Board #37 - The Authoritarian Backslide:Democratization and Repression in Transitional Regimes

• In Event: 87-301 - Poster Session: Democratic Backsliding, Populism and the Rise of the Right

Brief Overview

In transitional regimes, does democratization decrease repression? I argue that it does when states institutionalize barriers to utilizing repression. I test this in a method of difference case study of Nicaragua, Honduras, Mexico, and Costa Rica.

Author

• Elise B Jones, The College of Wooster