C&C member, Professor Neil Mitchell, has been awarded the State Repression.com “Scholar of Attention” award. State Repression.com—which aims to provide information, thoughts, and data on for coercive government behaviour from domestic spying to genocide—selects scholars whose work is path-breaking and/or historically solid. According to them:
Mitchell's work has advanced the study of state repression in diverse ways. In one important work, he got us to focus on the connections or lack thereof between those that plan repressive policies and those who implement them, noting how the connection/disconnection provokes violent activity. In another work, he identifies how democratic leaders can avoid being held accountable for the activities that most believe they should be held accountable for. Ever provocative.
To read more on Neil’s incredible work, visit the UCL website here.