Jamie L Shenk
Biographic Data
| ID | 1417799 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jamie L Shenk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jamie L |
| FAMILY NAME | Shenk |
| SIGNATURE | SHENK J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3518-0964 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Silent Signaling
How do states adopt international human rights norms when doing so risks provoking domestic political backlash? This article advances a new theory of norm adoption—silent signaling—to explain how governments engage emerging international human rights norms through low-salience, internationally facing venues that minimize domestic political costs. Silent signaling involves symbolic and selective norm adoption designed to appeal to international au…
Formalizing Corporate Counterinsurgency
This article tests claims from the comparative extractive literature by examining how state-company linkages shape civil society mobilization against extractive projects. We focus on convenios de cooperación (CCs)—contracts through which extractive companies finance branches of the Colombian armed forces or judiciary to provide security for company operations. We employ a mixed-methods design. First, we analyze a panel dataset of nearly six hundr…
Does conflict experience affect participatory democracy after war? Evidence from Colombia
Broad political participation is widely accepted as a crucial element of transitions from armed conflict to peace. As such, reforms to increase access to participatory democracy are often written into peace accords. Yet despite this connection between peace and participation in policy, we know relatively little about how the two interact in practice. Who uses participatory institutions? Does civilians' experience during armed conflict affect how …
Consultations and Competing Claims
Conflicts between local communities and their governments over natural resource development are not new in Latin America. When mining and oil companies move in, communities have blocked roads, staged protests, and undertaken other forms of direct action. More recently, however, communities have expanded their tactics, turning toward the state and its participatory institutions to contest claims over their land. This article investigates this tren…
Consultations and Competing Claims
Conflicts between local communities and their governments over natural resource development are not new in Latin America. When mining and oil companies move in, communities have blocked roads, staged protests, and undertaken other forms of direct action. More recently, however, communities have expanded their tactics, turning toward the state and its participatory institutions to contest claims over their land. This article investigates this tren…
Does conflict experience affect participatory democracy after war? Evidence from Colombia
Broad political participation is widely accepted as a crucial element of transitions from armed conflict to peace. As such, reforms to increase access to participatory democracy are often written into peace accords. Yet despite this connection between peace and participation in policy, we know relatively little about how the two interact in practice. Who uses participatory institutions? Does civilians' experience during armed conflict affect how …
Consultations and Competing Claims
Conflicts between local communities and their governments over natural resource development are not new in Latin America. When mining and oil companies move in, communities have blocked roads, staged protests, and undertaken other forms of direct action. More recently, however, communities have expanded their tactics, turning toward the state and its participatory institutions to contest claims over their land. This article investigates this tren…
Does conflict experience affect participatory democracy after war? Evidence from Colombia
Broad political participation is widely accepted as a crucial element of transitions from armed conflict to peace. As such, reforms to increase access to participatory democracy are often written into peace accords. Yet despite this connection between peace and participation in policy, we know relatively little about how the two interact in practice. Who uses participatory institutions? Does civilians' experience during armed conflict affect how …
Silent Signaling
How do states adopt international human rights norms when doing so risks provoking domestic political backlash? This article advances a new theory of norm adoption—silent signaling—to explain how governments engage emerging international human rights norms through low-salience, internationally facing venues that minimize domestic political costs. Silent signaling involves symbolic and selective norm adoption designed to appeal to international au…
Formalizing Corporate Counterinsurgency
This article tests claims from the comparative extractive literature by examining how state-company linkages shape civil society mobilization against extractive projects. We focus on convenios de cooperación (CCs)—contracts through which extractive companies finance branches of the Colombian armed forces or judiciary to provide security for company operations. We employ a mixed-methods design. First, we analyze a panel dataset of nearly six hundr…
Citizen journalism (2 works) · Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia (2 works) · CONTEST (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Mining and Resource Management (2 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Affect (linguistics) (1 work)