Dependence, Development, and State Repression

by George A. Lopez

Although the repressive violence of governments against their own citizens has received some scholarly attention in the past decade, our understanding of this phenomenon is far from complete. At least one central question remains: To what extent is government repression a function of a nation's political or economic development situation? This volume addresses the question through case studies of repressive regimes in second and third world nations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031325298X
• ISBN13: 9780313252983
• Release Date: June 1989
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.6"