Mauricio Rivera

Senior Researcher

Mauricio Rivera

Research Interests

  • ​Conflict processes 
  • Crime and social violence 
  • Human rights violations and state repression 
  • Political regimes and regime change

Events

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Recent Publications

Rivera, Mauricio; Kristian Skrede Gleditsch & Martin Macias (2022) A Double -Edge Sword? Mass Media and Nonviolent Dissent in Autocracies, Political Research Quarterly. DOI: 10.1177/1065912922108092.
Palik, Júlia; Mauricio Rivera; Nicholas Marsh & David Felipe Gómez Triana (2022) Disaggregating Security Specific Provisions In Peace Agreements: The Disarmament, Demobilization, And Reintegration (DDR) Dataset, 1975-2021, presented at AFK Empirical Peace and Conflict Research Workshop, Sandbjerg, Denmark, 28 September – 1 October, 2022..

All Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Article

Rivera, Mauricio; Kristian Skrede Gleditsch & Martin Macias (2022) A Double -Edge Sword? Mass Media and Nonviolent Dissent in Autocracies, Political Research Quarterly. DOI: 10.1177/1065912922108092.
Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede; Mauricio Rivera & Bárbara Zárate-Tenório (2021) Can Education Reduce Violent Crime? Evidence from Mexico before and after the Drug War Onset, Journal of Development Studies. DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2021.1971649.
Bove, Vincenzo; Mauricio Rivera & Chiara Ruffa (2019) Beyond coups: terrorism and military involvement in politics, European Journal of International Relations. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1354066119866499.
Rivera Celestino, Mauricio (2017) Authoritarian Institutions and State Repression: The Divergent Effects of Legislatures and Opposition Parties on Personal Integrity Rights, Journal of Conflict Resolution 61(10): 2183–2207.
Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede & Mauricio Rivera Celestino (2017) The Diffusion of Nonviolent Campaigns, Journal of Conflict Resolution 61(5): 1120–1145.
Rivera, Mauricio & Bárbara Zárate-Tenório (2016) Beyond sticks and stones: Human capital enhancement efforts in response to violent crime in Latin America, European Journal of Political Research 55(3): 531–548.
Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede & Mauricio Rivera Celestino (2013) Fresh carnations or all thorn, no rose? Nonviolent campaigns and transitions in autocracies, Journal of Peace Research 50(3): 385–400.

Non-refereed Journal Article

Rivera, Mauricio (2020) Drugs, Crime, and Nonstate Actors in Latin America, Latin American Politics and Society 62(4): 153–162.

Conference Paper

Palik, Júlia; Mauricio Rivera; Nicholas Marsh & David Felipe Gómez Triana (2022) Disaggregating Security Specific Provisions In Peace Agreements: The Disarmament, Demobilization, And Reintegration (DDR) Dataset, 1975-2021, presented at AFK Empirical Peace and Conflict Research Workshop, Sandbjerg, Denmark, 28 September – 1 October, 2022..
Dahl, Marianne; Mauricio Rivera & Scott Gates (2022) Unpacking Disloyalty: Dissent Strategies and Subversive Actions Among Security Forces, presented at Securing the victory workshop, Oslo, 6 December 2022.
Dahl, Marianne; Mauricio Rivera & Håvard Mokleiv Nygård (2021) Defection during dissent and regime transitions, presented at Securing the Victory Workshop, Oslo, 7 December 2021.

PRIO Policy Brief

Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede & Mauricio Rivera Celestino (2016) Non-Violence and Democratization, PRIO Policy Brief, 16. Oslo: PRIO.