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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Fear of reprisals

Fear of reprisals

  • Fear of harassment
  • Fear of retaliation
  • Deterrence
  • Threat of retaliation

Broader

Fear
Excellent

Narrower

Official cover-up of government harassment of political activists
Presentable
Fear of retaliation by authorities
Presentable

Aggravates

Weak organization of community action
Presentable
Lack of political will
Presentable
Exile
Presentable
Unreported harassment
Yet to rate
Sycophancy
Yet to rate
Political fear
Yet to rate
Obstacles to unilateral nuclear disarmament
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Absentee ownership
Presentable

Reduced by

Nuclear freeze
Yet to rate

Strategy

Threatening retaliation
Yet to rate
Retaliating
Yet to rate
Reducing threat of retaliation
Yet to rate
Reducing fear of reprisals
Yet to rate
Reducing fear of harassment
Yet to rate
Harassing
Yet to rate

Value

Threat
Yet to rate
Retaliation
Yet to rate
Harassment
Yet to rate
Fear
Yet to rate

Reference

Byers, R B: Deterrence in the 1980s: crisis and dilemma

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Subject
  • Societal problems » Maltreatment
  • Defence » Defence
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
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    Language
    English
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024