Teaching Documents by Paula Finch
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Working Papers by Paula Finch
This paper explores how both domestic and transnational terrorism provoke the repression of physi... more This paper explores how both domestic and transnational terrorism provoke the repression of physical integrity rights and the restriction of civil liberties. I find that terror attacks do provoke the repression of some physical integrity rights. However, when using a lethality measure rather than a count of attacks, there is much more repression with more rights being affected.
Since the attacks of September 11th in the United States, states have become increasingly concern... more Since the attacks of September 11th in the United States, states have become increasingly concerned with preventing terrorist attacks and have created new policy measures and legislation in order to combat terrorism and protect the safety of their population. As governments respond to terrorism and try to protect their citizens from terrorists, these responses may have unintended consequences for these citizens and may be harmful to the state in general. Critics of new measures and legislation being adopted, argue that they can have a negative impact on human rights. The goal of this paper is to build upon the existing literature by addressing some of the inconsistencies that exist. In order to do this, I address the repression of two types of rights: physical integrity rights, which includes freedom from torture and extrajudicial killings, and civil liberties, which includes freedom of speech and assembly. I then develop hypotheses linking repression to terrorist attacks, both domestic and transnational. I find that domestic terrorism has an impact on the repression of civil liberties, but has an even stronger impact on the repression of physical integrity rights. I also find that transnational terrorism does not have an impact on civil liberties or physical integrity rights. These findings contradict much of the quantitative literature which finds that transnational terrorism has an impact on physical integrity rights. However, they are consistent with some of the qualitative literature which finds that domestic terrorism has an impact on the repression of civil liberties.
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