Ending the death penalty[electronic ...
Hammel, Andrew, (1968-)

 

  • Ending the death penalty[electronic resource] :the European experience in global perspective /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 364.66094
    書名/作者: Ending the death penalty : the European experience in global perspective // Andrew Hammel.
    作者: Hammel, Andrew,
    出版者: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2010.
    面頁冊數: x, 260 p.
    標題: Capital punishment - Europe.
    標題: Capital punishment - United States.
    ISBN: 9780230277366
    ISBN: 0230277365
    書目註: Includes bibliographical references.
    內容註: America and Europe diverge on the death penalty -- What does the worldwide popularity of capital punishment tell us? -- The hollow hope of public education -- case study one - Germany -- Case study two - The United Kingdom -- Case study three - France -- Elaborating the European model -- Why the European model failed in the United States.
    摘要、提要註: Why has Western Europe abolished capital punishment, while the United States continues to execute prisoners? Who were the leaders of Western Europe's successful abolition campaigns, and what strategies did theyuse? What are the prospects for international law efforts to abolish capital punishment? Drawing on research in multiple disciplines and manyforeign-language sources,Èthis bookÈproposes answers to these questions. Movements to abolish the death penalty cannot be understood without agrasp of the dynamics of public opinion on capital punishment, which is driven not by rational consideration but by what cognitive psychologists call 'social intuitions,' deeply rooted attitudes whichare resistant to change. European death-penalty abolitionists quickly realized the futility of trying to change public opinion on a mass scale, and instead devised strategies to accomplish abolitiondespite lingering publicsupport for the death penalty. Pointing to the importance of politicalstructures that allowed European abolitionists to bypass public opinion,Èthis studyÈassesses the prospects of the 'European model' of abolition in global perspective.
    電子資源: access to fulltext (Palgrave)
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