11. POLITICAL REPRESSION, 12. GENOCIDE, & 13. REBELLION Flashcards
Persecution of an individual or group within society for political reasons, particularly for the purpose of restricting or preventing their ability to take part in the political life
Political repression
States so often engage in repressive behaviors in times of civil conflict
Law of Coercive Responsiveness
He coined the term genocide by combining genos, the Greek word for race or tribe, with the Latin suffix -cide (“to kill”)
Raphael Lemkin
Any of a number of acts “committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group”
Genocide
First international tribunal since Nuremberg and the first to have a mandate to prosecute the crime of genocide
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
This statute established the International Criminal Court (ICC)
Rome Statute
Ideals of Enlightenment, which are human emancipation and rationality, alienate humans from nature and result in men wanting to control nature and other people
Horkheimer and Adorno
Refusal of obedience and order; open resistance against the orders of an established authority
Rebellion/insurrection
May seesaw between rebellion and revolt as power shifts relative to the external adversary, or power shifts within a mixed coalition, or positions harden or soften on either side
Insurrection
Armed but limited rebellion
Insurrection
In a larger conflict the rebels may be recognized as belligerents without their government being recognized by the established government
Civil war
Often aimed at, and brought about, the fall of a government or head of state, and in these cases could be considered a form of rebellion
Civil resistance
Opposition movement saw itself not only as nonviolent, but also as upholding their country’s constitutional system against a government that was unlawful
Civil resistance
Do not include violence or paramilitary force
Civil resistance, civil disobedience, and nonviolent resistance
Carried out by military or security forces against their commanders
Mutiny
Carried out by freedom fighters, often against an occupying foreign power
Armed resistance movement
Sometimes used for a more localized rebellions rather than a general uprising, but for some it is associated with those whose goal is more geared towards a revolution
Revolt
Carried out by radicals, usually meant to overthrow the current government
Revolution
A form of civil disorder involving violent public disturbance
Riot
Non-overt attempts at sabotaging a government, carried out by spies or other subversives
Subversion
Carried out by different kinds of political, economic, or religious militant individuals/groups
Terrorism
