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Paths to State Repression: Human Rights Violations and Contentious Politics (solo editor) 
  • Rowman and Littlefield (2000).

INtro: Back in 1999, I had a conference at the University of Colorado (where I was employed at the time). The basic idea was to continue the discussion initiated by George Lopez and Michael Stohl in their series of books on the topic, including The State as Terrorist: Dynamics of Governmental Violence and Repression (1984), Government Violence and Repression: An Agenda for Research(1986) and Dependence, Development and State Repression (1989). These books are largely neglected but they serve as the foundation for much of what appears afterward.  

Overview: In the last ten years, there has been a resurgence of interest in repression and violence within states.  Paths to State Repression improves our understanding of why states use political repression, highlighting its relationship to dissent and mass protest. The authors draw upon a wide variety of political-economic contexts, methodological approaches, and geographic locales, including Cuba, Nicaragua, Peru, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Israel, Eastern Europe, and Africa. This book is invaluable to all who wish to better under why central authorities violate and restrict human rights and how states can break their cycles of conflict.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction

Part I: Domestic Threats, Dissent, and State Repression
Chapter 3. Domestic Threats: The Abuse of Personal Integrity
Chapter 4. Political Repression: Threat Perception and Transnational Solidarity Groups
Chapter 5. Protest Targeting and Repression: Campaigns against Water Projects in Indonesia

Part II: Exploring Dynamic Interactions
Chapter 7. Coercion and Protest: An Empirical Test Revisited
Chapter 8. Why Are Collective Conflicts Stable?
Chapter 9. Mobilization, Opportunity Structure, and Polity Responsiveness: The Role of Repression in the Intifada

Part III: Bringing the State Back In (Again)
Chapter 11. Protest, Democratization, and Human Rights in Africa
Chapter 12. Exploring the Ameliorating Effects of Democracy on Political Repression: Cross-National Evidence

Contributors: George Aditjondro, Christian Davenport Ronald Francisco, Linda Camp Keith, John C. King, David Kowalewski, Drew Noble Lanier, Chris Lee, Kathleen A Mahoney-Norris, Sandra Maline, Susan McMillan, Will Moore, Steven Peterson, Steven Poe, Karen Rasler, James Scarritt and C. Neal Tate.

Artwork: 

I have absolutely no idea where this picture came from.  I was young.

Reviews:

All students of repression and dissent owe a debt to Christian Davenport and his collaborators, not only for assembling important evidence about how repression and dissent work in today's world, but also for looking hard at the way one incites the other—as well as thinking through conditions and interventions that might reverse vicious cycles of mutual destruction.
— Charles Tilly, Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science, Columbia University

A treasure-trove of articles.... Most repression research of the future will undoubtedly cite Paths to State Repression.
— American Political Science Review

The contributors to this timely volume tell us a lot about how democracy and human rights, on the one hand, and state repression and political coercion, on the other, influence social movements and political conflict. These original essays will be widely read and appreciated.
— Mark I. Lichbach, University of California, Riverside

