Do they know something we don't? Diffusion of repression in authoritarian regimes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3918183 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roman-Gabriel Olar (0000-0001-8505-4013, Trinity College Dublin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 667-681 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Peace Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3433 • E-ISSN: 1460-3578 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022343318822718 |
| OpenAlex | W2922987086 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 89 |
The use of repressive strategies by authoritarian regimes received a great deal of attention in the literature, but most explanations treat repression as the product of domestic events and factors. However, the similarity in repressive actions during the Arab Spring or the intense collaboration in dissident disappearances between the military regimes of Latin America indicate a transnational dimension of state repression and authoritarian interdependence that has gone largely understudied. The article develops a theory of diffusion of repression between autocracies between institutionally and experientially similar autocracies. It proposes that the high costs of repression and its uncertain effect on dissent determines autocracies to adjust their levels of repression based on information and knowledge obtained from their peers. Autocracies' own experience with repression can offer suboptimal and incomplete information. Repression techniques and methods from other autocracies augment the decisionmaking regarding optimal levels of repression for political survival. Then, autocracies adjust their levels of repression based on observed levels of repression in their institutional and experiential peers. The results indicate that authoritarian regimes emulate and learn from regimes with which they share similar institutions. Surprisingly, regimes with similar dissent experience do not emulate and learn from each other. The results also indicate that regional conflict does not affect autocracies' levels of repression
Authoritarianism · Autocracy · Democracy · Dissent · Economic system · Economics · Political economy · Political repression · Political science · Politics · Psychological repression · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Political Conflict and Governance
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| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |