 5. How to study the political impact of rampage shootings -- 6. Paths to the (non-)politicization of gun control -- 7. When laws bite the bullet (and when they do not) -- 8. Conclusion.

9781315209425 9781351806596

10.4324/9781315209425 doi


Gun control--Europe, Western.
Violent crimes--Europe, Western.

HV7439.E85 / H87 2017

363.33094 / H964