Published Peer-Refereed Articles

43. “Resistance is Mobile: Evidence of Repression, Challenger Adaptation, and Surveillance from US “Red Squad” and Black Nationalist Archives” (with Christopher Sullivan)
  • Journal of Peace Research 55(2): 175-189.  2018.
42. "The Rebel Alliance Strikes Back: Understanding the Politics of Backlash Mobilization" (with Christopher Sullivan) 
  • Mobilization 22(1): 39-56. 2017.​
41. “Transitional Injustice: Subverting Justice in Transition and Post-Conflict Societies” (with Cyanne Loyle). 
  • Journal of Human Rights 15(1): 126-149. 2016.
40. “The Northern Ireland Research Initiative: Data on the Troubles from 1968 to 1998” (with Cyanne Loyle and Chris Sullivan). 
  • Conflict Management and Peace Science 31(1): 94-106.  2014.
39. “The Epidemiology of Lethal Violence in Darfur: Using Micro-Data to Explore Complex Patterns of Ongoing Armed Conflict” (with Alex de Waal, Chad Hazlett and Joshua Kennedy). 
  • Social Science and Medicine February. 2014.
38. “Activism and Awareness: Resistance, Cognitive Activation and ‘Seeing’ Untouchability Among 98,316 Dalits” (with Priyamvada Trivedi). 
  • Journal of Peace Research 50(3): 369-383. 2013.
37. “Fighting the Youth: Youth Bulges and State Repression” (with Ragnhild Nordas)
  • American Journal of Political Science 57(4): 926-940. 2013.
36. “The State of State Repression Research in the 1990s” (with Molly Inman). 
  • Journal of Terrorism and Political Violence 24(4): 1-16. 2012.
35. “The Coercive Weight of the Past: Temporal Dependence in the Conflict-Repression Nexus” (with Cyanne Loyle and Christopher Sullivan).
  • International Interactions­ – Special Issue on Event Data. 38(4):1-17. 2012.
34. “The States Must be Crazy: Dissent and the Puzzle of RepressivePersistence” (with Cyanne Loyle) – Special Issue on Escalataion/De-escalation.
  • International Journal of Conflict and Violence 6(1):75-95. 2012.
33. “When Democracies Kill: Reflections from the US, India and Northern Ireland.” 
  • International Area Studies Review.  15(1): 3-20. 2012.
32. “Protesting While Black? The Differential Policing of American Activism,1960 to 1990” (with Sarah Soule and David Armstrong).  ​
  • American Sociological Review 76(1): 152-178. 2011.
31. “The Puzzle of Iraqi Mortality: Surges, Civilian Deaths and Alternative Meanings” (with Molly Inman).
  • Yale Journal of International Affairs 5(1): 57-68.  2010.
30. “Regimes, Repertoires and State Repression.”
  • Swiss Political Science Review 15(2): 377-385.  2009.
29. “Velvet Glove, Iron Fist or Even Hand? Protest Policing in the United States,1960-1990” (with Sarah Soule).  ​​
  • Mobilization 14(1): 1-22. 2009.
28. “The Darkside of International Studies: Race, Racism and Research in International Studies.” ​
  • International Studies Perspectives 9: 445-449. 2008.
27. “State Repression and Political Order.”
  • Annual Review of Political Science 10:1-23.  2007.
26. “State Repression and the Tyrannical Peace.”
  • Journal of Peace Research 44(4): 485-504.  2007.
25. “Licensing Repression: Dissent, Threats and State Repression in the United States.”
  • University of Minnesota Law Journal.  2007. 
24. “Understanding Covert Repressive Action: The Case of the US Government Against the Republic of New Africa.”
  • Journal of Conflict Resolution 49(1): 120-40.  2005. 
23. “Human Rights and the Promise of Democratic Pacification.”
  • International Studies Quarterly 48(3): 539-560.  2004.
22. “Democracy and the Violation of Human Rights: A Statistical Analysis from 1976-1996” (with David Armstrong). 
  • American Journal of Political Science 48(3): 538-554.  2004.
21. “Sometimes You Just Have to Leave:  Domestic Threats and Refugee Movements, 1964-1989” (with Will Moore and Steve Poe). 
  • International Interactions 29(1): 27-55.  2003.
20. “Views to a Kill: Exploring the Implications of Source Selection in the Case of Guatemalan State Terror, 1977-1996” (with Patrick Ball). 
  • Journal of Conflict Resolution 46(3): 427-450.  2002.
19. “Polity IV, 1800-1999: A Reply to Munck and Verkuilen” (with Ted Gurr, Monty Marshall and Keith Jaggers). 
  • Comparative Political Studies 35(1): 40-45.  2002. 
18. “Cued to Coerce or Coercing Cues? Exploring the Relationship Between Dissident Rhetoric and State Repression” (with Marci Eads). 
  • Mobilization 6(2): 151-172. 2001.   
17. “Assessing the Validity of the Post-Materialist Index in the U.S” (with Darren Davis). 
  • American Political Science Review 93(3): 649-664.  1999.
16. “Human Rights and the Democratic Proposition.”
  • Journal of Conflict Resolution 43(1): 92-116.  1999.
15. “Tracking Down the Empirical Legacy of the Black Panther Party (or Notes on the Perils of Pursuing the Panthers)” (with Claudia Dahlerus).
  • New Political Science 21(2/June): 261-279.  1999.
14. “The Brother Might Be Made of Steel, But He Sure Aint Super… Man.” 
  • Other Voices 1(2): http://dept.english.upenn.edu/~ov/1.2/index.html.  1998.     
13. “Liberalizing Event or Lethal Episode: An Empirical Assessment of How National Elections Effect the Suppression of Political and Civil Liberties.”
  • Social Science Quarterly 79(2): 321-340.  1998.
12. “From Ballots to Bullets: National Elections and State Uses of Political Repression.”
  • Electoral Studies 16(4): 517-540.  1997.
11. “Black is the Color of My Comic Book Character: An Examination of Ethnic Stereotypes.”   
  • Inks: Cartoon and Comic Art Studies 4(1): 20-28.  1997.
10. “The Political and Social Relevancy of “Malcolm X”: The Stability of Black Political Attitudes” (with Darren Davis). 
  • Journal of Politics 59(2): 550-564.  1997.
9. “Constitutional Promises and Repressive Reality: A Cross-National Time-Series Investigation.” 
  • Journal of Politics 58(3): 627-654.  1996.
8. “The Weight of the Past: Exploring Lagged Determinants of Political Repression.”
  • Political Research Quarterly 49(2): 377-403.  1996.
7. “Winning the Cold War and the U.S. Industrial Decline” (with James Petras).
  • Journal of Contemporary Asia 25(3): 319-337.  1995.
6. “Multi-Dimensional Threat Perception and State Repression: An Inquiry into Why States Apply Negative Sanctions.” ​
  • American Journal of Political Science 38(3): 683-713.  1995.    
5. “Assessing the Military’s Effect on State Repression.”
  • Journal of Political and Military Sociology 23(Summer): 119-144.  1995.
4. “Prestigious Publications and Public Relevance: Vietnam War and Black Protest in the American Sociological Review (ASR) and the American Political Science Review (APSR)” (with James Petras). 
  • Crime, Law and Social Change 17: 107-121.  1992.
3. “Crime and the Transformation of Capitalism” (with James Petras). 
  • Crime, Law and Social Change 16: 155-175.  1991.
2. “Crime and the Transformation of Capitalism” (with James Petras). 
  • Monthly Review (September).  1990.
1. “Transformation of the U.S. Ruling Class in the 1990s” (with James Petras)
  • ​Realidad Economic (January/February).  1990.
           
