Population Pressures and Political Repression

In: Social science quarterly, Band 74, Heft 2, S. 322-333

Abstract

Dividing the concept of population pressures into a measure for population size (population density [PD]) & a rate of growth variable (natural increase [NI]), statistical data for 150+ countries are analyzed to investigate the impact of population pressures on political repression. Results indicate that only NI induced goverments to use political repression. Even after control variables were introduced into the regression models, NI remained important. It is concluded that the growing world population, especially in Third World countries, can be expected to intensify repression. 2 Tables, 45 References. Adapted from the source document.