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This book offers the reader an incisive view into the political,
social and economic evolutions of mass incarceration across the
globe. It examines the different political and social contexts that
combine with free market mechanisms of mass incarceration to
ascertain how economic incentives shape penal policy. Using
qualitative analysis of a wide variety of incarceration forms, each
chapter compares a US example with a non-US case study, showing how
first world countries that occupy the economic forefront of prison
privatization are exporting new models of penal
institutionalization to developing countries. The chapters examine
issues such as the privatization of asylum detention centres, the
economic impacts of maintaining vast forced labour camps, the
social consequences of imprisoning journalists, and the use of
state sanctioned torture. Capturing a nascent international trend
through an interdisciplinary lens, this book questions why so many
languish in prison, whether the incarceration of thousands benefits
society as a whole, and how these penal policies might be roundly
reconsidered.
This book offers the reader an incisive view into the political,
social and economic evolutions of mass incarceration across the
globe. It examines the different political and social contexts that
combine with free market mechanisms of mass incarceration to
ascertain how economic incentives shape penal policy. Using
qualitative analysis of a wide variety of incarceration forms, each
chapter compares a US example with a non-US case study, showing how
first world countries that occupy the economic forefront of prison
privatization are exporting new models of penal
institutionalization to developing countries. The chapters examine
issues such as the privatization of asylum detention centres, the
economic impacts of maintaining vast forced labour camps, the
social consequences of imprisoning journalists, and the use of
state sanctioned torture. Capturing a nascent international trend
through an interdisciplinary lens, this book questions why so many
languish in prison, whether the incarceration of thousands benefits
society as a whole, and how these penal policies might be roundly
reconsidered.
Building on the emerging field of biopolitics of security, this
research monograph demonstrates that political speech can be
crafted to manipulate segments of the voting population who are
inherently predisposed to being receptive to certain language. The
authors, who come from both political science and behavioral
neuroscience, examine how the human brain reacts to expressions of
political ideology regarding terrorism. They apply these reactions
to specific forms of political communication, many of which are
designed to elicit a desired response in creating support for a
policymaker's agenda. By comparing and contrasting a variety of
case studies, they demonstrate how similar acts accompanied by
starkly different political language can create cognitive
dissonance in the minds of the electorate and influence policy
choices. Each chapter analyzes the content of a speech, its
assimilation by different political groups, and two case studies.
For example, the case of Luis Posada Carriles, a Cuban exile and
former CIA agent responsible for the bombing of a Cuban airliner in
1976 is examined alongside that of Mohamed El Megrahi, the Libyan
intelligence officer convicted of the bombing of Flight 103 over
Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988 This unique study uses new research in
neuropsychology to demonstrate how the American public's response
to various policies on terrorism is manipulated, highlighting the
impact of ideological speech regarding terrorism-the "language of
terror."
This unique book examines how U.S. domestic policy regarding the
death penalty has been influenced by international pressures, in
particular, by foreign nations and international organizations.
International pressure has mounted against America's use of the
death penalty, straining diplomatic ties. U.S. policies that
endorse the execution of juveniles, the mentally handicapped, and
disadvantaged foreign nationals have been recognized by allied
nations and international organizations as human rights abuses and
violation of international law. Further, organizations such as the
United Nations and Amnesty International have issued scathing
reports revealing racial bias and fundamental procedural flaws in
almost every phase of the judicial process in capital cases.
International pressures directed at governmental entities, in
particular specific states such as Texas, can have a profound
impact on governmental operational efficiency and public opinion
and effectively render capital punishment cost-prohibitive from a
public policy standpoint. The Death Penalty and U.S. Diplomacy
analyzes the institutional response to specific forms of foreign
intervention and influence such as consular intervention,
international litigation, and extradition negotiation. This is
documented through case studies such as how a judge in Texas v.
Green turned to a comparative Delaware case that relied on the
Vienna Convention to remove the death penalty as possible
punishment, and how Mexico pressured the White House in two
separate cases. By demonstrating that foreign actors have done much
to constrain the United States to abandon its policies of executing
foreigners, as well as its own citizens, the book explores the
foreign dimensions of the U.S. death penalty while advancing the
debate surrounding the viability of this controversial policy.
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