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This chapter surveys the highly productive literature on political repression and asks three closely related questions: (1) what causes political repression? (2) what are its effects?, and (3) what stops political repression?
The defining concept of the state is its monopoly on the legitimate use of coercion or physical force, including repression (Weber, 1919). By definition, then, all governments have coercive capacity. They have agents of repression, and those agents have assets available to them.
Jan 15, 2015 · Sociology in North America, as Ben Agger argues, has generally been res istant to grand theory and social theory mostly occurs outside soc iology in fields as comparative literature,...
Jan 15, 2015 · In first instance, it is intended to provide some orientation in the diverse field and discusses distinctions that can be made between major theoretical and methodological currents, subject areas, and understandings of the purpose of socioeconomics.
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Dec 12, 2023 · “Critical theory” refers to a family of theories that aim at a critique and transformation of society by integrating normative perspectives with empirically informed analysis of society’s conflicts, contradictions, and tendencies.
Nov 2, 2021 · With the aim to facilitate a debate between social and political theory for a better understanding of the societal totality, this chapter probes the ways to understand power, regulation, and social order.
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This document creates a list of what is now commonly accepted as individual rights, including political rights; civil rights; social, economic, and cultural rights; and more broadly conceptualized rights of development and freedom from poverty, which also fit under the umbrella term of human rights (Landman, 2006).
