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Preventing and Responding to Dissent: The Observational Challenges of Explaining Strategic Repression by RITTER, EMILY HENCKEN, CONRAD, COURTENAY R.

“…Although scholarly consensus suggests that dissent causes repression, the behaviors are endogenous: governments and dissidents act in expectation of each…”
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Torture and the limits of democratic institutions by Conrad, Courtenay R, Hill, Daniel W, Moore, Will H

“…What are the limits of democracy’s positive influence on human rights? In this article, we argue that contested elections and powerful courts provide leaders…”
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Repression Substitution: Shifting Human Rights Violations in Response to UN Naming and Shaming by DeMeritt, Jacqueline H.R., Conrad, Courtenay R.

“…Does the United Nations naming and shaming of specific violations of human rights decrease government repression? In this article, we argue that international…”
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Policing and Political Violence by Eck, Kristine, Conrad, Courtenay R., Crabtree, Charles

“…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…”
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Treaties, Tenure, and Torture: The Conflicting Domestic Effects of International Law by Conrad, Courtenay R., Ritter, Emily Hencken

“…International human rights treaties are argued to increase both the likelihood of domestic mobilized dissent and judicial constraint. These pressures pull…”
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Divergent Incentives for Dictators: Domestic Institutions and (International Promises Not to) Torture by Conrad, Courtenay R.

“…Although they are arguably the worst violators of human rights, dictators sometimes commit to international human rights treaties like the United Nations…”
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Monitoring via the Courts: Judicial Oversight and Police Violence in India by Hu, Shengkuo, Conrad, Courtenay R

“…Abstract Can the creation of court-mandated accountability institutions improve human rights? In this article, we investigate the extent to which court-ordered…”
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Constrained Concessions: Beneficent Dictatorial Responses to the Domestic Political Opposition by Conrad, Courtenay R.

“…Do domestic institutions affect how dictators respond to their political opposition? In this paper, I argue that institutionalization is key to understanding…”
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Threat Perception and American Support for Torture by Conrad, Courtenay R., Croco, Sarah E., Gomez, Brad T., Moore, Will H.

“…When do Americans support the government’s use of torture? We argue that perceptions of threat undermine the extent to which American public opinion serves as…”
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Legislative Process in International Organizations by Conrad, Courtenay R, Monroe, Nathan W

“…Abstract In this analytical essay, we advance a simple but powerful claim: scholars can better understand outcomes of international organizations (IOs) by…”
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Conceptualizing and Measuring Institutional Variation in National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) by Welch, Ryan M., DeMeritt, Jacqueline H. R., Conrad, Courtenay R.

“…A wealth of literature argues that domestic institutions can sometimes restrain government repression. In this article, we highlight an institution tasked…”
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Tyrants and Terrorism: Why Some Autocrats are Terrorized While Others are Not by Conrad, Courtenay R., Conrad, Justin, Young, Joseph K.

“…Conventional wisdom suggests that reports of terrorism should be sparse in dictatorships, both because such violence is unlikely to result in policy change and…”
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Human rights treaties and mobilized dissent against the state by Ritter, Emily Hencken, Conrad, Courtenay R.

“…How does state obligation to international human rights treaties (HRTs) affect mobilized dissent? We argue that obligations to protect human rights affect not…”
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Torture allegations as events data: Introducing the Ill-Treatment and Torture (ITT) specific allegation data by Conrad, Courtenay R, Haglund, Jillienne, Moore, Will H

“…The Ill-Treatment and Torture (ITT) Data Collection Project uses content analysis to measure a number of variables on more than 15,000 public allegations of…”
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Disaggregating Torture Allegations: Introducing the Ill-Treatment and Torture (ITT) Country-Year Data by Conrad, Courtenay R., Haglund, Jillienne, Moore, Will H.

“…The Ill-Treatment and Torture (ITT) Data Collection Project uses content analysis to measure allegations of government ill-treatment and torture made by…”
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Who Tortures the Terrorists? Transnational Terrorism and Military Torture by Conrad, Courtenay R., Conrad, Justin, Walsh, James Igoe, Piazza, James A.

“…Do governments respond to terrorism with torture? Although governments face incentives to increase torture in response to terrorist attacks, previous research…”
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Constrained by the bank and the ballot: Unearned revenue, democracy, and state incentives to repress by Conrad, Courtenay R, DeMeritt, Jacqueline HR

“…Why does the discovery of oil lead to increased government repression in some countries and not others? Why is there variance in the extent to which democracy…”
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Will H. Moore's enduring contribution to peace and conflict studies by Conrad, Courtenay R, DeMeritt, Jacqueline HR, Hill, Daniel W, Welch, Ryan M, Young, Joseph K

“…This special issue is dedicated to Will H. Moore's enduring influence on peace science research and the community of peace science scholars. The five pieces in…”
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Divergent Incentives for Dictators by Conrad, Courtenay R

“…Although they are arguably the worst violators of human rights, dictators sometimes commit to international human rights treaties like the United Nations…”
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Constrained Concessions: Beneficent Dictatorial Responses to the Domestic Political Opposition1 by Conrad, Courtenay R

“…Do domestic institutions affect how dictators respond to their political opposition? In this paper, I argue that institutionalization is key to understanding…”
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