Political Stability, Repression and Social Justice
Richard W. Chadwick

                        
                         -->  +     pS
           fear .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
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                         R       -->  -          SJ
                                      
                          pS - political Stability
                          SJ - Social Justice
                           R - Repression
                        fear - fear of further repression

Definitions

SJ

social justice is experienced by people as an acceptable level of stress

pS

political stability = pOL(1-pR), probability of office holding through legal or legitimate means, times one minus the probability of a successful revolution

R

repression

Relations

SJ-->pS

the more social justice, the greater political

stability

pS-->R - the greater political stability, the less repression

R-->pS - the more repression, the more fear; the more fear, the less the likelihood of rebellion or participation in politics in general

R-->SJ - the more repression, the less social justice