The administrative state is a powerful tool because it can control the population and, in
moments of crisis, help leaders put down popular threats to their rule. But a state does not …

Develo** nations demand a different scholarly approach in the field of public
administration. We advance an agenda for research that stands on four pillars. First, in the …

How do international sports events shape repression in authoritarian host countries?
International tournaments promise unique gains in political prestige through global media …

While archival research most often does not include direct interaction with living subjects,
ethical issues surrounding this method are no less acute. These issues are even more …

Dominant theories of mass violence hold that strategic concerns in civil war drive the
deliberate targeting of civilians. However, the causal mechanisms that link strategic …

Autocrats depend on a capable secret police. Anecdotal evidence, however, often
characterizes agents as surprisingly mediocre in skill and intellect. To explain this puzzle …

Undermining the State from Within pulls back the curtain on the counterinsurgent state to
better understand how conflict dynamics affect state institutions and continue to shape …

How does ideology influence state terror? Studies on state repression have looked at the
leaders' decisionmaking to explain how much violence states use against internal enemies …

Despite the common reference to international humanitarian law (IHL) in the discourse and
practice of international politics, international relations (IR) scholarship has yet to …

The police are often key actors in conflict processes, yet there is little research on their role
in the production of political violence. Previous research provides us with a limited …