State Repression and its Effects on Civil Conflict, Socio-Economic Outcomes, and Leadership Tenure

Abstract

We seek to better understand the dynamic relationships among repression, civil conflict, and leadership tenure. We see this relationship as a feedback loop: how citizens respond peacefully or violently influences the type of repression rulers employ. How rulers use repression influences how and whether citizens protest. Moreover, how rulers respond to their citizens may influence leadership duration. Obviously, the relationship among repression, civil conflict and leadership tenure is complicated; we believe it can be best understood holistically. However, researchers have only examined some parts of this relationship. Moreover, few scholars have focused on how their findings might be applied to policymakers in the real world. We believe US (and allied) officials may want policy options to influence rulers who are becoming increasingly repressive (as in Turkey and Egypt) or leaders who preside over countries where instability appears to be on the rise (as in Honduras and Kazakhstan). We aim to produce scholarly research that is easily replicable and policy useful. We will use our findings to provide policymakers with recommendations on how to deal with countries with political and/or violent repression.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 06, 2018
Accession Number
AD1051999

Entities

People

  • Susan Aaronson

Organizations

  • George Washington University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Case Studies
  • Civil War
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Honduras
  • Housing Projects
  • Human Rights
  • Information Operations
  • Instability
  • Kazakhstan
  • Leadership
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Political Science
  • Universities
  • Violence
  • Websites

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies