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Measuring multiple identities: what is lost with a zero-sum approach
In: Politics, Groups, and Identities, Band 2, Heft 4, S. 624-642
ISSN: 2156-5511
International Peacebuilding and the Politics of Identity: Lessons from Social Psychology using the Bosnian Case
In: Journal of intervention and statebuilding, Band 8, Heft 1, S. 68-90
ISSN: 1750-2985
International peacebuilding and the politics of identity: lessons from social psychology using the Bosnian case
In: Journal of intervention and statebuilding, Band 8, Heft 1, S. 68-90
ISSN: 1750-2977
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European Union identity
In: Politics, Groups, and Identities, Band 1, Heft 1, S. 134-141
ISSN: 2156-5511
Symbolic Threats in the Schools of Post-Conflict Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia
In: Western Political Science Association 2010 Annual Meeting Paper
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Measuring Peace from the Bottom Up with the Pasto Indigenous Group in Nariño, Colombia
In: PS: political science & politics, Band 54, Heft 3, S. 558-564
ISSN: 1537-5935
The Utility of Identity: Explaining Support for the EU after the Crash
In: Polity, Band 46, Heft 4, S. 562-590
ISSN: 1744-1684
The Utility of Identity: Explaining Support for the EU after the Crash
In: Polity: the journal of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Band 46, Heft 4, S. 562-590
ISSN: 0032-3497
The sweeping victories of Euroskeptic and far right parties in the 2014 European Parliament elections reflect public discontent with the European Union that has been growing since the beginning of the great recession. Using data from Eurobarometer 71.3 (Summer 2009), which were collected soon after the onset of the economic crisis, we test a conditional hypothesis derived from a combination of utilitarian theories of political support and social-identity theory. Specifically, we examine the extent to which the effects of individuals' economic perceptions on their support for the EU are conditioned by the way they conceive of their national and EU identities. The analysis reveals that sociotropic rather than egocentric economic evaluations tend to drive EU support among people with stronger attachments to the nation. Adapted from the source document.
Explaining Support for the EU after the Crash
In: APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
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When aid builds states: party dominance and the effects of foreign aid on tax collection after civil war
In: International interactions: empirical and theoretical research in international relations, Band 46, Heft 3, S. 454-480
ISSN: 1547-7444
Does foreign aid strengthen or weaken post-conflict states? We examine the effects of aid on tax collection after civil war, an important dimension of state effectiveness. While the literature emphasizes aid's perverse effects, the relationship between aid dependence and the growth of tax collection is unclear. We argue that the impact of aid reflects its political utility for ruling elites in consolidating their authority after civil war. While dominant parties subvert tax strengthening reforms to solidify their political base, elites in more fractionalized settings rely on external political backing to manage internal challenges to their authority, and are more likely to comply with donor conditions. We test this argument through a Latent Curve Analysis of tax collection rate growth in post-civil war countries from 1978 to 2012. We find that aid is associated with slower growth in tax collection in dominant party settings, and more rapid tax growth in politically fractionalized settings. The findings highlight the need for attention to internal political dynamics to explain aid effectiveness after civil war, and point to opportunities to strengthen institutions in some post-conflict countries.
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Disentangling aid dynamics in statebuilding and peacebuilding: a causal framework
In: International peacekeeping, Band 24, Heft 2, S. 187-211
ISSN: 1353-3312
Abstract: "While scholars and practitioners alike argue that the pursuit of sustainable peace in post-conflict developing countries requires international interventions to build state capacity, many debate the precise effects that external assistance has had on building peace in conflict-affected states. This paper seeks to clear conceptual ground by proposing a research agenda that disentangles statebuilding and peacebuilding from each other. Recent scholarship has made the case that the two endeavours are geared towards distinct sets of goals, yet few have subjected the causal mechanism underlying those processes or the relationship between them to sustained theoretical and empirical inquiry. Additionally, despite decades of mixed results from international interventions, we lack knowledge of the mechanisms by which external engagement leads to specific outcomes. To address these gaps, this paper offers a causal framework for understanding the effects of aid dynamics on state coherence and the depth of peace. It specifies the variables in that framework, with a view to establishing a new research agenda to advance our understanding of statebuilding and peacebuilding. Finally, it proposes that public service delivery in post-conflict countries offers fertile empirical ground to hypothesize about and test the relationship between state coherence and sustainable peace." (Seite 187)
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Traditional healing, higher education, autonomy and hardship: coping paths of Palestinian women in Israel
In: Israel affairs, Band 18, Heft 2, S. 250-267
ISSN: 1743-9086
Traditional healing, higher education, autonomy and hardship: coping paths of Palestinian women in Israel
In: Israel affairs, Band 18, Heft 2, S. 250-267
ISSN: 1353-7121
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Olive Oil, Chocolates and a Bright Blue Sweater: Power Relations and the Implications of Gifts in the Field
In: Qualitative sociology, Band 33, Heft 2, S. 185-204
ISSN: 1573-7837