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T PV 2023 KN Session3
T PV 2023 KN Session3
2 State-sponsored violence
3 Repression
6 Resources
7 Outlook
As a group
- Which dimensions does Kalyvas (2019) use in his typology of political violence?
- Identify a current example of political violence. Where would you place it in the
typology?
2 State-sponsored violence
3 Repression
Repression
As a group
- Draft a definition.
- Which sections does the article have and how do they correspond to the sections of
our research design paper?
- What is the dependent variable?
- What is the explanatory/independent variable?
- What is the research question?
- What is the hypothesis?
- What is the main theoretical argument?
- What is the data?
- What is the research design?
- What is the main finding?
6 Resources
7 Outlook
Session 4
- State-sponsored violence: Mass atrocities
- Why are ordinary citizens killed?
- What makes it political violence?
- Presentation: V-Dem, Polity V, Freedom House, PGM Database
- Drafting your research question