In The Dictator’s Dilemma, Ronald Francisco explains that social movements may face repercussions from repression from dictatorships, but, in the long term, the use of repression causes difficulties for the regime. Dictators have ultimate power over civilians (59). In order to maintain ultimate power, dictators must repress citizens, but repression sometimes leads to backlash (59). [...]
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In High-Risk Collective Action: Defending Human Rights in Chle, Uruguay, an Argentina, Mara Loveman starts off by explaining various theoretical approaches to describe high-risk mobilization: rational choice theory, psychological motivation, constructivist approach, resource mobilization, and political opportunity structure (480-485). In the article, the author compares Human Rights Organization (HRO) emergence in the high-risk environments in [...]
