Repression and Newtwork Science: Tools in Fight against Terrorism

The dissertation, Repression and Network Science: Tools in Fight againstTerrorism, explores what determines post‐terror repression in democracies andwhat alternative tools network science may ultimately reveal to for compellingauthorities to rely on repression less. To do this three papers concentrate on someaspect of the question at hand. The first chapter is empirical, using a panel, crosssectiondesign to evaluate under what conditions democracies use state terror orstate repression following terrorism. Chapter 2 takes the opposite view, using highpoweredstatistics to evaluate a single case. At question is the tool in use more thanthe terrorist network under inspection. Network science is fascinating,disappointing, and daunting, offering a world of potential with few advances, in thearea of theoretical evaluation, and therefore large amount of work ahead. Chapters 2 and 3 explore various aspects of what is needed with 2 focusing on improvingmethods in network statistics and 3 stressing the need for further development oftheories for testing with improved statistical models.