How authoritarian rulers seek to legitimize repression: framing mass killings in Egypt and Uzbekistan

Democratization

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 882-900

  Edel, Mirjam ^a   Josua, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b GIGA GERMAN INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL AND AREA STUDIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

authoritarianism; framing; legitimation; protests; repression; state society relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042421580     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: 1743890X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2018.1439021     Document Type: Article

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