Understanding Violence and Incarceration in Africa: Evidence from British Colonies and Postcolonial States …authoritarianism, impunity, and violent punishment continue to have significant effects on penal systems in postcolonial African states. There are two key findings from our research. The first is that violence…
Cataloging Murder: Tracking Violence Against Public Figures in Central America …over one hundred public figures killed since 2015, corresponding to rising repression and authoritarianism under the Ortega regime. Notably, the violence against public figures increased before the massive prodemocracy protests…
When Comrades Go to War: Post-Liberation Movements, Elite Politics and the Internal Dynamics of Africa’s Great War …of authoritarianism and decadence in Africa) but quickly turned into a fratricidal nightmare between leftist liberation movements from across the continent. The initial revolutionary euphoria of liberating Africa’s third-biggest country…
Some Things Psychologists Think They Know About Aggression and Violence …101 and the Final Solution in Poland. New York: HarperCollins. Duckitt, J. 1989. Authoritarianism and group identification: A new view of an old construct. Political Psychology 10: 63-84. Dodge, K….
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2022 Emerging Scholars …The Fashioning of Authoritarianism: Emergency, Counterinsurgency, and Militarization of Everyday Life in Indonesia, 1930-1968 Salih Noor (Northwestern University). The Legacies of Liberation: Settler-Colonial Domination, Revolutionary Violence, and Political Change in…
‘Political Polarization Has Become Almost a Form of Entertainment’: A Conversation with Clionadh Raleigh …growing forces in the world are political competition and authoritarianism, not inclusion, democracy, or a desire for peace,” she argues. Raleigh recently spoke with Greg Berman, the Distinguished Fellow of…
‘There Are Very Few Democracies That Are as Polarized as We Are Today’: A Conversation with Jennifer McCoy …on immigrants versus non-immigrants, you may need to shift the axis and create a new line of polarization around, say, democracy versus authoritarianism, or following the Constitution versus violating the…
When Militaries Turn Against Authoritarians: Lessons from Tunisia and the Arab Spring [Photo credit: Fethi Belaid/AFP via Getty Images] With the shadow of authoritarianism reaching so many corners of the world, it can be startling to recall the burst of optimism that…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholars …the United States Norman Joshua (History, Northwestern University), The Fashioning of Authoritarianism: Emergency, Counterinsurgency, and Militarization of Everyday Life in Indonesia, 1930-1968 Salih Noor (Political Science, Northwestern University), The Legacies…
