The Politics of Mass Killing in Autocratic Regimes

• Main Authors: Mukherjee, Bumba (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Koren, Ore (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Terrorism.; Political violence.; Urban economics.; Economic development.; Sociology, Urban.; Game theory.; Comparative politics.; Terrorism and Political Violence.; Urban Economics.; Development Theory.; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Game Theory.; Comparative Politics.

This book develops a detailed, disaggregated theoretical and empirical framework that explains variations in mass killing by authoritarian regimes globally, with a specific focus on Pakistan, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Using a combination of game-theoretic, statistical, and qualitative approaches, thi...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Chapter 1: Introduction
• 2. Chapter 2: Food Crises, Urban Development, and Mass Killing In Nondemocratic States
• 3. Chapter 3: Urban Development and Mass Killing: A First Look at the Data
• 4. Chapter 4: Statistical Analysis of Food Crises and Mass Killing
• 5. Chapter 5: Urban Development, Food Shortages and Mass Killing In Authoritarian Pakistan
• 6. Chapter 6: Food Riots, Urbanization and Mass Killing Campaigns: Indonesia And Malaysia
• 7. Chapter 7: Conclusion.