Debating Capital Punishment in Strangled Democracy of India: Political Economy of Crime and Punishment - Softcover

Yadavendu, Mritunjay Kumar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3659226459 ISBN 13: 9783659226458

Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

The book is a critical engagement with various debates regarding capital punishment with special reference to India. It probes the two broad approaches viz. abolitionist and retentionist through a complex unpacking of the arguments surrounding death penalties awarded to Afzal Guru (Parliament Attack Case) and Dhananjoy Chatterjee (rape and murder) by the Indian State. The book also analyze how along with the State’s ideological apparatuses the corporate media through a complex process of profiling of the accused, presented a dehumanizing ‘profile’ of the accused and the community/communities they belonged to. Media became a potent field in getting the final consensus for the death awardees. The book concludes that an abolitionist position needs to move beyond a moral, humanist or utilitarian approach since they often overlook the systemic inequities which target individuals differently.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3659226459
• ISBN 13: 9783659226458
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 112
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