State domination and the psycho-politics of conflict : power, conflict and humiliation / Daniel Rothbart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rothbart, Daniel, author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Routledge studies in peace and conflict resolution

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political psychology.

Manipulative behavior--Political aspects.

Manipulative behavior.

Political persecution.

Physical Description:

xi, 137 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Rothbart, Daniel, author. State domination and the psycho-politics of conflict

ISBN:

9781138362789

1138362786

9781138362796

1138362794

OCLC:

1076228750