“Thugs-for-Hire”: Subcontracting of State Coercion and State Capacity in China
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592718000981
Abstract: Using violence or threat of violence, “thugs-for-hire” (TFH) is a form of privatized coercion that helps states subjugate a recalcitrant population. I lay out three scope conditions under which TFH is the preferred strategy: when… read more here.
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