State repression and escalation in Biafra social movements in Nigeria: Any way out?
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DOI: 10.1007/s10611-021-09985-8
Abstract: This study examined the effects of State repression on the escalation in Biafra social movements in Nigeria. Integrated Separatist Agitation Theory (ISAT) was applied in the analysis. A cross-sectional design, purposive and snowballing sampling techniques… read more here.
Keywords: state; social movements; state repression; biafra social ... See more keywords
Identifiability, state repression, and the onset of ethnic conflict
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DOI: 10.1007/s11127-019-00664-w
Abstract: When do persecuted ethnic minority groups choose to assimilate into the dominant majority group, rather than differentiate from it, and how do states respond? We argue that any answer to these questions must consider the… read more here.
Keywords: state repression; identifiability state; ethnic conflict; state ... See more keywords
State of Repression: Iraq Under Saddam Hussein. Lisa Blaydes (Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2018). Pp. 376. $35.00 cloth. ISBN: 9780691180274
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DOI: 10.1017/s0020743820000938
Abstract: entrepot” (p. 135), and the 1973 amendments to the Law of Money and Credit that transformed the Central Bank into a “lender of first rather than last resort” (p. 168). There are some areas in… read more here.
Keywords: princeton; repression iraq; state repression; iraq saddam ... See more keywords
Democracy and the Transnational Dimensions of Low-Level Conflict and State Repression
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DOI: 10.1093/isq/sqab038
Abstract: This paper examines the transnational dimensions of low-level conflict and state repression. In this regard, special emphasis is placed on the role of political regimes. Drawing on a simple model, we argue that democracy has… read more here.
Keywords: conflict; low level; level conflict; conflict state ... See more keywords
State Repression and Opposition Survival in Pinochet’s Chile
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DOI: 10.1177/00104140231169032
Abstract: Why do some groups survive government repression while others get eliminated? This paper offers a corrective to the widely held theory that locally embedded opposition organizations with large and interconnected networks of civilian supporters are… read more here.
Keywords: survival; repression; chile; opposition ... See more keywords
Stopping state repression: An examination of spells
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DOI: 10.1177/00223433221078181
Abstract: While research into why repression/human rights violation goes up or down has thrived over the past 50 years, essentially no effort has been made to examine what stops this behavior once under way – especially… read more here.
Keywords: stopping state; repression examination; repression; examination spells ... See more keywords