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Social Torture The Case of Northern Uganda, 1986-2006

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Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

01.02.2011

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Ingram Publishers Services

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338

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22.9/15.2/2 cm

Gewicht

476 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-85745-291-7

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

01.02.2011

Abbildungen

Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert

Verlag

Ingram Publishers Services

Seitenzahl

338

Maße (L/B/H)

22.9/15.2/2 cm

Gewicht

476 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-85745-291-7

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Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
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DE

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  • Produktbild: Social Torture

  • Acknowledgements
    List of Tables, Charts & Diagrams
    List of Illustrations
    List of Acronyms
    Map Of ‘Protected Villages’ in which Fieldwork Was Conducted

    Chapter 1. Introduction

    • The Mainstream Discourse of Today’s Wars
    • Building Blocks of a Counter-Narrative
    • Impacts Actors
    • Benefits and Functions
    • Justifications
    • Elaborating a Model of Social Torture
    • Overview of the Book

    Chapter 2. The Research Process

    • Institutional Setting
    • Working in a ‘War Zone’
    • Conceptual Challenges
    • Horizontal Segmentation or Vertical Linkages?
    • Acknowledging Peoples’ Agency
    • Ethical Considerations
    • Methods Adopted
    • Composition of the Research Team
    • In-Depth Key-Informant Interviews
    • Audio-Visual Data
    • Media Monitoring
    • Research Integrated with Programming – The Use of Focus Groups
    • Dealing with Findings
    • Discussion and Conclusions
    • Subjectivity and Objectivity

    Chapter 3. An Overview of the Situation in Northern Uganda

    • Introduction
    • The Build-Up to War
    • Phase I (1986 to 1988)
    • Phase II (1988 to 1994)
    • Phase III (1994 to 1999)
    • Phase IV – Amnesty for ‘Terrorists’ (2000 to 2002)
    • Phase V – Operation Iron Fist and Its Aftermath (2002 to 2003)
    • Phase VI – November 2003 to June 2006
    • Phase VII – June 2006 Onwards
    • The War As People Remember It
    • Discussion
    • Some Concluding Questions

    Chapter 4. Reconsidering the LRA–Government Dynamic

    • Introduction
    • The LRA’s Ambiguities
    • Composition
    • The Extent of Civilian Support
    • Links with the Lord's Resistance Movement
    • The Role of the Media in Creating Ambiguity
    • The LRA’s Modus Operandi
    • Administration and Control
    • Survival and Proxy Warfare
    • LRA Motivations and Politics
    • Politics of Rejection
    • The 1994 Peace Talks
    • Discussion
    • Further Nuances and Characterisations – Local Context
    • Refining the Characterisations – Comparative Experiences
    • An Appraisal of the Government’s Initiatives
    • Conclusions

    Chapter 5. Protection As Violation

    • Introduction
    • Part I – Formation and Organisation
    • Physical Layout and Shelter
    • Administration
    • Mchaka-Mchaka
    • Part II – Subsistence in the Camps
    • Access to Land
    • Reductions in Hunting
    • Other Alternatives to Agriculture
    • Group Formation
    • Food Aid
    • Problems with Distribution
    • Demonstration Sites
    • Calls To Allow People To Return Home
    • Block Farming
    • Part III – Access to Education
    • Universal Primary Education (UPE) Drop-Outs
    • Teacher Motivation
    • Secondary Schooling
    • Part IV – Access to Health Care
    • Part V – Access to Protection
    • When Was the LRA the UPDF?
    • People’s Responses
    • Discussion and Conclusions

    Chapter 6. Protection As Debilitation

    • Introduction
    • Physical Debilitation
    • Psychological Debilitation
    • Suicide
    • Heavy Drinking
    • Cultural Debilitation
    • Burial and Funeral Rites
    • Breakdown of Restorative Justice
    • Dance and Song
    • External Interventions, which ‘Diluted’ Culture
    • Changing Military–Civilian Relationships
    • Discussion
    • Signs of Resilience?
    • Conclusions

    Chapter 7. Protection As Humiliation

    • Introduction
    • The Hegemonic Model of Masculinity
    • What Women Are (Supposed To Be) Like
    • What Youth Are (Supposed To Be) Like
    • What Men Are (Supposed To Be) Like
    • Masculine Roles
    • The Gap between Model and Reality: Inability To Fulfil External and Internalised Expectations
    • Acquisition of Knowledge
    • Marriage Provision
    • Physical Protection
    • Further Threats to Sense of Masculinity
    • ‘Gender’ Discourse and Practice
    • Militarization
    • The Impact of the Emergence of a Hegemonic Model
    • Domestic Violence
    • Increased Male Vulnerability to Violence
    • State Benefits from the Hegemonic Model
    • Discussion
    • Conclusions

    Chapter 8. Social Torture and the Continuation of War

    • Introduction
    • Impacts and Methods
    • Further Symptoms of Torture Actors
    • Humanitarian Missions and Mandate
    • Failures in Assistance and Protection
    • Benefits and Functions
    • Economics
    • Psychological
    • Political Justifications for Action and Inaction
    • Justifying Action
    • Justifying Inaction
    • Discussion
    • Low Intensity but Wide Impact
    • Geographically Extensive and Time-Indifferent Multiple Actors
    • Multiple Functions
    • Social Torture Acquires Its Own Momentum
    • Social Torture Is Justified in Public Discourses, which then Become Instruments of Social Torture
    • Conclusions

    Chapter 9. Conclusions

    • Social Torture Offers a Counter-Narrative to the Mainstream Discourse
    • Greed–Grievance
    • Social Torture Goes beyond the Convention Against Torture
    • Social Torture Suggests the Need for More Comprehensive Interventions

    Appendices

    Bibliography
    Index