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Is collective repression an effective counterinsurgency technique? Unpacking the cyclical relationship between repression and civil conflict

Hultquist, Philip·2017·Conflict Management and Peace Science
DOI 10.1177/0738894215604972
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Research on the relationship between civil conflict and repression has led to one conclusion—the law-like finding that states respond to internal challengers with repression—and one puzzle with competing hypotheses—whether state repression escalates civil conflict or not. Studies of repression’s effect on conflict dynamics have been limited to case studies and subnational designs, which limits the external validity of the arguments. Studies of conflict’s effect on repression have treated conflict as a control variable without taking into account the inherent endogeneity between internal conflict and state repression. This article contributes by providing a general, cross-national study of repression’s effect on conflict, and vice versa, for external validity. Results of simultaneous equation models demonstrate that both directions of the relationship between state repression and conflict are positive and significant—suggesting a cyclical relationship—while single equation models with a lag structure establish that the effect of repression on conflict is greater than the reverse.

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  • Ongoing armed conflict inspires more stringent central rule, epitomized by implementation of an indefinite state of emergency and restrictions on media freedom and civil liberties, as well as more covert aspects of repression, discrimination, and exclusion.

    “Oftentimes, ongoing armed conflict inspires more stringent central rule, epitomized by implementation of an indefinite state of emergency and restrictions on, e.g., media freedom and civil liberties, as well as more covert aspects of repression, discrimination, and exclusion (143-146).”

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Authors
Hultquist, P.
Affiliations
Roosevelt University (US)
Corresponding author
Hultquist, Philip
ORCID
Hultquist, Philip
Venue
Conflict Management and Peace Science
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2015-10-05
Volume
34
Issue
5
Pages
507-525
ISSN
  • 0738-8942 (ISSN-L)
  • 1549-9219
DOI
10.1177/0738894215604972
OpenAlex
W2276803453
Cited by
20
References
83
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3
FWCI
5.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Conflict Management and Peace Science (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Conflict and Governance
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Peacebuilding and International Security
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
Keywords
counterinsurgency, civil conflict, state repression, cross-country analysis

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