The Politics of Mass Killing in Autocratic Regimes

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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, this project explicates when civilians within nondemocratic states will mobilize against the ruling elite, and when such mobilization will result in mass killing. In doing so, it illustrates the important role urbanization and food insecurity historically played, and will continue to play, in generating extreme forms of civilian victimization. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Introduction (Bumba Mukherjee, Ore Koren)....Pages 1-35 Food Crises, Urban Development, and Mass Killing in Nondemocratic States (Bumba Mukherjee, Ore Koren)....Pages 37-82 Urban Development and Mass Killing: A First Look at the Data (Bumba Mukherjee, Ore Koren)....Pages 83-117 Statistical Analysis of Food Crises and Mass Killing (Bumba Mukherjee, Ore Koren)....Pages 119-151 Urban Development, Food Shortages, and Mass Killing in Authoritarian Pakistan (Bumba Mukherjee, Ore Koren)....Pages 153-195 Food Riots, Urbanization, and Mass Killing Campaigns: Indonesia and Malaysia (Bumba Mukherjee, Ore Koren)....Pages 197-251 Conclusion (Bumba Mukherjee, Ore Koren)....Pages 253-274 Back Matter ....Pages 275-303