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State Repression and Political Order
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▪ Abstract State repression includes harassment, surveillance/spying, bans, arrests, torture, and mass killing by government agents and/or affiliates within their territorial jurisdiction. Over the past 40 years, the systematic study of state repression has grown considerably. The development of this work, however, has been uneven. Though unified in their focus on the problem of order (i.e., trying to ascertain how political authorities wield coercive power amid potential and actual domestic challengers), different scholars tend to emphasize distinct aspects of the topic. Consequently, a great deal of progress has been made in specific areas but others have lagged behind. In this review, I attempt to identify the dominant traditions in the repression literature, the core empirical findings, and some persisting puzzles.
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“Repression seeks to impose costs on individuals or groups to punish or prevent them from adopting certain behaviours, in this case to silence Uyghurs who exercise voice after exit and more generally attempt to eradicate their culture (Davenport, 2007).”
BackgroundChiba, D., & Gleditsch, K. S. (2017) · Journal of Peace Research · doi:10.1177/0022343316684192 · Cited by 52
What Should We Do about Source Selection in Event Data? Challenges, Progress, and Possible Solutions
Jenkins, J. C., & Maher, T. V. (2016) · International Journal of Sociology · doi:10.1080/00207659.2016.1130419 · Cited by 51
“With this in mind, it is notable that the findings of Hill and Jones (2014) match the strongest findings from previous repression research using regression models (specifically the effects of conflict and democracy; see Davenport [2007]).”
ResultA Theory of Demographically Targeted Repression
Rozenas, A. (2020) · Journal of Conflict Resolution · doi:10.1177/0022002720904768 · Cited by 51
“For an overview of repression types, see Davenport (2007).”
BackgroundPreventing Protest One Person at a Time: Psychological Coercion and Relational Repression in ChinaPreprint
O’Brien, K. J., & Deng, Y. (2017) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.3028364 · Cited by 51
A Quantitative Reevaluation of Radical Flank Effects within Nonviolent Campaigns
Tompkins, E. (2015) · Emerald Group Publishing Limited eBooks · doi:10.1108/s0163-786x20150000038004 · Cited by 21
Disappearing dissent? Repression and state consolidation in Mexico
Osorio, J., Schubiger, L. I., & WEINTRAUB, M. I. (2018) · Journal of Peace Research · doi:10.1177/0022343318751035 · Cited by 54
“While the literature on repression shows that in some cases state repression quells resistance and in other cases encourages it (Davenport, 2007), we expect that forced disappearances will increase local dissent by instilling outrage, by eroding trust into the government, and by fostering lasting grievances among targ…”
BackgroundThe Differential Effects of “Democratic” Institutions on Dissent in Dictatorships
Conrad, A. S. W. C. R., & Conrad, C. R. (2019) · The Journal of Politics · doi:10.1086/701496 · Cited by 49
“…banning rights on freedom of speech, assembly, or travel, increasing costs of collective action (McAdam, McCarthy, and Zald 1996), or they can impose physical harm to thwart dissent through torture, imprisonment, or mass killing (Davenport 2007; Frantz and Kendall-Taylor 2014; Sullivan 2015).”
BackgroundDo they know something we don’t? Diffusion of repression in authoritarian regimes
Olar, R.-G. (2019) · Journal of Peace Research · doi:10.1177/0022343318822718 · Cited by 50
“Autocrats use this information because repression is politically and socially costly, and its effect on dissent is highly uncertain (Davenport, 2007b).”
BackgroundMethodResultInfluentialWhy Targets Matter: Toward a More Inclusive Model of Collective Violence
Martin, A. W., Mccarthy, J., & McPhail, C. (2009) · American Sociological Review · doi:10.1177/000312240907400507 · Cited by 49
When Do States Take the Bait? State Capacity and the Provocation Logic of Terrorism
Blankenship, B. (2016) · Journal of Conflict Resolution · doi:10.1177/0022002716645656 · Cited by 50
Judicial opportunities and the death of SHAC: legal repression along a cycle of contention
Ellefsen, R. (2016) · Social movement studies · doi:10.1080/14742837.2016.1185360 · Cited by 50
“Davenport (2007) defined repression rather narrowly, as acts that violate First Amendment-type rights, due process in the enforcement and adjudication of law, and personal integrity and security.”
BackgroundLegitimacy and Compliance with International Law: Access to Detainees in Civil Conflicts, 1991–2006
Jo, H., & Thomson, C. P. (2013) · British Journal of Political Science · doi:10.1017/s0007123412000749 · Cited by 52
Tyson, S. A., & Smith, A. (2018) · Journal of Politics · doi:10.1086/693986 · Cited by 47
“Such an approach has been applied to political contexts such as riots (Atkeson 2001), regime change (Angeletos, Hellwig, and Pavan 2007; Bueno de Mesquita 2014), strategic voting (Myatt 2007), party leadership (Dewan and Myatt 2007), and political propaganda (Edmond 2013).”
BackgroundMethod
Metadata
- Authors
- Davenport, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Corresponding author
- Davenport, Christian
- ORCID
- Davenport, Christian
- Venue
- Annual Review of Political Science
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 2007-06-01
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-23
- ISSN
- 1094-2939 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-1577
- OpenAlex
- W2149047800
- Cited by
- 1,564
- References
- 96
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 9.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Annual Review of Political Science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Memory, violence, and history
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Keywords
- state repression, political order, coercive power, surveillance, torture, mass murder, arrests, ban, political authority, state-society relations
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