No Excuses?: Giving Power a Pass
July 13, 2012
"After several decades of rigorous effort, it is fair to say that the majority of our attention in political science has been given to interstate war and civil war," explains Christian Davenport, adding:
"I would say that it would be interesting to count the number of articles over the last five years on terrorism and compare it to the number of articles on repression but regardless, I stand by the claim that most of our attention has been focused on those activities that challenge political authorities. Actually, it’s probably not even close.
"Why is this the case? Why do governments get a pass? Well, it’s not because of the actual number of deaths associated with