Kirstie Lynn Dobbs
Biographic Data
| ID | 1449037 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kirstie Lynn Dobbs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kirstie Lynn |
| FAMILY NAME | Dobbs |
| SIGNATURE | DOBBS K L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Merrimack College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9389-9104 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Political parties: Bridging divides between youth and political institutions
As a reaction to the COVID- 19 pandemic and the wave of global social justice protests in 2020, Generation Z (born 1997–2012)0 F feels an intensified obligation to get involved in politics, resulting in unprecedented youth activism. Gen Z is more politically active than previous generations of youth, partly due to this generation’s emergence as “digital natives.” An underlying theme motivating Gen Z activism is their affinity for addressing socia…
Pressure on people and people on streets: Social pressures to vote in Tunisia’s new democracy
Fact or Fluff? The Impact of Youth Quotas on the Electoral Behaviour and Attitudes of Young People
Globally, youth quotas have become increasingly popular, yet, we know little about the impacts of quotas on young people's behaviour and attitudes. This study runs a series of multilevel regressions predicting attitudes and behaviour, across 35 countries in Africa that have and have not adopted youth quotas. Results show youth quotas do not improve youth voter participation and are circumscribed in their ability to positively impact attitudes. Th…
Skin Color and System Support in Latin America
Is darker skin pigmentation associated with less favorable social and political outcomes in Latin America? We leverage data from 18 Latin American countries across multiple survey waves to demonstrate the robust and potent negative relationship between the darkness of skin tone and socio-economic status. Then we examine the relationship between skin color and attitudes toward the political system. In spite of our substantial sample size, we find …
Active on the street but apathetic at the ballot box? Explaining youth voter behaviour in Tunisia’s new democracy
Tunisia is a unique context where youth-led protests in 2011 led to a successful democratic transition followed by elections where voters experienced democracy for the very first time. Despite young people’s involvement in the revolutionary protests, youth participation at the ballot box remained low. This article uses the case of Tunisia to exemplify the intriguing and often contradictory elements of youth voter abstention by testing an array of…
The Praxis of Partnership in Civically Engaged Research
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Introduction to the Symposium: Civically Engaged Research and Political Science
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Do democratic revolutions ‘activate’ participants? The case of Tunisia
The democratic transition in Tunisia and free and fair elections that followed offer a unique opportunity to assess whether the experience of participating in successful political efforts translates into subsequent political participation. We consider whether participation in a democratic revolution is associated with greater rates of participation in nascent ‘normal’ democratic processes. Leveraging data from two surveys fielded in the wake of t…
Youth quotas and “Jurassic Park” politicians: Age as a heuristic for vote choice in Tunisia’s new democracy
Countries that undergo a democratic transition often adopt youth quotas to ensure stability and legitimacy in the eyes of a potentially rebellious youth cohort. Tunisia followed this trend by instating a youth quota after undergoing a youth-led democratic revolution in 2011. This subsequently led to youth representing 52% of the candidates (aged 18–35) in the 2018 municipal elections. However, it has yet to be tested whether a candidate's age mat…
Evolving role of North African civil society actors in the foreign policymaking process: Youth, Women's, Labour and Human Rights Organisations
This article examines the evolving foreign policy roles of four sets of civil society actors – youth, women's, labour and human rights groups – in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia during the Arab Spring and beyond. Our findings demonstrate that civil society groups initially flourished in the Arab Spring, with the region's average 'civil society rights score' registering positive increases in 2011 and 2012. The period of 2013 to 2018 wi…
Revolutionary diplomats? Introduction to the study of North African foreign policies within the context of the Arab Spring
This article explores the concept of 'revolutionary diplomats' that is central to this guest-edited issue of The Journal of North African Studies. Specifically, we explore whether the political openings associated with the Arab Spring beginning in January 2011 have permitted the emergence and/or re-emergence of state and non-state actors that are capable of challenging the foreign policy supremacy of authoritarian presidents, and therefore playin…
Youth quotas and “Jurassic Park” politicians: Age as a heuristic for vote choice in Tunisia’s new democracy
Countries that undergo a democratic transition often adopt youth quotas to ensure stability and legitimacy in the eyes of a potentially rebellious youth cohort. Tunisia followed this trend by instating a youth quota after undergoing a youth-led democratic revolution in 2011. This subsequently led to youth representing 52% of the candidates (aged 18–35) in the 2018 municipal elections. However, it has yet to be tested whether a candidate's age mat…
The Praxis of Partnership in Civically Engaged Research
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Fact or Fluff? The Impact of Youth Quotas on the Electoral Behaviour and Attitudes of Young People
Globally, youth quotas have become increasingly popular, yet, we know little about the impacts of quotas on young people's behaviour and attitudes. This study runs a series of multilevel regressions predicting attitudes and behaviour, across 35 countries in Africa that have and have not adopted youth quotas. Results show youth quotas do not improve youth voter participation and are circumscribed in their ability to positively impact attitudes. Th…
Revolutionary diplomats? Introduction to the study of North African foreign policies within the context of the Arab Spring
