| ID | 140176 |
| Title Proper | Phoenix effect of state repression |
| Other Title Information | Jewish resistance during the holocaust |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Finkel, Evgeny |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Why are some nascent groups able to organize sustained violent resistance to state repression, whereas others quickly fail? This article links the sustainability of armed resistance to a largely understudied variable—the skills to mount such a resistance. It also argues that the nature of repression experienced by a community creates and shapes these crucial skills. More specifically, the article focuses on a distinction between selective and indiscriminate state repression. Selective repression is more likely to create skilled resisters; indiscriminate repression substantially less so. Thus, large-scale repression that begins at time t has a higher chance of being met with sustained organized resistance at t +1 if among the targeted population there are people who were subject to selective repression at t‒1. The article tests this argument by comparing the trajectories of anti-Nazi Jewish resistance groups in three ghettos during the Holocaust: Minsk, Kraków, and Białystok. |
| `In' analytical Note | American Political Science Review Vol. 109, No.2; May 2015: p.339-353 |
| Journal Source | American Political Science Review 2015-06 109, 2 |
| Key Words | Holocaust ; State Repression ; Phoenix Effect ; Minsk ; Jewish Resistance ; Large - Scale Repression ; Kraków ; Białystok |