Coercive Institutions and State Violence Under Authoritarianism

Why do we observe such widely differing patterns of repression and state violence under authoritarian rule? Despite a wave of recent interest in authoritarian politics, the origins, design and behavior of the coercive institutions that embody the state's monopoly on violence remain relatively u...

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Main Author: Greitens, Sheena E
Other Authors: Perry, Elizabeth J.
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10871
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11125991