TY  - BOOK
AU  - KEELS Eric
AU  - NICHOLS Angela D.
TI  - State repression and post-conflict peace failure
PY  - 2018///
KW  - CIVIL WAR
KW  - POST-CONFLICT
KW  - HUMAN RIGHTS
KW  - STATE BEHAVIOUR
N2  - This paper provides evidence that state repression is a strong predictor of peace failure following civil war. Existing literature fails to examine the possibility that more repressive states are even less likely than their counterparts to escape the 'conflict trap'. We argue that when states use repressive tactics to achieve their objectives, it signals to the broader population that the state cannot be trusted; and the regime does not believe their rule is to be questioned. These signals polarise citizens into new or existing rebel factions thereby increasing the risk of another civil war
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2017.1420313
ER  -