Signals of Threat: How Deviations from Expected Cooperation Shape State Repression

• In Event: Crime, Drug Trafficking, Mafia and Terrorism: Deviant Behavior and Political Violence

Brief Overview

I argue that states assess dissidents not only by observed alliances but by how cooperation deviates from goal-based expectations. Using bipartite network projections, I show that unexpected cohesion deters lethal repression.

Author

• Hansol Kwak, University of Maryland, College Park