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Determinants of the Death Penalty: A Comparative Study of the World: 8 (Routledge Research in Comparative Politics) - Hardcover

Book 6 of 83: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

Anckar, Carsten

 
9780415333986: Determinants of the Death Penalty: A Comparative Study of the World: 8 (Routledge Research in Comparative Politics)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415333989 ISBN 13: 9780415333986
Publisher: Routledge, 2004

Synopsis

Determinants of the Death Penalty seeks to explain the phenomenon of capital punishment - without recourse to value judgements - by identifying those characteristics common to countries that use the death penalty and those that mark countries which do not. This global study uses statistical analysis to relate the popularity of the death penalty to physical, cultural, social, economical, institutional, actor oriented and historical factors. Separate studies are conducted for democracies and non-democracies and within four regional contexts. The book also contains an in-depth investigation into determinants of the death penalty in the USA.

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About the Author

Carsten Anckar is senior lecturer in political science at the Mid-Sweden University and associate professor at the Åbo Akademi University, Finland.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415333989
ISBN 13 
9780415333986
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
216