State Violence and Oppositional Protest in High-Capacity Authoritarian Regimes

Abstract: This examination of the mobilization-repression nexus in high-capacity authoritarian regimes draws on examples from China, Russia, Iran, and several Middle Eastern states to develop a framework for analyzing state violence and how political oppositions are organized. The study examines middle and low levels of state violence, the provincial and municipal organization of party and regime, and the police, private militias, and thugs as low-level enforcers, and focuses on: (1) the complexity of the state’s apparatus of repression and control and how different levels exercise different forms of violence against activists; (2) the creativity of the opposition’s actions to voice its demands and avoid repression and surveillance; and (3) the recursive relationship between the two, a dark dance between state and opposition with high stakes for both. Hierarchical analysis at national, provincial, and local levels, and lateral analysis across these levels, where elite interests frequentl.... https://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/2930

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
State Violence and Oppositional Protest in High-Capacity Authoritarian Regimes ; volume:6 ; number:1 ; day:02 ; month:03 ; year:2012
International journal of conflict and violence ; 6, Heft 1 (02.03.2012)

Urheber
Hank Johnston

DOI
10.4119/ijcv-2930
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020062210495597353519
Rechteinformation
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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