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020 _a9781108458009
040 _cNVIC
100 1 _aMarc Owen Jones
245 1 0 _aPolitical Repression in Bahrain
264 1 _aCambridge;
_aNew York:
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2020
300 _a384 p.,
_c26 cm
490 0 _aCambridge Middle East Studies
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aPolitical persecution
_zBahrain
_xHistory
_y20th century
650 0 _aPolitical persecution
_zBahrain
_xHistory
_y21st century
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