Russia, the death penalty, and Europe
The ambiguities of influence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12412264 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Light (0000-0001-6806-6514, University of Toronto), Nikolai Kovalev (Wilfrid Laurier University) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 528-566 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Post-Soviet Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1060-586X • E-ISSN: 1938-2855 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1060586x.2013.816104 |
| OpenAlex | W1957984782 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 95 |
Studies of capital punishment worldwide investigate how international influence affects the death penalty. We analyze European influence on the death penalty in Russia over the imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet periods, using two parameters: the changing mechanisms of influence in each period and the death penalty's significance in the broader spectrum of punitive violence. On the first parameter, in the tsarist period, European influence on Russian policy was “productive” – exercised through prestige, moral suasion, and “diffusion.” In the Soviet period, European influence was blocked. In the post-Soviet period, European influence is coercive, as the Council of Europe has unsuccessfully sought to compel Russia to abolish its death penalty. On the second parameter, the death penalty in Russia has always been only one of many forms of state-sanctioned punitive killing. In consequence, the Council's involvement in Russia's death penalty has produced an incoherent policy outcome and has entangled the Council in Russia's authoritarian politics. Russia thus exemplifies the hazards of external involvement in death penalty abolition
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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