Repression by proxy: How military purges and insurgency impact the delegation of coercion

K Eck - Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Why do regimes delegate authority over a territory to nonstate militias, in effect voluntarily
sacrificing their monopoly over the use of violence? This article argues that two factors …

Impunity and oversight: When do governments police themselves?

N Jorgensen - Journal of Human Rights, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
While constitutional constraints on state behavior are an important tool in extending,
promoting, and protecting political and civil liberties, formal or “parchment” guarantees of …

And the Heat Goes On: Police Repression and the Modalities of Power

H Liu, CM Sullivan - Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Among security institutions, police occupy a unique position. In addition to specializing in the
repression of dissent, police monitor society and enforce order. Yet within research studying …

Allocating carrots and sticks: How governments deal with terrorist violence

S Leo - 2020 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Why do some governments succeed in their fight against terrorism while others fail? We lack
theoretical frameworks which explain how governments select varying strategies when …

[引用][C] Leadership survival and hired guns: repression, counterbalancing, and pro-government militias

C Raleigh, R Kishi - 2016 - Brighton: Department of Geography …