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Most of us think of punishment as an ugly display of power. But punishment also tells us something about the ideals and aspirations of a people and their government. How a state punishes reveals whether or not it is confident in its own legitimacy and sovereignty. Punishment and Political Order exam...

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Main Author: McBride, Keally D.
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2007.
Series:Law, meaning, and violence.
Subjects:
Punishment > Philosophy.
Punishment > Government policy.
Social control.
Sovereignty.
Punishment > Government policy > United States.
Social Control, Formal
Contrôle social.
Souveraineté.
sovereignty.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
United States.
Strafjustiz
Politisches System
Rechtsphilosophie
Strafe
Politische Ordnung
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