Published Non-Refereed Articles
 
9. “Introduction” (with Erika Forsberg and Johanna Birnir). 
  • Ethnic Politics and Conflict/Violence in Ethnopolitics 16:1: 1-4. 2017.
8.  “The Arab Spring, Winter and Back Again? (Re)Introducing The Dissent-Repression Nexus with a Twist” (with Will Moore).
  • International Interactions - Commentary on the Arab Spring. 2012. 38(5): 704-713..
7. “The Next Generation: Making Sense of Contemporary Contentious Politics” (with Will Moore).
  • 2011. States, Power and Societies 16(3): 6-8.
6. “Evidenced-Based Peacekeeping: Exploring the Epidemiology of Lethal Violence in Darfur” (with Alex DeWaal, Chad Hazlett and Joshua Kennedy). 5. “What Really Happened in Rwanda” (with Allan Stam).  
  • Miller-McCune Magazine. 2009.
4. “Going Global and Coming Black to the World.”  
  • 2007. NAACP - Special Edition.
3. “The Black Panthers.”
  • 2007. International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd Edition.
2. “Understanding Rwandan Violence in Space and Time” (with Allan Stam). 
  • 2005. GIS Educator.  (Spring): 6-7.  
1. “Political Science at the NSF: The Report of a Committee of the American Political Science Association” (with Miriam Golden, Arthur Lupia, Lee Sigelman, Frank Sorauf, and Susan Welch).
  • 2000. PS – Political Science and Politics 33(4): 895-898. 

