Thin-skinned leaders: regime legitimation, protest issues, and repression in autocracies

Repression and Protest: The Limitations of Aggregation

The relationship between state repression and protest is one of the most perplexing in social mobilization theory. Why in some cases does state repression succeed in suppressing organized protest and social movements, while in other cases it only serves to fan the flames of protest? Through various studies, different scholars have proposed and empirically supported contradictory theories that t...

Globalization , Regime Type and Labor Protest in Developing Countries

How can states best manage the social dislocations associated with rapid economic development and greater exposure to market forces? In this paper, we explore the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI), regime type and strikes in low-and middle-income countries. We argue that FDI produces social tensions and a higher demand for labor that can result in higher levels of industrial ...

Corruption and Ideology in Autocracies

Corruption is usually depicted in one of two ways: as stemming from a lack of government accountability, or from a lack of capacity. Neither depiction predicts that the structure of institutions meant to control corruption should vary across autocratic regimes. If corruption results from moral hazard between politicians and citizens, then all unaccountable governments should eschew anticorrupti...

Thin‐skinned deformation of sedimentary rocks in Valles Marineris, Mars

[1] Deformation of sedimentary rocks is widespread within Valles Marineris, characterized by both plastic and brittle deformation identified in Candor, Melas, and Ius Chasmata. We identified four deformation styles using HiRISE and CTX images: kilometer‐scale convolute folds, detached slabs, folded strata, and pull‐apart structures. Convolute folds are detached rounded slabs of material with al...

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