The legacy of war: The effect of militias on postwar repression

Carey, Sabine C.; González, Belén

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dc.contributor.author	Carey, Sabine C.	de
dc.contributor.author	González, Belén	de
dc.date.accessioned	2023-01-10T11:46:39Z
dc.date.available	2023-01-10T11:46:39Z
dc.date.issued	2021	de
dc.identifier.issn	1549-9219	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/83786
dc.description.abstract	How do wartime legacies affect repression after the conflict ends? Irregular forces support the government in many civil wars. We argue that if this link continues after the war, respect for human rights declines. As "tried and tested" agents they are less likely to shirk when given the order to repress. Governments might also keep the militias as a "fall-back option", which results in more repression. Analyzing data from 1981 to 2014 shows that pro-government militias that were inherited from the previous conflict are consistently associated with worse repression, but newly created ones are not. Wartime pro-government militias target a broader spectrum of the population and are linked to worse state violence. New militias usually supplement wartime ones and use violence primarily against political opponents. This study highlights the detrimental impact of war legacies.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Politikwissenschaft	de
dc.subject.ddc	Political science	en
dc.title	The legacy of war: The effect of militias on postwar repression	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	Conflict Management and Peace Science
dc.source.volume	38	de
dc.publisher.country	USA	de
dc.source.issue	3	de
dc.subject.classoz	Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik	de
dc.subject.classoz	Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Staat	de
dc.subject.thesoz	national state	en
dc.subject.thesoz	innere Sicherheit	de
dc.subject.thesoz	domestic security	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Konflikt	de
dc.subject.thesoz	conflict	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Bürgerkrieg	de
dc.subject.thesoz	civil war	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Auswirkung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	impact	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Nachkriegszeit	de
dc.subject.thesoz	post-war period	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Nachkriegsgesellschaft	de
dc.subject.thesoz	post-war society	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Gewalt	de
dc.subject.thesoz	violence	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Politik	de
dc.subject.thesoz	politics	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Menschenrechtsverletzung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	human rights violation	en
dc.subject.thesoz	statistische Analyse	de
dc.subject.thesoz	statistical analysis	en
dc.subject.thesoz	paramilitärischer Verband	de
dc.subject.thesoz	paramilitary group	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Mobilisierung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	mobilization	en
dc.subject.thesoz	politische Gewalt	de
dc.subject.thesoz	political violence	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Unterdrückung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	oppression	en
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dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0	de
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dc.type.stock	article	de
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dc.source.pageinfo	247-269	de
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1177/0738894219899006	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
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