Stacey Philbrick Yadav
Biographic Data
| ID | 1494070 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stacey Philbrick Yadav |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stacey Philbrick |
| FAMILY NAME | Yadav |
| SIGNATURE | YADAV S P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hobart and William Smith Colleges |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Freedom around the Edges: The Coproduction of Knowledge and Risk in Yemen
This article explores internal and external forces shaping the coproduction of knowledge and risk in Yemen, particularly under current conditions of conflict. It documents the targeting of public and independent research institutions by conflict actors. Significant research on Yemen is currently produced outside of the academy. We must consider the broader intellectual freedom of those who currently conduct research without access to the advocacy…
Effective Citizenship, Civil Action, and Prospects for Post-Conflict Justice in Yemen
A woman takes on work repairing cell phones in a small town in the southern governorate of Lahj. In Aden, an ‘aqīla (neighborhood representative) refuses to authorize the marriage of an underage girl. In a rural village outside of Sana'a, women petition the shaykh for permission to build a community center in which they can market home crafts to other women. Young women and men in Ibb and in Hadramawt work as volunteer teachers and coordinate wit…
Fragmentation, Disintegration, and Resurgence: Assessing the Islamist Field in Yemen
The well-developed literature on Islamist politics has tended to focus on partisan and welfare institutions within the context of existing states. Civil war raises important questions about whether and how the relevance of such institutions changes when the state itself fragments. This article seeks to understand Islamism in Yemen as a kind of post-organizational political field. At a theoretical scale, Yemen’s civil war and the transformation of…
(Re)Constituting Community: Takfir and Institutional Design in Tunisia and Yemen
As a speech act, takfir—the allegation of a Muslim’s apostasy—may insinuate violence in a way that can delimit the boundaries of political, as well as religious, community. Yet the use of takfir also incurs costs in plural political environments. Those who engage in it do not always see the dividends they may imagine. This article compares public acts of takfir at critical moments in Tunisia and Yemen to argue that the weight of this particular i…
Ethnography Is an Option
Reflecting on her own uneven experience carrying out fieldwork in Yemen, Stacey Philbrick Yadav highlights the advantages of ethnography and interpretative methods when working in settings or on questions related to meaning-making. The chapter argues that the tools of ethnographic research can help to reframe what positivists might regard as mistakes into opportunities for learning and reassessment.
The “Yemen Model” as a Failure of Political Imagination
In The Idea of Justice , Amartya Sen offers an interpretation of the biblical Good Samaritan according to which the Samaritan stops not because he recognizes the need of his neighbor, but because through the act of stopping he enters into a neighborly relation. Practice similarly helped to constitute neighborly relations for Yemeni activists who forged new solidarities through their experiences during the eleven-month uprising of 2011 and its aft…
Islamists and the State: Legitimacy and Institutions in Yemen and Lebanon
In the wake of the uprisings throughout the Middle East in late 2010 and early 2011, the role of Islamist parties in the political process has taken on a new importance. But counter to the commonly held belief in the West that Islamist groups aim to challenge the authority of the state itself, both Islah of Yemen and Hizbollah in Lebanon are political organisations, with aspirations to work with and through state structures. In this book, Stacey …
The dawn of the Arab uprisings: End of an old order
Antecedents of the Revolution: Intersectoral Networks and Post‐Partisanship in Y emen
Segmented Publics and Islamist Women in Yemen
The gradual but marked Islamization of the public in Yemen since unification in 1990 is often treated as a dynamic that marginalizes women and limits their opportunities for political activism. By retheorizing the spatial features of public activism, however, this article demonstrates that this Islamization has been brought about in part through the activism of women themselves, conducted in ways that are spatially private but substantively publi…
Understanding “What Islamists Want: ” Public Debate and Contestation in Lebanon and Yemen
For policy makers and scholars to understand the objectives that Islamist activists hold and the policies that they are likely to pursue, they must first understand who Islamists are and what they do. This article puts forth a definition of Islamism that focuses on discursive and institutional change as central Islamist ends, using episodes of Islamist activism in Lebanon and Yemen to illustrate important variation in the pursuit of these goals. …
Disappointments and New Directions: Women, Partisanship, and the Regime in Yemen
