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Aiding and Abetting: Human Rights INGOs and Domestic Protest

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  • Amanda Murdie

    (Department of Political Science, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA, amurdie@ksu.edu)

  • Tavishi Bhasin

    (Department of Political Science and International Affairs, Kennesaw State University, GA, USA)

Abstract

This article studies the effects of human rights international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) on domestic antigovernment protest. Unlike mainstream scholarship, the authors argue that human rights INGOs are not simply the magic bullet in orchestrating nonviolent protests; different types of human rights INGO activity have varying effects on protest. Moreover, some human rights INGO activities may lead to higher levels of violent protest. The empirical tests use new data on the activities of over 400 human rights INGOs and domestic nonviolent and violent protest globally from 1991 to 2004. The authors find that increases in human rights INGO activities reflecting a greater commitment to the domestic population are associated with higher levels of both violent and nonviolent protest.

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  • Amanda Murdie & Tavishi Bhasin, 2011. "Aiding and Abetting: Human Rights INGOs and Domestic Protest," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 55(2), pages 163-191, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jocore:v:55:y:2011:i:2:p:163-191
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    Cited by:

    1. Emily Hencken Ritter & Courtenay R. Conrad, 2016. "Human rights treaties and mobilized dissent against the state," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 11(4), pages 449-475, December.
    2. Yuri M. Zhukov, 2014. "Theory of Indiscriminate Violence," Working Paper 365551, Harvard University OpenScholar.
    3. Amanda Murdie & Dursun Peksen, 2013. "The impact of human rights INGO activities on economic sanctions," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 8(1), pages 33-53, March.

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