Examining torture : empirical studies of state repression /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Description:	xiii, 218 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	War on Terrorism (2001-2009) Torture -- Government policy -- United States. Police questioning -- United States. Extraordinary rendition -- Government policy -- United States. War on Terrorism, 2001-2009. Police questioning. Torture -- Government policy. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10084268

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Other authors / contributors:	Lightcap, Tracy, 1946- editor. Pfiffner, James P., editor.
ISBN:	9781137337085 (hbk alk. paper) 1137337087 (hbk alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Torture and Public Opinion: The Partisan Dimension
Chapter 3. Does Terror Cause Torture? A Comparative Study of International Public Opinion about Governmental Use of Coercion
Chapter 4. Strange, Savage Blood: Defeat and Torture in the War on Terror
Chapter 5. US Torture Policy and Command Responsibility
Chapter 6. The Efficacy of Coercive Interrogation
Chapter 7. Unintended Consequences: The Effect of Advocacy to End Torture on Empowerment Rights Violations
Chapter 8. Torture Reform in Democracies: A Causal Interpretation
Index

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