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North Korea: How Fear Is Used To Control A Nation, Ashley Clisby Jan 2021

North Korea: How Fear Is Used To Control A Nation, Ashley Clisby

Capstone Showcase

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, more commonly known as North Korea, is most commonly known for its possession and testing of nuclear weapons and threatening to use these weapons of mass destruction. Less commonly talked about are the human rights violations that are being experienced by the citizens of North Korea. Most, if not all, of the information regarding North Korean human rights that have been reported on comes from individuals who have escaped the Kim regime. There is very limited information traveling in and out of North Korea that is not heavily monitored by the government. These individuals …


Self-Injurious Behavior As A Window To The Soul: Support For A Will To Power?, Ibpp Editor Jun 2001

Self-Injurious Behavior As A Window To The Soul: Support For A Will To Power?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes a rationale for self-injurious behavior in the political world


Trends. Controlling Aids Through Control, Ibpp Editor Apr 2000

Trends. Controlling Aids Through Control, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the concept of political control and public health in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.


Trends. Syria, Lebanon, And Israel: Is There A Psychological Difference Between The Abusive And The Abused?, Ibpp Editor Mar 2000

Trends. Syria, Lebanon, And Israel: Is There A Psychological Difference Between The Abusive And The Abused?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the psychological difference between abusers and the abused in the context of relations between Israel and Syria as well as Indonesia and East Timor. The concept of control is also discussed.


On Political Predictability And Control: A Contribution From Rehabilitation Psychology, Ibpp Editor Sep 1999

On Political Predictability And Control: A Contribution From Rehabilitation Psychology, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article continues the series on research reported at the 1999 American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention, Boston, MA, August 24, 1999. The topic this week concerns perspectives on predictability and control from the field of rehabilitation psychology and implications of these perspectives for political psychology.


Can One Control People Who Can't Control Themselves? A Personnel Security Challenge, Ibpp Editor Jul 1999

Can One Control People Who Can't Control Themselves? A Personnel Security Challenge, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies a psychological phenomenon that is often ignored, discounted, and/or mismanaged within the personnel security programs of government and business.


Self-Harm As Control Of The Other: A Clinical-Political Nexus, Ibpp Editor Oct 1998

Self-Harm As Control Of The Other: A Clinical-Political Nexus, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides explanations for a seemingly paradoxical behavior--harming of the self when one seems to wish not to be harmed. The explanation is illustrated by clinical and by political example.


Belief Systems Of Political Control: A Primer For Authoritarian And Totalitarian Regimes, Ibpp Editor Nov 1997

Belief Systems Of Political Control: A Primer For Authoritarian And Totalitarian Regimes, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article employs common psychological constructs to describe belief systems concerning political control.


Ernesto Guevara De La Serna, Che Guevara, And The Power Of "As If", Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

Ernesto Guevara De La Serna, Che Guevara, And The Power Of "As If", Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the political benefits of acting as if a reality that is but fantasy were reality.


Pen, Peru, Pornography, Propaganda, And Power, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

Pen, Peru, Pornography, Propaganda, And Power, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the postmodern approaches to basic tenets of science which often deconstruct basic concepts such as cause and effect, prediction, empirical validation, and the like.


Psychopolitical Effects Of Globalization On Power: When Weakness Becomes Strength, Ibpp Editor Feb 1997

Psychopolitical Effects Of Globalization On Power: When Weakness Becomes Strength, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses three common techniques to obtain power in the sphere of international affairs.


Some Truth About Truth Commissions, Ibpp Editor Feb 1997

Some Truth About Truth Commissions, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the veracity of Truth Commissions.