Board #31 - Democracy and Human Rights: Exploring the Role of Regime Type in the Protection of Political Rights and Civil Liberties

• In Event: 74-304 - Poster Session: The State is Not Unitary: Regime Type, Domestic Politics, and IR

Brief Overview

This study examines the dynamic between governments and the quality of life of their constituents and uses two datasets, Polity IV and CIRI Human Rights Data Project, to examine the relationship between regime type and human rights abuses.

Author

• Clare Clement, Saint Mary's College