Christian Davenport

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State Repression and the Domestic Democratic Peace (eBook, PDF)

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Does democracy decrease state repression in line with the expectations of governments, international organizations, NGOs, social movements, academics and ordinary citizens around the world? Most believe that a 'domestic democratic peace' exists, rivalling that found in the realm of interstate conflict. Investigating 137 countries from 1976 to 1996, this book seeks to shed light on this question. Specifically, three results emerge. First, while different aspects of democracy decrease repressive behaviour, not all do so to the same degree. Human rights violations are especially responsive to electoral participation and competition. Second, while different types of repression are reduced, not all are limited at comparable levels. Personal integrity violations are decreased more than civil liberties restrictions. Third, the domestic democratic peace is not bulletproof; the negative influence of democracy on repression can be overwhelmed by political conflict. This research alters our conception of repression, its analysis and its resolution.

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Christian Davenport is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Maryland - College Park, as well as Director of the Radical Information Project (RIP). He is the author of more than 25 articles appearing in the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, Political Research Quarterly, Comparative Political Studies, and the Monthly Review (among others). He is the recipient of numerous grants (e.g., five from the National Science Foundation) and awards (e.g., the William J. Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Award, the Pi Sigma Alpha Best Paper Award from the Midwest Political Science Association for 2005, 1 of 50 Leaders of Tomorrow by Ebony Magazine in 1995, and the Malcolm X Lover's Keeper of the Flame Award in 1992). The editor of two books, Paths to State Repression and Repression and Mobilization, Davenport is currently completing another book, The Rashomon Effect: Contentious Politics, Data Generation and the Importance of Perspective. During the 2006(?)1;2007 academic year, he is a visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation in New York City. For the 2007(?)1;2008 academic year, he will be a visiting scholar at the Peace Research Institute in Oslo at the Center for the Study of Civil War. For more information see www.cdavenport.com.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511287244
• Artikelnr.: 38206342