Destabilisation

Look up destabilise in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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

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 Martin D Apartheid Terrorism: The Destabilization Report (Changing Southern Africa) (1990)
• Murillo M Avirama JR Colombia and the United States: War, Unrest, and Destabilization (2003)
• Sen M Challenge of Destabilisation (1987)
• Siṅgha D Destabilisation and Subversion: New Challenges (1987)