Paths to State Repression

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All students of repression and dissent owe a debt to Christian Davenport and his collaborators, not only for assembling important evidence about how repression and dissent work in today's world, but also for looking hard at the way one incites the other-as well as thinking through conditions and interventions that might reverse vicious cycles of mutual destruction. -- Charles Tilly, Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science, Columbia University A treasure-trove of articles.... Most repression research of the future will undoubtedly cite Paths to State Repression. * American Political Science Review * It is a treasure-trove of useful articles with references. This book will further enhance Davenport's reputation as a leading scholar in the field of political repression. * American Political Science Review * The contributors to this timely volume tell us a lot about how democracy and human rights, on the one hand, and state repression and political coercion, on the other, influence social movements and political conflict. These original essays will be widely read and appreciated. -- Mark I. Lichbach, University of California, Riverside