User:Mark Cooney

Dr. Mark Cooney, Associate Professor of Sociology, has been at the University of Georgia since 1991. He received a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Virginia in 1991. In addition, Dr. Cooney holds a Doctor of Juridical Science degree from Harvard Law School, received in 1988. His speciality areas include sociology of law, social control, criminology, and deviant behavior.

Dr. Cooney's work addresses conflict management, especially law and violence, from the theoretical perspective known as pure sociology. He has a particular interest in the role of third parties in fomenting and settling conflict. His work tends to be theoretical in nature and cross-cultural in focus: he draws on anthropological and historical materials as well as on data from modern societies. Dr. Cooney's writings on violent conflict, for example, devote attention to both pre-modern forms of violence, such as feuding and dueling, and to contemporary homicide and assault. Similarly, his book-in-progress analyzes the morality of murder across all human societies. The ultimate goal of Dr. Cooney's work, as of all pure sociology, is the exploration of social space and the discovery of its organizing principles, principles that exist independently of biology and psychology.

Selected Honors, Awards, and Grants

2003. M. G. Michael Award, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia

Selected Publications

Phillips, Scott and Mark Cooney. 2005. "Aiding peace, abetting violence: third parties and the management of conflict." American Sociological Review, 70:334-354.

Cooney, Mark. 1998. "The dark side of community: moralistic homicide and strong social ties." Sociological Focus 31:135-153.

Cooney, Mark. 1998. Warriors and Peacemakers: How Third Parties Shape Violence. New York. New York University Press.

Cooney, Mark. 1997. "From warre to tyranny: lethal conflict and the state." American Sociological Review 62:316-338.

Cooney, Mark. 1994. "Evidence as partisanship." Law and Society Review 27:833-859.