Justifications of Repression in Autocracies: An Empirical Analysis of Morocco and Tunisia, 2000–2010

Communicating Repression: Studying Official Framing and Its Perception in Autocracies, GIGA, Hamburg Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Dr. Maria Josua (Speaker)

This novel event dataset contains information on 439 repressive incidents in Morocco and Tunisia from 2000-2010. It disaggregates various dimensions of repression and its justification. The JuRI dataset is based on a compilation of publicly available human rights reports.

https://doi.org/10.7802/2438

How do autocrats communicate everyday acts of repression? This paper introduces and analyses a novel dataset on justifications for incidents of repression in Morocco and Tunisia during the years 2000–2010, showing that the chosen forms thereof influence how officials subsequently talk about them.

Communicating Repression: Studying Official Framing and Its Perception in Autocracies, GIGA, Hamburg Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Dr. Maria Josua (Organiser)

On 9–10 June 2022, a research workshop brought together scholars working on the nexus of legitimation, protest, and repression in autocracies. The workshop was held in the context of the DFG-funded research project “Justifying Repression in Authoritarian Regimes of the Arab World: Official Framing and Target Audiences."

ECPR Joint Sessions 2022, University of Edinburgh / hybrid Organisers: European Consortium for Political Research Dr. Maria Josua (Speaker)

At the ECPR Workshop she co-directed, Maria Josua presented results from her DFG-funded project on the communication of repressive acts in Morocco and Tunisia.

Communicating Repression: Studying Official Framing and Its Perception in Autocracies, GIGA, Hamburg Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Dr. Maria Josua (Speaker)

This novel event dataset contains information on 439 repressive incidents in Morocco and Tunisia from 2000-2010. It disaggregates various dimensions of repression and its justification. The JuRI dataset is based on a compilation of publicly available human rights reports.

https://doi.org/10.7802/2438

How do autocrats communicate everyday acts of repression? This paper introduces and analyses a novel dataset on justifications for incidents of repression in Morocco and Tunisia during the years 2000–2010, showing that the chosen forms thereof influence how officials subsequently talk about them.