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.

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Further reading

• von Beyme, Klaus (2000). Parliamentary Democracy: Democratization, Destabilization, Reconsolidation 1789-1999. Advances in Political Science. Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-51439-3. OCLC 681925162. 
• Dzimba, John (1998). South Africa's Destabilization of Zimbabwe, 1980-89. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-37214-6. OCLC 759110485. doi:10.1057/9780230372146. 
• Johnson, Phyllis; Martin, David Lozell (1989). Apartheid Terrorism: The Destabilization Report. Changing Southern Africa. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-85255-340-4. OCLC 750898238. 
• Murillo, Mario A.; Avirama, Jesús Rey (2004). Colombia and the United States: War, Unrest, and Destabilization. Open Media book. New York: Seven Stories Press. ISBN 978-1-58322-606-3. OCLC 54806694. 
• Sen, Mohit (1987). Challenge of Destabilisation. Madras: News Today. OCLC 551397347. 
• Siṅgha, Darabāra, ed. (1987). Destabilisation and Subversion: New Challenges. New Delhi: Patriot Publishers. ISBN 978-81-7050-058-2. OCLC 18558315.