State Domination and the Psycho-Politics of Conflict: Power, Conflict and Humiliation (Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution)

Synopsis

This book offers a detailed study of the psycho-politics of governmental manipulation, in which a vulnerable population is disciplined by contorting their sense of self-worth. In many conflict settings, a nation’s government exerts its dominance over a marginalized population group through laws, policies and practices that foster stark inequality. This book shows how such domination comes in the form of systems of humiliation orchestrated by governmental forces. This thesis draws upon recent findings in social psychology, conflict analysis, and political sociology, with case studies of governmental directives, verdicts, policies, decisions and norms that, when enforced, foster debasement, disgrace or denigration. One case centers on the US immigration laws that target vulnerable population groups, while another focuses on the ethnic discrimination of the central government of Sudan against the Sudanese Africans. The book’s conclusion focuses on compassion-motivated practices that represent a counter-force to government-sponsored strategies of systemic humiliation. These are practices for building peace by professionals and non-professionals as a positive response to protracted violence. This book will be of much interest to students of peace and conflict studies, sociology, psychology, ethics, philosophy and international relations.

Copyright:

2019

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9780429777318

Related ISBNs:

9780429431883, 9781138362789, 9781138362789, 9781138362796, 9781138362796

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

04/12/19

Copyrighted By:

Daniel Rothbart

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Military, Nonfiction, Psychology, Politics and Government

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