This article explores the concept of 'revolutionary diplomats' that is central to this guest-edited issue of The Journal of North African Studies. Specifically, we explore whether the political openings associated with the Arab Spring beginning in January 2011 have permitted the emergence and/or re-emergence of state and non-state actors that are capable of challenging the foreign policy supremacy of authoritarian presidents, and therefore playin…
Evolving role of North African civil society actors in the foreign policymaking process: Youth, Women's, Labour and Human Rights Organisations
This article examines the evolving foreign policy roles of four sets of civil society actors – youth, women's, labour and human rights groups – in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia during the Arab Spring and beyond. Our findings demonstrate that civil society groups initially flourished in the Arab Spring, with the region's average 'civil society rights score' registering positive increases in 2011 and 2012. The period of 2013 to 2018 wi…
Active on the street but apathetic at the ballot box? Explaining youth voter behaviour in Tunisia’s new democracy
Tunisia is a unique context where youth-led protests in 2011 led to a successful democratic transition followed by elections where voters experienced democracy for the very first time. Despite young people’s involvement in the revolutionary protests, youth participation at the ballot box remained low. This article uses the case of Tunisia to exemplify the intriguing and often contradictory elements of youth voter abstention by testing an array of…
Introduction to the Symposium: Civically Engaged Research and Political Science
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Evolving role of North African civil society actors in the foreign policymaking process: Youth, Women's, Labour and Human Rights Organisations
This article examines the evolving foreign policy roles of four sets of civil society actors – youth, women's, labour and human rights groups – in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia during the Arab Spring and beyond. Our findings demonstrate that civil society groups initially flourished in the Arab Spring, with the region's average 'civil society rights score' registering positive increases in 2011 and 2012. The period of 2013 to 2018 wi…
Revolutionary diplomats? Introduction to the study of North African foreign policies within the context of the Arab Spring
This article explores the concept of 'revolutionary diplomats' that is central to this guest-edited issue of The Journal of North African Studies. Specifically, we explore whether the political openings associated with the Arab Spring beginning in January 2011 have permitted the emergence and/or re-emergence of state and non-state actors that are capable of challenging the foreign policy supremacy of authoritarian presidents, and therefore playin…
Do democratic revolutions ‘activate’ participants? The case of Tunisia
The democratic transition in Tunisia and free and fair elections that followed offer a unique opportunity to assess whether the experience of participating in successful political efforts translates into subsequent political participation. We consider whether participation in a democratic revolution is associated with greater rates of participation in nascent ‘normal’ democratic processes. Leveraging data from two surveys fielded in the wake of t…
Youth quotas and “Jurassic Park” politicians: Age as a heuristic for vote choice in Tunisia’s new democracy
Countries that undergo a democratic transition often adopt youth quotas to ensure stability and legitimacy in the eyes of a potentially rebellious youth cohort. Tunisia followed this trend by instating a youth quota after undergoing a youth-led democratic revolution in 2011. This subsequently led to youth representing 52% of the candidates (aged 18–35) in the 2018 municipal elections. However, it has yet to be tested whether a candidate's age mat…
Skin Color and System Support in Latin America
Is darker skin pigmentation associated with less favorable social and political outcomes in Latin America? We leverage data from 18 Latin American countries across multiple survey waves to demonstrate the robust and potent negative relationship between the darkness of skin tone and socio-economic status. Then we examine the relationship between skin color and attitudes toward the political system. In spite of our substantial sample size, we find …
Active on the street but apathetic at the ballot box? Explaining youth voter behaviour in Tunisia’s new democracy
Tunisia is a unique context where youth-led protests in 2011 led to a successful democratic transition followed by elections where voters experienced democracy for the very first time. Despite young people’s involvement in the revolutionary protests, youth participation at the ballot box remained low. This article uses the case of Tunisia to exemplify the intriguing and often contradictory elements of youth voter abstention by testing an array of…
The Praxis of Partnership in Civically Engaged Research
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Introduction to the Symposium: Civically Engaged Research and Political Science
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Fact or Fluff? The Impact of Youth Quotas on the Electoral Behaviour and Attitudes of Young People
Globally, youth quotas have become increasingly popular, yet, we know little about the impacts of quotas on young people's behaviour and attitudes. This study runs a series of multilevel regressions predicting attitudes and behaviour, across 35 countries in Africa that have and have not adopted youth quotas. Results show youth quotas do not improve youth voter participation and are circumscribed in their ability to positively impact attitudes. Th…
Pressure on people and people on streets: Social pressures to vote in Tunisia’s new democracy
Political parties: Bridging divides between youth and political institutions
As a reaction to the COVID- 19 pandemic and the wave of global social justice protests in 2020, Generation Z (born 1997–2012)0 F feels an intensified obligation to get involved in politics, resulting in unprecedented youth activism. Gen Z is more politically active than previous generations of youth, partly due to this generation’s emergence as “digital natives.” An underlying theme motivating Gen Z activism is their affinity for addressing socia…
Political science (10 works) · Politics (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Democracy (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Voting (4 works) · Development economics (3 works)