WCED Lecture. Starting, Stopping, and Restarting State Repression: An Analysis of Spells

Christian Davenport is a professor of political science and faculty associate at the Center for Political Studies at the University of Michigan, as well as a research professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). His primary research interests include political conflict (e.g., human rights violations, genocide/politicide, torture, political surveillance, civil war and social movements), measurement, racism, and popular culture. He is the author of six books: The Peace Continuum with Erik Melander and Patrick Regan (2017, Oxford University Press); How Social Movements Die (2016, Cambridge University Press); Media Bias, Perspective and State Repression: The Black Panther Party (2010, Cambridge University Press) – winner of Best Book in Racial Politics and Social Movements by the American Political Science Association; State Repression and the Promise of Democratic Peace (2007, Cambridge University Press); Repression and Mobilization with Carol Mueller and Hank Johnston (University of Minnesota Press. 2004); and Paths to State Repression: Human Rights Violations and Contentious Politics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2000).

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