Comparisons at work : exporting 'exceptional' norms
Jefferson, Andrew M.: Comparisons at work – exporting ‘exceptional’ norms. In: Ugelvik T, Dullum J (ed.): Penal exceptionalism? : Nordic prison policy and practice. London: Routledge, 2011: p. 100-117
This chapter has two key purposes: (a) to reflect on what comparisons do, in this case, for Western anti-torture practitioners and justice sector professionals engaged in the export of values, norms, ideas and practices to the Middle East; and (b) to propose and orientation to comparison which includes processes and relations as key dimensions or 'axes of variation'.