In any debate, sometimes the more powerful opponent will try to silence the other rather than trying to defeat their arguments. In greater society the typical example of Suppression of Dissent is when a company fires a whistleblower.
External Links
Suppression of Dissent in Science (http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/Suppression-Of-Dissent.htm)
Dr. B. Martin's site (http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/dissent/)
Suppression of dissent occurs when an individual or group which is more powerful than another tries to directly or indirectly censor, persecute or otherwise oppress the other party, rather than engage with and constructively respond to or accommodate the other party's arguments or viewpoint.
When dissent is perceived as a threat, action may be taken to prevent continuing dissent or penalise dissidents.
Suppression of dissent is undesirable in society for a variety of fundamental reasons.
Suppression of Dissent in Science by Brian Martin Published in Research in Social Problems and Public Policy, Volume 7, edited by William R. Freudenburg and Ted I. Youn (Stamford, CT: JAI Press, 1999), pp.
Suppression of dissent within a bureaucracy is then analogous to government attacks on political opponents or movements, another area in which the role of contingent factors in the exercise of power against dissent is important.
Studying suppression has the potential to reveal much about the dynamics of expertise, power, and legitimacy in contemporary society, but this type of investigation is bound to remain controversial itself both because of definitional and methodological challenges and because it draws attention to an exercise of power that those exercising it would rather pass unnoticed.
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