Other Works

Special Issues

1. The Study of Ethnopolitical Violence: State of the Field and New Directions for Research with Erika Forsberg and Johanna Birnir (co-editors) as well as Monica Toft, John McCauley, Lars-Erik Cederman and Julian Wucherpfening, Anita Gohdes, Ted Gurr, Henry Hale, Erin Jenne, Will Moore, Idean Salehyan, Stephen Saideman, Sherrill Stroschein, David Lake, Patrick James and Cyrus Mohammadian, David Carment in Ethnopolitics.  2016.
Book Chapters

11. "States, Superheroes and Storytellers: Human Rights through Comics and Graphic Novels" in The Sage Handbook of Human Rights. Sage Publications.  2014.

10. “Blowing Flames into the Souls of Black Folk: Ollie Harrington and his Bombs from Berlin to Harlem” in Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation. New York: Bloomsbury Academic. 2013.
      Black Comics was the Winner of the Will Eisner Award for Best Academic/Educational work in 2014.

9. “Chronic and Coercion: Exploring how Legalizing Marijuana Might Get the U.S. Government off the Backs and Throats of Americans (or, not) in Somethings in the Air: Race, Crime and the Legalization of Marijuana. New York: Routledge. 2013.

8. “Data Limitations as Impediment to Genocide Intervention” (with Cyanne Loyle). In Sam Totten ed. Impediments to the Prevention and Intervention of Genocide (Transaction Press)

7. “Political Democracy and State Repression.”  In Human Rights: Politics and Practice, Michael Goodhart, ed.  New York: Oxford University Press. 2009. (Now in Second Edition)

6. “Scholarship Under the Gun, Lawsuit and Innuendo: Understanding and Navigating Academic Repression.”  In Academic Repression: Reflections from the Academic Industrial Complex, Anthony Nocella and Steven Best, eds. Oakland: AK Press.  2009.

5. “Six Feet Over: Internal War, Battle Deaths and the Influence of the Living on the Dead” (with David Armstrong). In Insecurity in Intra-State Conflicts: Governments, Rebels, and Outsiders, Stephen M. Saideman and Marie-Joëlle Zahar, eds. London: Routledge.  2008.

4. “Introduction.” In Repression and Mobilization, Christian Davenport, Carol Mueller and Hank Johnston, eds.  University of Minnesota Press.  2005.

3. “Tracking Down the Empirical Legacy of the Black Panther Party (or Notes on the Perils of Pursuing the Panthers)” (with Claudia Dahlerus).  In Liberation, Imagination and the Black Panther Party, Kathleen Cleaver and George Katsiaficas, eds.  Boulder: Routledge. 2000. 

2. “Rereading the Voice of the Vanguard Party: A Content and Rhetorical Analysis of the Black Panther Party Intercommunal Newsletter From 1969–1973.” In The Black Panther Party Reconsidered: Reflections and Scholarship, Charles Jones, ed.  Baltimore: Black Classic Press.  1998.

1. “Domestic Effects of Third World Militarization.” In Comparative Study of Political Conflict: Political Conflict, Political Development and Public Policy, Eduard Ziegenhagen, ed.  New York: Praeger.  1994.

Monographs, Reports, and Extension Publications

5. "Data from the Dark Side: Notes on Archiving Political Conflict and Violence" PS – Political Science and Politics  43(1): 37-41.  2009.  From a Symposium on "Data Collection and Collaboration."

4. "What Really Happened in Rwanda?" (with Allan Stam).  Miller-Mccune Magazine.  2009.

         World News Journal reprint
         History News Network reprint
         Truthout reprint
         Organizing for America reprint
         Progressives, South Bend reprint
         Lucianne.com reprint
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3. Understanding Untouchability (with Martin Macwan, David Armstrong, Allan Stam, Monika Kalra Varma and Amanda Klassing). Ahmedabad, India: Navsarjan Trust. 2009.

