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State Security Apparatus

State Security Apparatus is a centralized institutional mechanism within a sovereign state, distinguished by its specialized organizational structures and legal authority to enforce political control, suppress dissent, and maintain regime stability through surveillance, policing, and military coercion, particularly in the context of upholding institutionalized racial segregation and authoritarian governance during the apartheid era in Southern Africa.

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10.4K

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259

Authors

151

Institutions

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2017–2026

44

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Publications

205

States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control

Gail M. Gerhart, Jeffrey Herbst · Foreign Affairs · 2001 · 1.5K citations

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States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control

Guy Martin, Jeffrey Herbst · African Studies Review · 2001 · 888 citations

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States and power in Africa: comparative lessons in authority and control

Choice Reviews Online · 2000 · 520 citations

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To Kill and Tell? State Power, Criminal Competition, and Drug Violence

Angélica Durán‐Martínez · Journal of Conflict Resolution · 2015 · 217 citations

, , +15

The Game of Electoral Fraud and the Ousting of Authoritarian Rule

Beatriz Magaloni · American Journal of Political Science · 2010 · 198 citations

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Authors

259

  1. AM
    Andreas Mehler

    German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Germany

    4 publications · 86 citations

    4

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  2. KW
    Kenneth W. Grundy

    Case Western Reserve University, United States

    3 publications · 147 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. SH
    Shahar Hameiri

    Murdoch University, Australia

    3 publications · 101 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. TM
    Terence M. Garrett

    Brownsville Public Library, United States

    2 publications · 74 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. JH
    Jeffrey Herbst

    Princeton University, United States

    2 publications · 2.4K citations

    2

    h-index

1–5 of 259

Institutions

151

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    123 citations

  2. Schlumberger (Ireland)

    Dublin, Ireland

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    44 citations

  3. German Institute for Global and Area Studies

    Hamburg, Germany

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    151 citations

  4. National University of Singapore

    Singapore, Singapore

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    130 citations

  5. University of Ottawa

    Ottawa, Canada

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    125 citations

  6. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    82 citations

  7. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

  8. SOAS University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    173 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 9 publications · 868 citations

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  2. The Journal of Modern African Studies

    4 publications · 280 citations

    4

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  3. International Affairs

    4 publications · 82 citations

    4

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  5. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 3 publications · 46 citations

    3

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