M Rivera
Biographic Data
| ID | 18779 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Rivera |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Rivera |
| SIGNATURE | RIVERA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1554-2681 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 239 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Covacunación Gripe Y Covid-19 en Mayores De 60 Años en Melilla 2022-23
Disaggregating Defection
Extant research posits that nonviolent campaigns increase security force defection during dissent, thereby improving their success rates over violent campaigns. Yet empirical evidence remains limited and mixed. We argue that this is partly due to overly aggregated measures of disloyalty that mask important variation. To address this, we disaggregate security force disloyalty both theoretically and empirically. We contend that nonviolent and viole…
Parties of dissent
Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration in peace agreements (1975-2021)
Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) provisions in peace agreements (PAs) are critical pillars of global peacebuilding efforts. Leading theories suggest that different DDR components address different peacebuilding challenges. Yet existing datasets conceptualize DDR as a binary variable, hindering our ability to observe which DDR components and in what combination are agreed upon by conflict parties and to assess their independent…
A Double-Edge Sword? Mass Media and Nonviolent Dissent in Autocracies
It is often assumed that nondemocratic regimes will control mass media and suppress independent information, but in many autocracies the media are partially free and imperfectly controlled. We argue that partial media freedom can increase the prospects for mass nonviolent dissent. We develop a theory emphasizing how even less than perfectly free media outlets can increase the ability of individuals to coordinate and mobilize, and provide an infor…
Can Education Reduce Violent Crime? Evidence from Mexico before and after the Drug War Onset
Existing theories relate higher education to lower crime rates, yet we have limited evidence on the crime-reducing effect of education in developing countries. We contribute to this literature by examining the effect of education on homicide in Mexico, where homicide rates decreased by nearly 55 percent from 1992 to 2007, before the surge of drug-related violence. We argue that a large amount of this reduction followed a compulsory schooling law …
Nuevos retos y perspectivas de investigación en Educación Física (New challenges and research perspectives in Physical Education)
El presente monográfico “Nuevos retos y perspectivas de investigación en Educación Física” es una iniciativa que surge desde la Red internacional de investigación en Educación Física y Promoción de Hábitos Saludables (www.edufisaludable.com). Esta red, financiada por el Consejo Superior de Deportes en sus convocatorias de 2019 y 2020, reúne en la actualidad a más de 50 investigadores de todo el panorama nacional e internacional. En el contexto es…
Beyond coups
A wealth of research in comparative politics and international relations examines how the military intervenes in politics via coups. We shift attention to broader forms of military involvement in politics beyond coups and claim that terrorist violence and the threat of terror attacks provide a window of opportunity for military intervention, without taking full control of state institutions. We highlight two mechanisms through which terrorism inf…
Drugs, Crime, and Nonstate Actors in Latin America
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The Diffusion of Nonviolent Campaigns
Existing research has uncovered strong geographical clustering in civil war and a variety of diffusion mechanisms through which violence in one country can increase the risk of outbreaks in other countries. Popular coverage of nonviolent protest often emphasizes regional waves like the 1989 revolutions in Eastern Europe and the Arab Spring. However, most research on nonviolence focuses only on features within countries affecting motivation and op…
Authoritarian Institutions and State Repression
Existing research has paid increasing attention to the role of political institutions such as legislatures and opposition parties in autocracies. So far, however, the relationship between nondemocratic institutions and state repression has remained largely unclear. This article argues that authoritarian institutions are related to divergent conflicting dynamics between incumbent regimes and opposition actors, which provide leaders with opposite i…
Beyond sticks and stones
Violent crime has been commonplace in Latin America over the past decades. While existing research has made progress in explaining the rationale and outcomes of government coercive strategies against crime, it has overlooked the non-coercive strategies implemented to improve public security. It is argued in this article that political authorities make human capital enhancement efforts to shape actors' incentives about criminal activity and mitiga…
The sources of social violence in Latin America
The study of social violence in Latin America has stood at the periphery of cross-national research despite the region being one of the most violent in the contemporary world. This article provides a comprehensive review of theories of crime and presents an empirical analysis of social violence in Latin America from 1980 to 2010. The literature often emphasizes one theoretical approach over others and existing explanations are seen as competitive…
Elite Co-optation, Repression, and Coups in Autocracies
This article provides an explanation for the significant variation in coups in autocracies. The existing theoretical literature focuses on the strategies that leaders use to thwart mass mobilization and survive in power. However, most autocratic leaders lose power through a coup, indicating that the main threats to political survival in autocracies emerge from insiders and not from outside the incumbent coalition. This article focuses on leaders’…
Fresh carnations or all thorn, no rose? Nonviolent campaigns and transitions in autocracies
