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The Politics Of Pain

Torturers And Their Masters

Alex Schmid author Ronald D Crelinsten author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:13th Sep '19

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Although a wave of democratization appears to be sweeping the globe, torture persists in more than seventy-five nations. Despite widespread condemnation of torture and the efforts of international and nongovernmental organizations to end it, the "politics of pain" continues in a broad range of social and political systems. This book is one of the first to systematically examine the psychological, cultural, and social origins of torture. It provides profiles of torturers and of those who direct them in their brutal activities. The contributors provide case studies from the past and present, including Somoza's National Guard in Nicaragua and regimes in the Southern Cone of Latin America and in Greece.

ISBN: 9780367295172

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 498g

214 pages