TY - BOOK AU - Marc Owen Jones TI - Political Repression in Bahrain T2 - Cambridge Middle East Studies SN - 9781108458009 PY - 2020/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Political persecution KW - Bahrain KW - History KW - 20th century KW - 21st century N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Political Repression in Bahrain in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century -- Defining Political Repression -- The Repression Playbook -- Political Statecraft: Between Democratization, Discord and Division -- Torture, Arrests and Other Personal Integrity Violations -- Repressive Law and Legal Repression -- Information Controls: From Surveillance to Social Media and Fake News -- Conclusion: Between Retrograde Repression and Repression N2 - "Firstly though, thanks to my Mum and Dad for tolerating me from a young age and giving me so much. I am also grateful to my wonderful siblings Owen and Gareth for allowing me to be the middle child, and Kate, for being such an inspiration. As for my late grandparents; Rhoda, Cyril, Charlie, and Elsie, I am in awe of your wisdom and kindness. Cyril, aka, 'Little Grandad', your polemics on equal pay had such a formative influence. Zainah, you proof-read this book in its nascent state and made me tea; enough said. I couldn't' have done it without you. Sooty, I miss you. Potem, you are acceptable as a cat"-- ER -