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Fomenting Political Violence

Author : Steffen Krüger
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319975056
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Fomenting Political Violence written by Steffen Krüger and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-30 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a psychosocial perspective on political violence, employing a strong current of psychoanalytic thinking. In the course of its chapters an international roster of researchers and scholars offers a richly complex and insightful view of diverse forms of political violence and its build-ups. The authors discuss the processes by which the ground for political violence is prepared, and how violent acts are facilitated. They question how social, cultural and political constellations can develop in such a way that, for certain people in this constellation, violence becomes a logical – perversely reasonable – response. This collection demonstrates what a psychoanalytic perspective can bring to existing approaches to political violence, going beyond the social movement approach by unfolding the inherent ambiguity in accepted concepts within the study of political violence.

Understanding Terrorism and Political Violence

Author : Dipak K. Gupta
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135982821
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Terrorism and Political Violence written by Dipak K. Gupta and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-03-25 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains the lifecycle of terrorist organizations from an innovative theoretical perspective, combining economics with social psychology. It provides a new approach to understanding human behaviour in organized society, and then uses this to analyze the forces shaping the lifecycle of violent political movements. Economic and rational-choice theorists assume that human beings are motivated only by self-utility, yet terrorism is ultimately an altruistic act in the eyes of its participants. This book highlights the importance of the desire to belong to a group as a motivating factor, and argues that all of us face an eternal trade-off between selfishness and community concern. This hypothesis is explored through four key groups; the IRA in Northern Ireland, Al Qaeda, Hamas, and the Naxalites in India. Through this, the book analyzes the birth, growth, transformation and demise of violent political movements, and ends with an analysis of the conditions which determine the outcome of the war against terrorism. Understanding Terrorism and Political Violence will be essential reading for advanced students of terrorism studies and political science, and of great interest to students of social psychology and sociology.

Economic Liberalization and Political Violence

Author : Francisco Gutiérrez Sanín
Publisher : IDRC
ISBN 13 : 0745330630
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (453 download)

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Download or read book Economic Liberalization and Political Violence written by Francisco Gutiérrez Sanín and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2010-09-15 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of workers struggles against management regimes in Britain's car industry from the Second World War to the late 1980s.

Psychosocial Responses to Sociopolitical Targeting, Oppression and Violence

Author : Joshua L. Miller
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000890260
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis Psychosocial Responses to Sociopolitical Targeting, Oppression and Violence by : Joshua L. Miller

Download or read book Psychosocial Responses to Sociopolitical Targeting, Oppression and Violence written by Joshua L. Miller and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-25 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will prepare social workers, psychologists, and counselors for psychosocial work with individuals and groups who are experiencing distress and trauma resulting from historical and current sociopolitical oppression and violence. Sociopolitical oppression is a sustained, systematic catastrophe, which results from social targeting and discrimination such as racism, sexism and misogyny, homophobia, and anti-immigrant fervor. The consequences are profound and debilitating. In some ways, they are similar to reactions to a single event disaster (e.g., hurricane, earthquake, terrorist attack) but even more insidious because the social targeting and harassment have been ongoing and will continue. As a guide for direct clinical practice, this book offers new models for understanding the nature and consequences of sociopolitical disasters as well as guiding a range of interventions – clinical, psychoeducational, advocacy, and social justice – for use on a micro, mezzo, and macro level. Drawing on indigenous and BIPOC knowledge and scholarship and using case studies from around the world, it criticizes while also adapting and integrating knowledge and theory from the fields of disaster mental health, psychosocial capacity building, trauma therapy, psychodynamic theory, cognitive behavioral theories, and theories of resilience and positive psychology, linking them to an understanding of historical and social oppression, social justice, and intergroup conflict and reconciliation. The book offers critiques of dominant Western, Eurocentric visions of personhood and models of intervention and questions assumptions about the roles of "client" and "worker," proposing more egalitarian, collaborative relationships and extensive use of training of trainers. It will prepare graduate students and practitioners across the helping professions for work that promotes the collective and individual strength and efficacy of affected people, while also responding directly to vulnerability, stress, and trauma.

