Courtenay R. Monroe
human rights (766) torture (206) repression (26) uc merced (8)
I am a Professor and Chair of Political Science at the University of California, Merced and a research affiliate at the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (ICGG) and UC Merced's Center for Analytic Political Engagement (CAPE) . My research focuses on government repression and human rights, particularly on how repressive agents make decisions faced with domestic and international institutional constraints . I am also interested in international organizations, focusing on legislative procedure in
My research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation ; published in top journals including the American Political Science Review , the American Journal of Political Science , and the Journal of Politics ; and referenced in media outlets including the Washington Post and Discovery News . My book, Contentious Compliance: Dissent and Repression Under International Human Rights Law (with Emily Hencken Ritter ), was published in 2019 by Oxford Univer
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Courtenay R. Monroe