TY - BOOK ID - 104712795 TI - Punishment and Political Order PY - 2009 SN - 9780472023172 9780472901135 9781282463004 0472901133 0472023179 0472099825 0472069829 1282463004 9786612463006 PB - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, DB - UniCat KW - Punishment KW - Social control. KW - Sovereignty. KW - Philosophy. KW - Government policy. KW - Government policy KW - Penalties (Criminal law) KW - Penology KW - Corrections KW - Impunity KW - Retribution KW - Sovereignty KW - State sovereignty (International relations) KW - International law KW - Political science KW - Common heritage of mankind (International law) KW - International relations KW - Self-determination, National KW - Social conflict KW - Sociology KW - Liberty KW - Pressure groups KW - Law and legislation KW - Punishment -- Government policy -- United States. KW - Punishment -- Government policy. KW - Punishment -- Philosophy. KW - Social control KW - Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency KW - Social Welfare & Social Work KW - Social Sciences KW - Philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:104712795 AB - 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 power—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. ER -