For about twenty five years, I have been studying state repression (i.e., coercive activities undertaken by political authorities against those under their jurisdiction). This includes surveillance/domestic spying, harassment, arrests, pepper spraying, censorship, banning political organizations, torture, disappearances and genocide.
Some would call these civil or political liberties, human rights violations, counter-insurgent activities or instances of protest policing - revealing a specific take on the topic. As a general category, however, I feel that repression does a pretty good job but admit that the phrase is associated with diverse political orientations, depending upon which part of the world one was considering. Below, it is clear that whichever label one is using, as one looks from 1900 to 1996 there is a general increase in some phenomenon referenced by the different names. Awareness of repression has grown tremendously over time.
On this site, I provide
1) a basic introduction to state repression (borrowing from my Annual Review of Political Science [2007] article),
2) some data on repression,
3) an opportunity to advance scholarship and make money,
4) a must-read reading list,
5) some miscellaneous pieces of information that might be of interest, and
6) some random insights about repression called Caveat Civis (meaning "Citizens Beware").
As I start going through my older files and/or come across interesting information that is relevant to the topic, I will put up additional material. Additionally, feel free to send me information that you think is relevant to the topic.
Enjoy
Christian Davenport, PhD
Professor of Political Science - University of Michigan
Faculty Associate - Center for Political Studies
Research Professor & Global Fellow - Peace Research Institute Oslo
Director - Conflict & Peace Initiative (CPI)
Co-Director - Conflict & Peace, Research & Development (CPRD)
Director - Radical Information Project (RIP)
Director - Stop Our States (SOS)
Co-Founder - New Jack Academics
Co-Founder - .edu: opening minds & changing worlds
Some would call these civil or political liberties, human rights violations, counter-insurgent activities or instances of protest policing - revealing a specific take on the topic. As a general category, however, I feel that repression does a pretty good job but admit that the phrase is associated with diverse political orientations, depending upon which part of the world one was considering. Below, it is clear that whichever label one is using, as one looks from 1900 to 1996 there is a general increase in some phenomenon referenced by the different names. Awareness of repression has grown tremendously over time.
On this site, I provide
1) a basic introduction to state repression (borrowing from my Annual Review of Political Science [2007] article),
2) some data on repression,
3) an opportunity to advance scholarship and make money,
4) a must-read reading list,
5) some miscellaneous pieces of information that might be of interest, and
6) some random insights about repression called Caveat Civis (meaning "Citizens Beware").
As I start going through my older files and/or come across interesting information that is relevant to the topic, I will put up additional material. Additionally, feel free to send me information that you think is relevant to the topic.
Enjoy
Christian Davenport, PhD
Professor of Political Science - University of Michigan
Faculty Associate - Center for Political Studies
Research Professor & Global Fellow - Peace Research Institute Oslo
Director - Conflict & Peace Initiative (CPI)
Co-Director - Conflict & Peace, Research & Development (CPRD)
Director - Radical Information Project (RIP)
Director - Stop Our States (SOS)
Co-Founder - New Jack Academics
Co-Founder - .edu: opening minds & changing worlds
