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The politics of pain : torturers and their masters

Author: Ronald D Crelinsten; Alex Peter Schmid
Publisher: Boulder : Westview Press, ©1994.
Series: Series on state violence, state terrorism, and human rights.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: Case studies
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Ronald D Crelinsten; Alex Peter Schmid
ISBN: 0813325277 9780813325279
OCLC Number: 33334048
Description: xvi, 195 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Introduction : the politics of pain / Ronald D. Crelinsten and Alex P. Schmid --
Torturers and their masters / Pieter H. Kooijmans --
Social context of torture : policy process and authority structure / Herbert C. Kelman --
In their own words : the world of the torturer / Ronald D. Crelinsten --
Military, torture and human rights : experiences from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay / Wolfgang S. Heinz --
Torture : psychological and cultural origins / Ervin Staub --
Somoza's national guard : a study of human rights abuses, psychological health and moral development / Federico Allodi --
Official torturer : a learning model for obedience to the authority of violence / Mika Haritos-Fatouros.
Series Title: Series on state violence, state terrorism, and human rights.
Responsibility: edited by Ronald D. Crelinsten and Alex P. Schmid.

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