Street-level Repression: Protest, Policing, and Dissent in Uganda
Street-level Repression: Protest, Policing, and Dissent in Uganda
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DOI：
10.1177/0022002720939304
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发表时间：
2020-07-10
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Behlendorf, Brandon
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作者：
Curtice, Travis B.;Behlendorf, Brandon
在许多国家，警察既是公共安全的守护者，也是国家镇压的主要工具。警察的过度行动通常用来镇压异议，但可能会推动进一步的集体行动，导致镇压与异议之间的联系。然而，镇压是激发了所有人的异议，还是仅仅激发了那些已经持异议的人的异议？我们的理论是，警察的镇压会导致政治反弹，减少对警察的支持，增加政治异议。我们认为，这些影响是由个人的接近镇压行为和支持执政党的条件。通过对1,920名乌干达人进行的具有全国代表性的调查实验，我们发现了强有力的证据，表明镇压对所有人口的政治反弹影响，无论是否接近事件。通过研究警务的政治，我们发现过度的警察暴力引发政治反弹，减少对安全机构的普遍支持，并增加一些人口公开持不同政见的意愿。
In many countries, police are both guardians of public safety and the primary instruments of state repression. Used to quell dissent, excessive police action can drive further collective action, leading to a repression-dissent nexus. Yet does repression spur dissent for all, or only for those already dissenting? We theorize repression by police causes political backlash, decreasing support for police and increasing political dissent. We argue these effects are conditioned by individuals' proximity to the repressive act and support for the ruling party. Using a nationally representative survey experiment of 1,920 Ugandans, we find robust evidence for political backlash effects of repression across all demographics, regardless of proximity to the event. By examining the politics of policing, we show excessive police violence triggers political backlash, decreasing general support for the security apparatus and increasing willingness to publicly dissent for some populations.