TY  - BOOK
AU  - McBride,Keally
TI  - Punishment and Political Order
SN  - 9780472901135
PB  - University of Michigan Press
KW  - Political Science / History & Theory
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Political science
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Access copy available to the general public
N2  - 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 examines the questions raised by the state's exercise of punitive powerâ€"from what it is about human psychology that desires sanction and order to how the state can administer pain while calling for justice. Keally McBride's book demonstrates punishment's place at the core of political administration and the stated ideals of the polity
UR  - https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/13eaf39f-6cd1-4437-b726-6e9e26244605
ER  -