Repression Dyads

Introduction

Much of the literature concerned with state repression and human rights violation relies upon data that is aggregated at the nation-year. While this has provided information that has been useful in exploring some explorations, it has hindered others. For example, we are unable to examine whether different perpetrators act differently; we are unable to identify if different victims/targets are treated differently and we are unable to assess whether distinct explanatory variables influence different perpetrators differently. These insights have provoked numerous scholars to engage in more detailed, country-specific evaluations but to date, we have not been able to examine the topic cross-nationally. Repression All the Way Down or RAW-d attempts to address this issue specifically through an evaluation of Repressive Spells investigated at the Dyad level.

What is a spell? This is described at the following link. What is a dyad? Well, that is where you have a perpetrator and a target/victim or Perpetrator-Victim combination. Of course, you could have multiple perpetrators and one victim in which case we identify each independently so that one can try to assess what each perpetrator did. It is also possible that one perpetrator targets multiple targets/victims in which case we would see multiple dyads.

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[Christian Davenport]

Professor of Political Science - University of Michigan
Faculty Associate - Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research
Research Professor & Global Fellow - Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

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