Repression and Dissent: Substitution, Context, and Timing (ICPSR 1139)

Version Date: Feb 18, 1998

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Principal Investigator(s):
Will H. Moore, Florida State University

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01139.v1

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Summary

This study reports the results of statistical tests of three explanations of dissident responses to government repression. Mark Lichbach's theory that dissidents substitute violence for nonviolence (and vice-versa) in response to state repression is supported by the data. Dipak Gupta's theory that regime type is a determinant factor and Karen Rasler's theory that repression inhibits dissent in the short-run but spurs dissent in the long-run are not supported by the data. Rather than aggregate data over a unit of time, the study uses sequential data.

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Moore, Will H. Repression and Dissent:  Substitution, Context, and Timing. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1998-02-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01139.v1

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Data Collection Notes

  1. (1) The file moore98.zip is a zipped binary file containing the following 12 files, along with a README.TXT file: ACTAR1.DAT, ACTAR2.DAT, GUPTA93.PER, GUPTA93.SRI, LICHBACH.PER, LICHBACH.SRI, MARL-BEN.PER, MARL-BEN.SRI, RASLER96.PER, RASLER96.SRI, WRITE.PER, WRITE.SRI. The .per and .sri extensions indicate whether the data relate to Peru or Sri Lanka. The Gupta, Lichbach, and Rasler files contain the shazam code used to perform the statistical analyses reported in the Will H. Moore article cited below. The "write" files contain shazam code that partially converts the VICDP events data into sequential data. The "actar" files were created by the write files. Those files were edited by hand to produce the "marl-ben" files, which are the data files used by the Gupta, Lichbach, and Rasler files. (2) These data are part of ICPSR's Publication-Related Archive and are distributed exactly as they arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the investigator(s) if further information is desired.

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1998-02-18

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2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:

  • Moore, Will H. Repression and Dissent: Substitution, Context, and Timing. ICPSR01139-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1998-02-18. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01139.v1

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