Destabilisation
The word destabilisation can be applied to a wide variety of contexts such as attempts to undermine political, military or economic power. In a psychological context it is used as a technique in brainwashing and abuse to disorient and disarm the victim. For example, in the context of workplace bullying, destabilisation applied to the victim may involve:[1][2]
- failure to acknowledge good work and value the victim's efforts
- allocation of meaningless tasks
- removal of areas of responsibility without consultation
- repeated reminders of blunders
- setting up to fail
- shifting of goal posts without telling the victim
- persistent attempts to demoralise the victim.
See also
- Cognitive distortion
- Dehumanization
- Demoralization (warfare)
- Discrediting tactic
- Divide and rule
- Economic terrorism
- Gaslighting
- Guilt trip
- Mental confusion
- Mind games
- Passive–aggressive behavior
- Personal boundaries
- Playing one person against another
- Power and control in abusive relationships
- Psychological abuse
- Silent treatment
- Social undermining
- Stabilizer
- Subversion
References
Further reading
- von Beyme, K. Parliamentary Democracy: Democratization, Destabilization, Reconsolidation 1789-1999 (2000)
- Dzimba, J. South Africa's Destabilization of Zimbabwe, 1980-89 (1998)
- Johnson, P. and Martin, D. Apartheid Terrorism: The Destabilization Report (Changing Southern Africa) (1990)
- Murillo, M. and Avirama, J. R. Colombia and the United States: War, Unrest, and Destabilization (2003)
- Sen, M. Challenge of Destabilisation (1987)
- Siṅgha, D. Destabilisation and Subversion: New Challenges (1987)
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