State domination and the psycho-politics of conflict power, conflict and humiliation / Daniel Rothbart.
| Author/creator | Rothbart, Daniel |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, 2019. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge studies in peace and conflict resolution |
| Contents | Good and bad aggression -- Fields of governmental power -- The pain of humiliation -- The attrition of unauthorized immigrants -- Erasure, race and criminal justice -- Symbolic violence in Sudan / co-authored with Adeeb Yousif -- Systemic compassion in conflict resolution -- Compassion in the face of genocide in Rwanda / co-authored with Jessica Cooley. |
| Abstract | "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, and draws upon recent findings in social psychology, conflict analysis, and political sociology. Case studies are provided 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. By contrast, the book's conclusion focuses on the collective compassion that are exhibited by some people who are immersed in protracted violent conflict. The practices of systemic compassion represent a counter-force to such governmental humiliation. This book will be of much interest to students of peace and conflict studies, sociology, psychology, ethics, philosophy and International Relations"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record; title from PDF title page, viewed (08/14/2020). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Rothbart, Daniel, author. State domination and the psycho-politics of conflict Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019 9781138362789 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019012671 |
| ISBN | (ebk) |
| ISBN | 9780429777325 (Web PDF) |
| ISBN | 9780429777318 (ePub) |
| ISBN | 9780429777301 ( Mobi) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (pbk) |