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Replication Data for: From Shame to New Name: How Naming and Shaming Creates Pro-Government Militias

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Title Replication Data for: From Shame to New Name: How Naming and Shaming Creates Pro-Government Militias
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/17FKNV
 
Creator DiBlasi, Lora
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Researchers have identified naming and shaming as a strategy used by the international community to reprimand state leaders for their repressive actions. Previous research indicates that there is variation in the success of this tactic. One reason for the heterogeneity in success is that leaders with an interest in repressing opposition but avoiding international condemnation have adapted their behavior, at least partially, to avoid naming and shaming. For instance, some states choose to create and utilize alternative security apparatuses, such as pro-government militias (PGMs), to carry out these repressive acts. Creating or aligning with PGMs allows leaders to distance themselves from the execution of violence while reaping the rewards of repression. This analysis explores this dynamic. In particular, I examine how naming and shaming by Amnesty International and the United Nations Commission on Human Rights influences the creation of PGMs to skirt future international condemnation by the offending state for all states from 1986 to 2000. I find that countries are more likely to create PGMs, especially informal PGMs, after their human rights abuses have been put in the spotlight by the international community.
 
Subject Social Sciences
Repression, Pro-government Militias, Violence, Human Rights, Amnesty International
 
Contributor Prins, Brandon