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American Selling
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Belgian Resistance
Black Middle Class People
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criminal informants
Criminal Informers
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General Social Forces
Girl Friend
Honest Cop
Informal Punishments
Key Words
Kim Philby
Lonely Crusader
loyalty conflict
Malin Akerstrom
Martyr Image
offenders
Old Field
Prison Camp Life
Prison Staff
Russia's Favor
Russia’s Favor
secrecy dynamics
sex
Sex Offenders
social psychology
Sociological Field Work
sociology of trust and betrayal
Suspicion Awareness Contexts
Svenska Dagbladet
Swedish Prisons
Sydsvenska Dagbladet
trust violation
UDA
whistleblower studies
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780887383588
- Weight: 430g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jan 1990
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Betrayal has a deep fascination. It captures our imagination in part because we have all betrayed or been betrayed, in small or large ways. Despite this there has been little serious work on the subject. It was this absence that inspired this book.As Akerstrom notes, betrayal is something that most people have encountered at some point in their lives. She defines betrayal as a breach of trust, when information is shared beyond an agreed upon boundary of relations, whether that boundary is a pair of friends or a nation. Taking as a point of departure Simmers work on secrets and secrecy, Akerstrom discusses categories of.betrayal, and conditions that influence its intensity. Sometimes the betrayer is seen as a hero and at other times a traitor; and sometimes there are competing loyalties. In certain situations, she reminds us, it is difficult to avoid betrayal or the perception of betrayal. Akerstrom discusses strategies people employ to avoid betraying, ranging from not telling, to making sure one does not know about something in the first place. With deft precision, she clarifies distinctions and in the process broadens our understanding.Initially inspired by insights arising from her research on the criminal informer, for which she had done in-depth interviews, Akerstrom supplements these with interviews with policemen. She has also drawn from her experiences in the field of social work, particularly with women's and crime shelters. Using biographies, autobiographies and a broad range of literature related to spies, World War II, the McCarthy era, and recent literature on whistle-blowing, Akerstrom has defined a fascinating theme. While her illustrations are sometimes dramatic, she hopes that readers will perceive obvious parallels with their own experiences. Social psychologists, sociologists, criminologists, and others interested in secrecy, secrets, and those who betray them to others will find this an unusual and absorbing volume.