India's Human Security

Author : Jason Miklian
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136022406
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book India's Human Security written by Jason Miklian and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India's explosive economic growth and emerging power status make it a key country of interest for policymakers, researchers and scholars within South Asia and around the world. But while many of India's threats and conflicts are strategized and discussed extensively within the confines of security studies, strategic studies and conventional international relations perspectives, many less visible challenges are set to impact significantly on India's potential for economic growth as well as the human security and livelihoods of hundreds of millions of Indian citizens. Drawing on extensive research within India, this book looks at some of the ‘hidden risks’ that India faces, exploring how a broadened scope of what constitutes ‘risk’ itself holds value for Indian security studies practitioners and policymakers. It highlights several human security risks facing India, including the inability of the world’s largest democracy to deal effectively with widespread poverty and health issues, resource depletion and environmental mismanagement, pervasive corruption and institutionalized crime, communal violence, a protracted Maoist insurgency, and deadlocked peace processes in the Northeast among others. The book extracts common themes from these seemingly disparate problems, discussing what underlying failures allow them to persist and why policymakers heavily securitize some political issues while ignoring others. Providing an understanding of how several lesser-studied risks can pose potential or actual threats to Indian society and its ‘emerging power’ growth narrative, this book is a useful contribution to South Asian Studies, International Security Studies and Global Politics.

Under the Gun

Author : Niloufer A. Siddiqui
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009242490
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Under the Gun written by Niloufer A. Siddiqui and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-17 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political parties are integral to democracy and yet they frequently engage in anti-democratic, violent behaviour. Parties can employ violence directly, outsource violence to gangs and militias, or form electoral alliances with non-state armed actors. When do parties engage in, or facilitate, violence? What determines the strategies of violence that they employ? Drawing on data from Pakistan, Under the Gun argues that party violence is not a simple manifestation of weak state capacity but instead the intentional product of political incentives, further complicating the process of democratization. Using a rigorous multi-method approach based on over a hundred interviews and numerous surveys, the book demonstrates that a party's violence strategy depends on the incentives it faces in the subnational political landscape in which it operates, the cost it incurs from its voters for violent acts, and its organizational capacity for violence.

Insurgency Prewar Preparation and Intrastate Conflict

Author : Joel J. Blaxland
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030381854
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Insurgency Prewar Preparation and Intrastate Conflict written by Joel J. Blaxland and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-12 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a new approach to explaining prolonged rebellions and insurgent wars, as well as a more nuanced and multi-faceted account of the entire lifespans of rebel and insurgent groups. Since 1945, rebel and insurgent groups have increasingly dragged larger, better funded, and ostensibly militarily superior regimes into protracted intrastate conflicts. This book demonstrates how they were able to endure the hardships of warfare thanks to decisions made before the conflict erupted––a period of time the author refers to as “incubation.” Using case studies on Latin American insurgencies, the author demonstrates that their capacity to endure was directly associated with both the length and quality of each group’s prewar preparations.

South Africa Half-hearted Reform

Author : Mary McGovern
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
ISBN 13 : 9781564321008
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book South Africa Half-hearted Reform written by Mary McGovern and published by Human Rights Watch. This book was released on 1993 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Criminal Politics

Author : Chris Albin-Lackey
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Criminal Politics written by Chris Albin-Lackey and published by Human Rights Watch. This book was released on 2007 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nigeria is mired in a crisis of governance. For decades, Nigeria's governing elite have been widely implicated in acts of violence, corruption and electorial fraud so pervasive as to resemble criminal activity more han democratic governance. Not only has Nigeria's federal government failed to hold these politicians to account, but Nigeria's system of politics has actively rewarded corruption and violence with control governorships, parliamentary seats and other positions of public trust.

