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scale political imprisonment as well as murders, disappearances, and torture are a common part
of life of the whole population.23 Unfortunately the data begins in 1980 and ends in 2003.24
Thus, this variable will be employed in model 2 is left censored.
23 Level one is intended to measure the "countries under a secure rule of law, people are not imprisoned for
their view, and torture is rare or exceptional. Political murders are extremely rare" (Gibney: 2003b: 1). Level two
comprises "a limited amount of imprisonment for nonviolent political activity. However, few persons are affected,
torture and beatings are exceptional. Political murder is rare" (Gibney: 2003b: 1). Level three refers to "extensive
political imprisonment, or a recent history of such imprisonment. Execution or other political murders and brutality
may be common. Unlimited detention, with or without a trial, for political views is accepted" (Gibney: 2003b: 1).
Level four refers to the "practices of level 3 are expanded to larger numbers. Murders, disappearances, and torture
are a common part of life. In spite of its generality, on this level terror affects those who interest themselves in
politics or ideas" (Gibney: 2003b: 2). Lastly, level five represents "the terrors of level 4 have been expanded to the
whole population. The leaders of these societies place no limits on the means or thoroughness with which they
pursue personal or ideological goals" (Gibney: 2003b: 2).
24 Stata 8 was employed to run the two models testing the theory and hypotheses. Instead of trying to
approximate the measure of state repression for each state from 1944 to 1979, I chose to leave them as missing
values. Stata 8 dropped any case from the model that has a missing value. This reduced the number of observations
in Model 2 down to 42.48
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Kohler, Matthew. What Can the Collective Action Problem Tell Us about the Recurrence of Civil War and the Long-term Stability of a Country?, thesis, December 2005; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4955/m1/52/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .