Making the Visible Invisible: Covert Violence and Social Paralysis in Authoritarian Argentina

• In Event: Dynamics of State Repression and Violence

Brief Overview

Covert violence (e.g., forced disappearance) is considered useful because it is plausibly deniable, thus enabling states to avoid the costs of condemnation. However, it is also useful (to a point) for paralyzing the populace in authoritarian states.

Author

• Madeleine Inez Stevens, University of Chicago