2. “The Conflict-HIV/AIDs Nexus: An Empirical Assessment” (with Cyanne Loyle).  The Aids, Security and Conflict Initiative - Clingendael and the Social Science Research Council.  Report 21. 2009.  

1. Project X: Monitoring the Pulse of Black Public Opinion (with Darren Davis).  Houston: University of Houston Center for Public Policy.  1993.

Commentary

1. “The Next Generation: Making Sense of Contemporary Contentious Politics” (with Will Moore) States, Power and Societies 16(3): 6-8.  2011

Reviews

9. "Bringing Clandestine Groups into Contentious Politics" a book review of Clandestine Political Violence by Donnatella Della Porta (2014), in Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict 7(1): 109-113.

8. 50 Years, 100 Peace and Conflict Perspectives (2008) written by Johan Galtung, in Journal of Peace Research 48(5): 685-686.  2011.         

7. Crimes of Dissent: Civil Disobedience, Criminal Justice and the Politics of Conscience (2009) written by Jarrett Lovell, in Perspectives on Politics 9(3): 723-724.  2011.

6. “Hobbes ‘n the Hood: A Review of “Crips and Bloods – Made in America” a film review of Bloods and Crips: Made in America (2008) by Stacy Peralta in Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict Pathways toward terrorism and genocide 2(3): 207-210.  2009.

5. The Evolution of Inequality: War, State Survival, and Democracy in Comparative Perspective (2002) written by Manus Midlarsky, in the American Political Science Review 94(1): 223-224.  2000.

4. Ethnic Conflict in World Politics (1996) written by Ted Robert Gurr and Barbara Harff, in Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 2(3): 475-477.  2000.

3. Taking Lives: Genocide and State Power (1997) by David Horowitz, in the American Political Science Review 91(4): 979-981.  2000.

2. Terror, Force, and States: The Path from Modernity (1996) by Rosemary O’Kane, in the American Political Science Review 91(4): 979-981.  1998.

1. Social Movements, Political Violence, and the State: A Comparative Analysis of Italy and Germany (1996) by Donatella Della Porta, in the American Political Science Review 91(4): 979-981.  1998.
Work Underway and/or Under Review           

Academic Books

4. POP Struggle: Repression and Dissent in Film, Comics and Graphic Novels – Underway

3. Stopping State Repression: How Can We End Ongoing State-Sponsored Mass Killing? (with Benjamin Appel) – Underway

2. In Search of a Number: Rethinking Rwanda, 1994 (with Allan Stam) – Underway

1. Understanding Untouchability (with David Armstrong, Martin Macwan, Allan Stam) – Underway

Refereed Articles

13. "Intent and Intentionality" (with Allan Stam) - Underway

12. "The Rhetoric of State Repression" (with Anita Ravishankar) - Underway 

11. "The Logics of State Repression" (with Christopher Sullivan) - Underway

10. "Scaling Perceptions of Challenger and Government Tactics" (with David Armstrong and Thomas Zeitzoff) - Underway

9. "Resistance to the Patriot Act" (with David Armstrong) - Underway

8. "Repression with Synonyms" - R&R

7. "Starting and Stopping State Repression" (with Benjamin Appel) - Underway 

6. "Stopping State Repression: An Examination of Spells 1976-2006" (with Benjamin Appel) - R&R 

5. "Tenure Through Tyranny?  Dissent, Repression and Leadership Survival" (with Reed Wood) - Underway
 
4. "Protest, Policing and Perception: An Experiment" (with Rose McDermott and David Armstrong) - Underway

3. “An Evolutionary Theory of State Repression” (with Rose McDermott) – Underway

2. “Researching While Black: Why and How African Americans Are Needed for Social Science Field Research” – Underway

1. Some Left to Tell the Tale (with Cyanne Loyle) – Under review

Chapters

None at the moment

Need to revisit

From Mountains to Movements (with David Armstrong & Mark Lichbach)
Novels

Be and the Movements in Stasis – a Book of Social Change (Or, Not). Savannah: Freeman House Publishing.

Traveling in Black and White: A Travelogue of Race, Redemption and Rwandan Political Violence. Manuscript