This thesis aims to contribute to the understanding of the procedures of the state’s violence legitimation from the perspective of its actors, including agents of the military. We intend to analyze the influence of dimensions as the type of violence, the priorities, or the type of military intervention (e.g. humanitarian intervention; invasion) in the legitimation or refutation of the use of violence by the military. In order to achieve these goals, we carried out interviews to five military. The interview’s guide was partially adapted from the screenplay "Perspectives on state violence" (Barbosa & Machado, 2010), consisting of hypothetical scenarios of military intervention to which respondents are asked to play role of the unit’s commander in the situation hypothesized, and placing themselves towards a decision making regarding the use of violence and justifying their decisions. The data emerging from the interviews were analyzed using qualitative methodologies. With this investigation we sought to extend new understandings about the legitimacy of violence in the military context, considering some studies already carried out on the process of decision making and its main reference to moral disengagement theory of Bandura (1990).
Date of Award | 8 Jul 2013 |
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Original language | Portuguese |
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Awarding Institution | - Universidade Católica Portuguesa
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Supervisor | Raquel Matos (Supervisor) |
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- Decision making
- Moral disengagement
- Peace psychology
- Moral dilemmas
- State violence
- Military violence
A legitimação da violência de estado na perspetiva de militares
Gonçalves, A. M. G. R. (Student). 8 Jul 2013
Student thesis: Master's Thesis