Whereas optimists see the so-called Arab Spring as similar to the revolutions of 1989, and likely to bring about democratic rule, skeptics fear that protest bringing down dictators may simply give way to new dictatorships, as in the Iranian revolution. Existing research on transitions has largely neglected the role of protest and direct action in destabilizing autocracies and promoting democracy. We argue that protest and direct action can promot…
Response of Four Andean Crops to Rotation and Fertilization
Carlos Nieto-Cabrera, C. Francis, C. Caicedo, , M. Rivera, Response of Four Andean Crops to Rotation and Fertilization, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 17, No. 3, The United Nations University. Managing Fragile Ecosystems in the Andes (Aug., 1997), pp. 273-282
The Diffusion of Nonviolent Campaigns
Existing research has uncovered strong geographical clustering in civil war and a variety of diffusion mechanisms through which violence in one country can increase the risk of outbreaks in other countries. Popular coverage of nonviolent protest often emphasizes regional waves like the 1989 revolutions in Eastern Europe and the Arab Spring. However, most research on nonviolence focuses only on features within countries affecting motivation and op…
Fresh carnations or all thorn, no rose? Nonviolent campaigns and transitions in autocracies
Whereas optimists see the so-called Arab Spring as similar to the revolutions of 1989, and likely to bring about democratic rule, skeptics fear that protest bringing down dictators may simply give way to new dictatorships, as in the Iranian revolution. Existing research on transitions has largely neglected the role of protest and direct action in destabilizing autocracies and promoting democracy. We argue that protest and direct action can promot…
Elite Co-optation, Repression, and Coups in Autocracies
This article provides an explanation for the significant variation in coups in autocracies. The existing theoretical literature focuses on the strategies that leaders use to thwart mass mobilization and survive in power. However, most autocratic leaders lose power through a coup, indicating that the main threats to political survival in autocracies emerge from insiders and not from outside the incumbent coalition. This article focuses on leaders’…
The sources of social violence in Latin America
The study of social violence in Latin America has stood at the periphery of cross-national research despite the region being one of the most violent in the contemporary world. This article provides a comprehensive review of theories of crime and presents an empirical analysis of social violence in Latin America from 1980 to 2010. The literature often emphasizes one theoretical approach over others and existing explanations are seen as competitive…
Authoritarian Institutions and State Repression
Existing research has paid increasing attention to the role of political institutions such as legislatures and opposition parties in autocracies. So far, however, the relationship between nondemocratic institutions and state repression has remained largely unclear. This article argues that authoritarian institutions are related to divergent conflicting dynamics between incumbent regimes and opposition actors, which provide leaders with opposite i…
A Double-Edge Sword? Mass Media and Nonviolent Dissent in Autocracies
It is often assumed that nondemocratic regimes will control mass media and suppress independent information, but in many autocracies the media are partially free and imperfectly controlled. We argue that partial media freedom can increase the prospects for mass nonviolent dissent. We develop a theory emphasizing how even less than perfectly free media outlets can increase the ability of individuals to coordinate and mobilize, and provide an infor…
Beyond coups
A wealth of research in comparative politics and international relations examines how the military intervenes in politics via coups. We shift attention to broader forms of military involvement in politics beyond coups and claim that terrorist violence and the threat of terror attacks provide a window of opportunity for military intervention, without taking full control of state institutions. We highlight two mechanisms through which terrorism inf…
Beyond sticks and stones
Violent crime has been commonplace in Latin America over the past decades. While existing research has made progress in explaining the rationale and outcomes of government coercive strategies against crime, it has overlooked the non-coercive strategies implemented to improve public security. It is argued in this article that political authorities make human capital enhancement efforts to shape actors' incentives about criminal activity and mitiga…
Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration in peace agreements (1975-2021)
Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) provisions in peace agreements (PAs) are critical pillars of global peacebuilding efforts. Leading theories suggest that different DDR components address different peacebuilding challenges. Yet existing datasets conceptualize DDR as a binary variable, hindering our ability to observe which DDR components and in what combination are agreed upon by conflict parties and to assess their independent…
Disaggregating Defection
Extant research posits that nonviolent campaigns increase security force defection during dissent, thereby improving their success rates over violent campaigns. Yet empirical evidence remains limited and mixed. We argue that this is partly due to overly aggregated measures of disloyalty that mask important variation. To address this, we disaggregate security force disloyalty both theoretically and empirically. We contend that nonviolent and viole…
Drugs, Crime, and Nonstate Actors in Latin America
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Response of Four Andean Crops to Rotation and Fertilization
Carlos Nieto-Cabrera, C. Francis, C. Caicedo, , M. Rivera, Response of Four Andean Crops to Rotation and Fertilization, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 17, No. 3, The United Nations University. Managing Fragile Ecosystems in the Andes (Aug., 1997), pp. 273-282
Fresh carnations or all thorn, no rose? Nonviolent campaigns and transitions in autocracies
