State Repression and the Domestic Democratic Peace

ISBN-13: 9780521864909 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 254 str.

Christian Davenport

Opis

Does democracy reduce state repression as human rights activism, funding, and policy suggest? What are the limitations of this argument? Investigating 137 countries from 1976 to 1996, State Repression and the Domestic Democratic Peace seeks to shed light on these questions. Specifically, it finds that electoral participation and competition generally reduces personal integrity violations like torture and mass killing; other aspects of democracy do not wield consistent influences. This negative influence can be overwhelmed by conflict, however, and thus there are important qualifications for the peace proposition.

Recenzje

'… this book marks a major empirical and theoretical advance in the comparative understanding of the patterns of state repression.' Social Movement Studies

Spis treści

Figures; Tables; Preface; Introduction; 1. Repression and the search for peace; 2. Disaggregation and contextualization; 3. Data and methodology; 4. Democratic pacification: the direct effects of voice and veto; 5. Peace under fire: the interactive effect of democracy and conflict; 6. (Re)considering domestic peace; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.