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Peace of Cemeteries: Civil War Dynamics in Postwar States’ Repression

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  • Francisco Herreros

    (IPP-CSIC, Madrid, Spain, francisco.herreros@cchs.csic.es)

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This article analyzes whether state repression in post—civil war situations can be explained by dynamics associated with previous civil wars. It claims that in post—civil war situations the state can more easily resort to indiscriminate repression against social groups, relying on information related to the civil war. Two civil war dynamics are tested: preemptive indiscriminate violence to eliminate opposition by the defeated population and retaliation for crimes committed during the war. Using data from the first decade of the Francoist regime in Spain, the author found that civil war dynamics, and not actual dissent, explain most of the country’s postwar violence.

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  • Francisco Herreros, 2011. "Peace of Cemeteries: Civil War Dynamics in Postwar States’ Repression," Politics & Society, , vol. 39(2), pages 175-202, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:polsoc:v:39:y:2011:i:2:p:175-202
    DOI: 10.1177/0032329211405437
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