Whereas optimists see the so-called Arab Spring as similar to the revolutions of 1989, and likely to bring about democratic rule, skeptics fear that protest bringing down dictators may simply give way to new dictatorships, as in the Iranian revolution. Existing research on transitions has largely neglected the role of protest and direct action in destabilizing autocracies and promoting democracy. We argue that protest and direct action can promot…
Elite Co-optation, Repression, and Coups in Autocracies
This article provides an explanation for the significant variation in coups in autocracies. The existing theoretical literature focuses on the strategies that leaders use to thwart mass mobilization and survive in power. However, most autocratic leaders lose power through a coup, indicating that the main threats to political survival in autocracies emerge from insiders and not from outside the incumbent coalition. This article focuses on leaders’…
Beyond sticks and stones
Violent crime has been commonplace in Latin America over the past decades. While existing research has made progress in explaining the rationale and outcomes of government coercive strategies against crime, it has overlooked the non-coercive strategies implemented to improve public security. It is argued in this article that political authorities make human capital enhancement efforts to shape actors' incentives about criminal activity and mitiga…
The sources of social violence in Latin America
The study of social violence in Latin America has stood at the periphery of cross-national research despite the region being one of the most violent in the contemporary world. This article provides a comprehensive review of theories of crime and presents an empirical analysis of social violence in Latin America from 1980 to 2010. The literature often emphasizes one theoretical approach over others and existing explanations are seen as competitive…
The Diffusion of Nonviolent Campaigns
Existing research has uncovered strong geographical clustering in civil war and a variety of diffusion mechanisms through which violence in one country can increase the risk of outbreaks in other countries. Popular coverage of nonviolent protest often emphasizes regional waves like the 1989 revolutions in Eastern Europe and the Arab Spring. However, most research on nonviolence focuses only on features within countries affecting motivation and op…
Authoritarian Institutions and State Repression
Existing research has paid increasing attention to the role of political institutions such as legislatures and opposition parties in autocracies. So far, however, the relationship between nondemocratic institutions and state repression has remained largely unclear. This article argues that authoritarian institutions are related to divergent conflicting dynamics between incumbent regimes and opposition actors, which provide leaders with opposite i…
Nuevos retos y perspectivas de investigación en Educación Física (New challenges and research perspectives in Physical Education)
El presente monográfico “Nuevos retos y perspectivas de investigación en Educación Física” es una iniciativa que surge desde la Red internacional de investigación en Educación Física y Promoción de Hábitos Saludables (www.edufisaludable.com). Esta red, financiada por el Consejo Superior de Deportes en sus convocatorias de 2019 y 2020, reúne en la actualidad a más de 50 investigadores de todo el panorama nacional e internacional. En el contexto es…
Beyond coups
A wealth of research in comparative politics and international relations examines how the military intervenes in politics via coups. We shift attention to broader forms of military involvement in politics beyond coups and claim that terrorist violence and the threat of terror attacks provide a window of opportunity for military intervention, without taking full control of state institutions. We highlight two mechanisms through which terrorism inf…
Drugs, Crime, and Nonstate Actors in Latin America
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Can Education Reduce Violent Crime? Evidence from Mexico before and after the Drug War Onset
Existing theories relate higher education to lower crime rates, yet we have limited evidence on the crime-reducing effect of education in developing countries. We contribute to this literature by examining the effect of education on homicide in Mexico, where homicide rates decreased by nearly 55 percent from 1992 to 2007, before the surge of drug-related violence. We argue that a large amount of this reduction followed a compulsory schooling law …
A Double-Edge Sword? Mass Media and Nonviolent Dissent in Autocracies
It is often assumed that nondemocratic regimes will control mass media and suppress independent information, but in many autocracies the media are partially free and imperfectly controlled. We argue that partial media freedom can increase the prospects for mass nonviolent dissent. We develop a theory emphasizing how even less than perfectly free media outlets can increase the ability of individuals to coordinate and mobilize, and provide an infor…
Covacunación Gripe Y Covid-19 en Mayores De 60 Años en Melilla 2022-23
Disaggregating Defection
Extant research posits that nonviolent campaigns increase security force defection during dissent, thereby improving their success rates over violent campaigns. Yet empirical evidence remains limited and mixed. We argue that this is partly due to overly aggregated measures of disloyalty that mask important variation. To address this, we disaggregate security force disloyalty both theoretically and empirically. We contend that nonviolent and viole…
Parties of dissent
Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration in peace agreements (1975-2021)
Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) provisions in peace agreements (PAs) are critical pillars of global peacebuilding efforts. Leading theories suggest that different DDR components address different peacebuilding challenges. Yet existing datasets conceptualize DDR as a binary variable, hindering our ability to observe which DDR components and in what combination are agreed upon by conflict parties and to assess their independent…
Political science (13 works) · Law (12 works) · Politics (10 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (8 works) · Political economy (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Democracy (5 works) · Autocracy (4 works)