Download or read book Paths to State Repression written by Christian Davenport and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2000-03-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.