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Summary KRM 220 SECTION B EXAM (CHAPTER 4: ASSASINATION - CHAPTER 9: TORTURE)

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CHAPTER 4: ASSASINATION



ASSASSINATION
 It is part of social reality since the emergence of communal frameworks
 It is used by leaders of tribes and villages to defend their statuses.
 Featured in the rise and fall of empires (Alexander the great’s ascendance to power).
 Continues to play an important role in modern times
 They are understudied and poorly understood
 Political assassination
 Is the deliberate, premeditated, murder of a figure for political reasons


CAUSES OF ASSASSINATIONS
 Restrictions on political competition and strong polarization and fragmentation.
 Lack of consensual political ethos and homogenous populations
 Politically deprived groups which results in a decline in the legitimacy of political
leadership and systems – direct attack against political leaders.
 Domestic violence during election periods
 Territorial fragmentation of a country – loss of control over some parts of a country to
opposing groups.
 Facilitators of assassinations
 polities must be susceptible to assassination
 non-democratic political environments

TARGETS OF ASSASSINATIONS

 Heads of state
 Lower- ranking political figure
 Legislators
 Acts of protection against an existing political order
 Vice head of states
 It is Rare
 Intended to promote policy changes & prevent ascending to head of state lead.
 Opposition leaders
 Authoritarian systems
 Vulnerable on violent domestic conflicts.


Strategic Goals

 Inspire the Believers
 Exacerbate Social Divides
 Strategy of Provocation

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IMPLICATIONS OF AN ASSASSINATION OF A POLITICAL LEADER
Intensify prospects of a state’s fragmentation and undermine its democratic nature.
Assassination of heads Decline in the democratic nature of a polity
of state Increase in domestic violence
Instability and economic prosperity
 rise of a more open economic power
Opposition leaders Increase overall unrest and domestic violence.
Legislators Public unrest (anti-government demonstrations)
Decline in legitimacy of the government.


THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS
Role of Policy Makers Promotion of political and social conditions (political participation)
Addressing political grievances
Stable and regulated succession mechanisms
Stable routines and protocols, and creation of institutions
Safety of political and opposition leaders.
Law Enforcers Most assassins previously involved in criminal activities
Veterans may be preferred to perform an assassination.

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