The Pitfalls of Liberal Democracy and Late Nationalism in South Africa

Author : M. Muiu
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230617271
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book The Pitfalls of Liberal Democracy and Late Nationalism in South Africa written by M. Muiu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-12-08 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book compares African and Afrikaner nationalisms to demonstrate that the transition from apartheid to liberal democracy in South Africa was a neo-colonial settlement that left the economy and the military and security sectors under the control of the white minority, while increasing wide socioeconomic disparities between rich and poor.

Autocratization in Contemporary Uganda

Author : Moses Khisa
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 135032356X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)

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Book Synopsis Autocratization in Contemporary Uganda by : Moses Khisa

Download or read book Autocratization in Contemporary Uganda written by Moses Khisa and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-01-11 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autocratization in Contemporary Uganda analyses two interrelated outcomes: autocratisation, manifest in the deepening of personalist rule or Musevenism, and the regime resilience that has made Museveni one of Africa's current-longest surviving rulers. How has this feat been possible, and what has been the trajectory of Museveni's increasingly autocratic rule? Surveying that trajectory since 1986, the book takes as its primary focus the years since 2005; bringing to the fore the 'autocratic turn', placing it within a broader comparative lens, and enriching it with comparative references to cases outside of Uganda. While positing the notion of 'autocratic adaptability' as a defining hallmark of Museveni's rule, the book examines the factors and forces that have made that adaptability possible, analysing the dynamics around three keys themes: institutions, resources, and coalitions. Through empirical research, each chapter seeks to demonstrate how either one or two of these three variables have functioned in propelling autocratization and assuring regime resilience - producing theoretical and and comparative implications that reach beyond Uganda.

The Physical and Virtual Space of the Consulting Room

Author : Deborah L S Wright
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000591972
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Physical and Virtual Space of the Consulting Room written by Deborah L S Wright and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-06-27 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thought-provoking book, Deborah Wright examines the role of both space and objects as they become manifest in the psychoanalytic process and looks at how the role of the consulting room in the therapeutic process is both primitive and transferential. Wright explores spatialisation as simultaneously being a psychological projection of meaning and as physically acting upon the environment, utilised to master the undifferentiated, relentless, internal pressure of instinct. Throughout The Physical and Virtual Space of the Consulting Room, she considers the spatial aspects of work with patients by foregrounding the importance of the consulting room and its contents, including the impact of changes of consulting room, travelling, and in working virtually. Illustrated with clinical material and hand-drawn artwork, Wright orients the reader in the new territory by going beyond the existing literature that considers the objects and space of the consulting room solely as transferential aspects of the analyst. The interdisciplinary approach in this book calls on psychoanalytic theory and technique as well as philosophy, history, archaeology, and anthropology, which will be of great interest to all psychoanalytically orientated therapists as well as anyone, clinical or non-clinical, who makes use of psychoanalysis.

Interdisciplinary Applications of Shame/Violence Theory

Author : Roman Gerodimos
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031055705
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Interdisciplinary Applications of Shame/Violence Theory written by Roman Gerodimos and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-23 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes James Gilligan’s theory of shame and violence as a starting point for an application of the model across disciplines (psychology, sociology, philosophy, political science, cultural studies, history, architecture and urban studies) and levels of analysis (from the individual to the global). It critically engages with shame theory, exploring the existential origins, the emotional, linguistic, cognitive and cultural manifestations and symptoms of shame—in the mind, in the body, in public space and in the civic culture—and its relationship with other emotions, such as anger, guilt and pride. It also examines the role of shame in communities that are at the fault lines of current affairs, identity politics and “culture wars”, such as Brexit, trans rights, and racial equality. The book contributes to the literature on political psychology and psychosocial studies by facilitating an innovative application of the concept of shame: blending theory and practice, focusing on gender as a key lever of the mechanism of shame, and exploring the mechanics of shame and shame awareness, so as to seek and propose a range of guiding principles, practical models and possible solutions for the future.

Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire

Author : Deepa Kumar
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1788737237
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (887 download)

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Download or read book Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire written by Deepa Kumar and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critically acclaimed analysis of anti-Muslim racism from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries, in a fully revised and expanded second edition In this incisive account, leading scholar of Islamophobia Deepa Kumar traces the history of anti-Muslim racism from the early modern era to the “War on Terror.” Importantly, Kumar contends that Islamophobia is best understood as racism rather than as religious intolerance. An innovative analysis of anti-Muslim racism and empire, Islamophobia argues that empire creates the conditions for anti-Muslim racism, which in turn sustains empire. This book, now updated to include the end of the Trump’s presidency, offers a clear and succinct explanation of how Islamophobia functions in the United States both as a set of coercive policies and as a body of ideas that take various forms: liberal, conservative, and rightwing. The matrix of anti-Muslim racism charts how various institutions—the media, think tanks, the foreign policy establishment, the university, the national security apparatus, and the legal sphere—produce and circulate this particular form of bigotry. Anti-Muslim racism not only has horrific consequences for people in Muslim-majority countries who become the targets of an endless War on Terror, but for Muslims and those who “look Muslim” in the West as well. With a new foreword by Nadine Naber.

Diaspora, Development, and Democracy

Author : Devesh Kapur
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691162115
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Diaspora, Development, and Democracy written by Devesh Kapur and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens to a country when its skilled workers emigrate? The first book to examine the complex economic, social, and political effects of emigration on India, Diaspora, Development, and Democracy provides a conceptual framework for understanding the repercussions of international migration on migrants' home countries. Devesh Kapur finds that migration has influenced India far beyond a simplistic "brain drain"--migration's impact greatly depends on who leaves and why. The book offers new methods and empirical evidence for measuring these traits and shows how data about these characteristics link to specific outcomes. For instance, the positive selection of Indian migrants through education has strengthened India's democracy by creating a political space for previously excluded social groups. Because older Indian elites have an exit option, they are less likely to resist the loss of political power at home. Education and training abroad has played an important role in facilitating the flow of expertise to India, integrating the country into the world economy, positively shaping how India is perceived, and changing traditional conceptions of citizenship. The book highlights a paradox--while international migration is a cause and consequence of globalization, its effects on countries of origin depend largely on factors internal to those countries. A rich portrait of the Indian migrant community, Diaspora, Development, and Democracy explores the complex political and economic consequences of migration for the countries migrants leave behind.

Constructions of Terrorism

Author : Michael Stohl
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520294173
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Constructions of Terrorism written by Michael Stohl and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Discussions about the meaning of terrorism are enduring in everyday language, government policy, news reporting and international politics. Disagreements about both the definition and the class of violent events that constitute terrorism contribute to the difficulty of formulating effective responses aimed at the prevention and management of the threat of terrorism and the development of counterterrorism policies. This collection makes a major contribution to understanding terrorism through the inter-disciplinary perspectives through which the contributors confront the problem"--Provided by publisher.

New Cultural Identitarian Political Movements in Developing Societies

Author : Sebastian Schwecke
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136846573
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book New Cultural Identitarian Political Movements in Developing Societies written by Sebastian Schwecke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applying an intercultural and comparative theoretical approach across Asia and Africa, this book analyses the rise and moderation of political movements in developing societies which mobilise popular support with references to conceptions of cultural identity. The author includes not only the Hindu nationalist movement but also many Islamist political movements in a single category – New Cultural Identitarian Political Movements (NCIPM). Demonstrating significant similarities in the pattern of evolution between these and European Christian Democracy, the book provides an instrument for the analysis of these movements outside the parameters of the fundamentalism debate. The book looks at a number of key variables for understanding the evolution of NCIPM, and it goes on to analyse the transition of developing societies from rent-based political economies to capitalism and the (partial) failure of this transition process. It argues that there is a need to incorporate economic and class analysis in the study of political processes in developing societies against the continuing emphasis on cultural factors associated with the "cultural turn" of social sciences. The book is an interesting contribution to studies in South Asian Politics, as well as Comparative Politics.