Next Frontier: National Development, Political Change, and the Death Penalty in Asia

by David T. Johnson and Franklin E. Zimring

Book Overview

Today, two-thirds of the world's nations have abolished the death penalty, either officially or in practice, due mainly to the campaign to end state executions led by Western European nations. Will this success spread to Asia, where over 95 percent of executions now occur? Do Asian values and traditions support capital punishment, or will development and democratization end executions in the world's most rapidly developing region?

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195382455
• ISBN13: 9780195382457
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"