Penality in the Underground
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Penality in the Underground by Ron Dudai
Secret informers are often the biggest threat faced by underground rebel groups, which must respond to this challenge in order to survive. Using the IRA as a case-study, Penality in the Underground offers a systematic, in-depth analysis of this phenomenon, providing an empirical and theoretical account of the causes, forms, functions, and effects of the underground response to informers. While superficial media images tend to depict only ruthless killings, the book argues - using the lens of 'Punishment and Society' and drawing on rich interviews with IRA members and on archival sources - that groups such as the IRA develop complex systems of punishment and social control in their pursuit of informers. The book demonstrates how such systems are not only a mechanical response to a security problem, but are also shaped by other goals, risks, and imperatives, such as maintaining legitimacy, projecting a state-like image, and supporting governance efforts. This work thus identifies and explains some remarkable features of the IRA's pursuit of informers, such as the establishment of 'courts-martial', the granting of 'amnesties', the expansion of social control, the productive function of labelling 'treason' in asserting sovereignty, and the long-term consequences of the issue during transition out of conflict. By exploring the penal logics, practices, and discourses of armed rebel groups - engaged in direct struggle with the state agencies that normally carry out criminal justice - the book aims to expand the study of punishment and society and demonstrate its utility to the understanding of non-state actors.
Dudai is to be applauded for developing a persuasively structured analytical framework that enables us to understand how the demonization and punishment of informers has served a variety of shifting functions in the Northern Ireland contextThis framework, which also contributes to the development of a wider understanding of penality, can also be the basis for researching 'governing through informers' in other contexts of prolonged political violence. * Eugene McLaughlin, Theoretical Criminology *
Dudai is to be applauded for developing a persuasively structured analytical framework that enables us to understand how the demonization and punishment of informers has served a variety of shifting functions in the Northern Ireland context. This framework, which also contributes to the development of a wider understanding of penality, can also be the basis for researching 'governing through informers' in other contexts of prolonged political violence. * Eugene McLaughlin, University of London, Theoretical Criminology *
The author is to be highly commended for producing a well-researched and engagingly written work on an at times opaque subject. The book illuminates and provides original research and analysis of a perennial though often hidden aspect of the conflict in Northern Ireland. It deserves to be read by a wide audience, including those with an interest in the inner workings of non-state armed groups, as well as in broader issues concerning conflict and transition in Northern Ireland. * SHANE DARCY, Journal of Law and Society *
Dudai's empirical work in this virtually unstudied area is breathtaking, and his theoretical exploration of the practice of informant killing upends our understanding of punishment and society. * Jonathan Simon, University of California, Berkeley *
There are few topics as complex and sensitive as the role of informers in political conflict and how armed groups respond to their activities. Using the IRA as a case-study, Ron Dudai has produced an outstanding study which does justice to that complexity and more. Drawing variously from criminology, sociology, law, anthropology, history and other fields - this is what proper interdisciplinary scholarship looks like. It is an intellectual tour de force and a joy to read. We would all like to write a book as good as this once in our lives. It will come to be seen as a classic. * Kieran McEvoy, Queen's University Belfast *
This original theoretical and empirical account focuses on the IRA's response to informers. Dudai draws to good effect on a wide historical, political and cultural context, within which he situates his rigorous analysis, but his most important intellectual contribution is to the sociology of punishment. Dudai writes beautifully with clear and elegant prose and his book deserves to be read by audiences in a wide range of fields. * Carolyn Hoyle, Oxford University *
Dudai is to be applauded for developing a persuasively structured analytical framework that enables us to understand how the demonization and punishment of informers has served a variety of shifting functions in the Northern Ireland context. This framework, which also contributes to the development of a wider understanding of penality, can also be the basis for researching 'governing through informers' in other contexts of prolonged political violence. * Eugene McLaughlin, University of London, Theoretical Criminology *
The author is to be highly commended for producing a well-researched and engagingly written work on an at times opaque subject. The book illuminates and provides original research and analysis of a perennial though often hidden aspect of the conflict in Northern Ireland. It deserves to be read by a wide audience, including those with an interest in the inner workings of non-state armed groups, as well as in broader issues concerning conflict and transition in Northern Ireland. * SHANE DARCY, Journal of Law and Society *
Dudai's empirical work in this virtually unstudied area is breathtaking, and his theoretical exploration of the practice of informant killing upends our understanding of punishment and society. * Jonathan Simon, University of California, Berkeley *
There are few topics as complex and sensitive as the role of informers in political conflict and how armed groups respond to their activities. Using the IRA as a case-study, Ron Dudai has produced an outstanding study which does justice to that complexity and more. Drawing variously from criminology, sociology, law, anthropology, history and other fields - this is what proper interdisciplinary scholarship looks like. It is an intellectual tour de force and a joy to read. We would all like to write a book as good as this once in our lives. It will come to be seen as a classic. * Kieran McEvoy, Queen's University Belfast *
This original theoretical and empirical account focuses on the IRA's response to informers. Dudai draws to good effect on a wide historical, political and cultural context, within which he situates his rigorous analysis, but his most important intellectual contribution is to the sociology of punishment. Dudai writes beautifully with clear and elegant prose and his book deserves to be read by audiences in a wide range of fields. * Carolyn Hoyle, Oxford University *
Ron Dudai is a senior lecturer at the department of sociology & anthropology, Ben Gurion University, Israel. His work has been published in leading journals including British Journal of Sociology, British Journal of Criminology, Law & Social Inquiry, and Punishment & Society. He was, among others, a member of the Martin Buber Society of Fellows at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and visiting scholar at the Mitchell Institute, Queen's University Belfast. He was awarded the Brian Williams Prize by the British Society of Criminology, and served as co-editor of the Journal of Human Rights Practice.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198759409 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198759401 |
| Titel | Penality in the Underground |
| Autor | Ron Dudai |
| Serie | Clarendon Studies In Criminology |
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| Verlag | Oxford University Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2022-07-29 |
| Seitenanzahl | 256 |
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