The decision to repress: An integrative theoretical approach to the research on human rights and repression

Understanding Human Rights Violations: New Systematic Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 16-38

  Poe, Steven C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781351143806-3     Document Type: Chapter

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