Human Rights and the Democratic Proposition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6284543 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christian Davenport (0000-0001-5652-2914, Department of Political Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 92-116 |
| Publication date | 1999-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022002799043001006 |
| OpenAlex | W2093238527 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 144 |
| References cited | 72 |
Autocratization is expected to worsen human rights conditions; democratization is frequently heralded as a means for improving them. Unfortunately, neither relationship has been subjected to empirical investigation. The causal linkage between regime change and state repression is examined in the current study with a pooled cross-sectional time-series analysis of 137 countries from 1950 to 1982 ( N=4,521). Four aspects of change are considered: (1) direction, (2) magnitude, (3) “smoothness” of the transition, and (4) duration of time at particular regime types. The results support the anticipated escalatory effect of autocratization for the magnitude variable, revealing influences that persist for 4 years. Additionally, there is support for the pacifying effect of democratization with regard to magnitude for the same 4-year time period. Direction, smoothness, and duration are found to be unimportant, but regime change does matter
Autocracy · Democracy · Democratization · Demographic economics · Duration (music · Econometrics · Economics · Human rights · Linkage (software · Magnitude (astronomy · Physics · Political science · Politics · Regime change · Smoothness · Corruption and Economic Development · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Law · Mathematics · Political Conflict and Governance
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Free from State Violence or Free to Comply
Coups and the End of Mass-Killing Episodes
When democracies kill
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The Power of the Pen
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A Cross-National Exploration of the Conditions that Produce Interpersonal Violence
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National Human Rights Institutions
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Negotiated rights
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United Nations Intervention by United Democracies
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Contentious Challenges and Government Responses in Latin America
A House Divided
Social Spending Responses to Organized Labor and Mass Protests in Latin America, 1970-2007
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Thin-skinned leaders
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Constitutional Provisions for Individual Human Rights (1977-1996)
The Dynamic Relationship Between Protest and Repression
Sins of Commission? Understanding Membership Patterns on the United Nations Human Rights Commission
Executive Constraints and Repression in Democratic Contexts
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Cued to Coerce or Coercing Cues? An Exploration of Dissident Rhetoric and its Relationship to Political Repression
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Policy Selection in the Face of Political Instability
Thinking Inside the Box
Domestic Demand for Human Rights
International Intervention and the Severity of Genocides and Politicides
Political Order in Changing Societies
Political terror in communist systems
Democracy and disorder
Power kills
World handbook of political and social indicators II.
Applied time series analysis for the social sciences
Government violence and repression
Patterns of authority
Political repression in modern America from 1870 to 1976
Polyarchy
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The Distributed Lag Between Capital Appropriations and Expenditures
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World handbook of political and social indicators
The third wave
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Political Repression in 19th Century Europe
The Politics of Terrorism
Democracy and Human Rights in Developing Countries
The Ideology of State Terror
Human Rights and Statistics
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Militarism and Repression
Correlates of Human Rights
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The State as Terrorist
Contemporary Democracies
Democracy and Disorder
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Terror and Progress USSR
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Democracy and Disorder. Protest and Politics in Italy. 1965-1975
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State-Sponsored Mass Murder
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Double Take
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Coercion and Protest
Repression and Dissent
Regression in Space and Time
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Income Inequality, Regime Repressiveness, and Political Violence
Terror and Progress, USSR
Repression of Human Rights to Personal Integrity in the 1980s
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The Paradoxical Nature of State Making
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The Politics of Obedience
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The Garrison State
| Unique citing works | 144 |
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| Citations per year | 5,54 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2025 (26) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 143 |