State Repression & Policing

Abstract

This panel brings together papers that ask how protest emerges, evolves, and is governed, and how states seek to legitimise repression in response. Across democratic and autocratic contexts, the contributions examine the interaction between mobilisation, discourse, and institutional settings in shaping patterns of contention and control. The panel raises broader questions about when protest reshapes political order, when repression is accepted or resisted, and how states and challengers co-produce the boundaries of legitimate dissent.

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The Dialectics of Security Discourses: Political Violence, Policing, and Gentrification in Ethno-Nationally Contested Cities	View Paper Details
Coping with Life-Threatening Experiences at the Street Level: Psychological and Institutional Adaptation Among Police Officers in the October 7 Attack in Israel	View Paper Details
Handcuffs and Backlash: Arrest, Torture, and Accountability	View Paper Details
Non-Knowledge and Political Violence: NGO Reporting on Protests and Repression in Nepal’s Southern Plains	View Paper Details
The Geography of Repression: Mapping Territorial Control and Clandestine Violence	View Paper Details