Young women activists in Yemen today often express a profound disappointment over the process of partisan competition, even as they continue to show a commitment to public service and civic engagement. This undoubtedly stems from nearly two decades of slowly receding rights, as the logic of multiparty competition has led political parties across the political spectrum to articulate an increasingly narrow set of views regarding the public roles of…
Understanding “What Islamists Want: ” Public Debate and Contestation in Lebanon and Yemen
For policy makers and scholars to understand the objectives that Islamist activists hold and the policies that they are likely to pursue, they must first understand who Islamists are and what they do. This article puts forth a definition of Islamism that focuses on discursive and institutional change as central Islamist ends, using episodes of Islamist activism in Lebanon and Yemen to illustrate important variation in the pursuit of these goals. …
Fragmentation, Disintegration, and Resurgence: Assessing the Islamist Field in Yemen
The well-developed literature on Islamist politics has tended to focus on partisan and welfare institutions within the context of existing states. Civil war raises important questions about whether and how the relevance of such institutions changes when the state itself fragments. This article seeks to understand Islamism in Yemen as a kind of post-organizational political field. At a theoretical scale, Yemen’s civil war and the transformation of…
Segmented Publics and Islamist Women in Yemen
The gradual but marked Islamization of the public in Yemen since unification in 1990 is often treated as a dynamic that marginalizes women and limits their opportunities for political activism. By retheorizing the spatial features of public activism, however, this article demonstrates that this Islamization has been brought about in part through the activism of women themselves, conducted in ways that are spatially private but substantively publi…
The “Yemen Model” as a Failure of Political Imagination
In The Idea of Justice , Amartya Sen offers an interpretation of the biblical Good Samaritan according to which the Samaritan stops not because he recognizes the need of his neighbor, but because through the act of stopping he enters into a neighborly relation. Practice similarly helped to constitute neighborly relations for Yemeni activists who forged new solidarities through their experiences during the eleven-month uprising of 2011 and its aft…
Disappointments and New Directions: Women, Partisanship, and the Regime in Yemen
Young women activists in Yemen today often express a profound disappointment over the process of partisan competition, even as they continue to show a commitment to public service and civic engagement. This undoubtedly stems from nearly two decades of slowly receding rights, as the logic of multiparty competition has led political parties across the political spectrum to articulate an increasingly narrow set of views regarding the public roles of…
Effective Citizenship, Civil Action, and Prospects for Post-Conflict Justice in Yemen
A woman takes on work repairing cell phones in a small town in the southern governorate of Lahj. In Aden, an ‘aqīla (neighborhood representative) refuses to authorize the marriage of an underage girl. In a rural village outside of Sana'a, women petition the shaykh for permission to build a community center in which they can market home crafts to other women. Young women and men in Ibb and in Hadramawt work as volunteer teachers and coordinate wit…
(Re)Constituting Community: Takfir and Institutional Design in Tunisia and Yemen
As a speech act, takfir—the allegation of a Muslim’s apostasy—may insinuate violence in a way that can delimit the boundaries of political, as well as religious, community. Yet the use of takfir also incurs costs in plural political environments. Those who engage in it do not always see the dividends they may imagine. This article compares public acts of takfir at critical moments in Tunisia and Yemen to argue that the weight of this particular i…
Antecedents of the Revolution: Intersectoral Networks and Post‐Partisanship in Y emen
Segmented Publics and Islamist Women in Yemen
The gradual but marked Islamization of the public in Yemen since unification in 1990 is often treated as a dynamic that marginalizes women and limits their opportunities for political activism. By retheorizing the spatial features of public activism, however, this article demonstrates that this Islamization has been brought about in part through the activism of women themselves, conducted in ways that are spatially private but substantively publi…
Understanding “What Islamists Want: ” Public Debate and Contestation in Lebanon and Yemen
For policy makers and scholars to understand the objectives that Islamist activists hold and the policies that they are likely to pursue, they must first understand who Islamists are and what they do. This article puts forth a definition of Islamism that focuses on discursive and institutional change as central Islamist ends, using episodes of Islamist activism in Lebanon and Yemen to illustrate important variation in the pursuit of these goals. …
Disappointments and New Directions: Women, Partisanship, and the Regime in Yemen
Young women activists in Yemen today often express a profound disappointment over the process of partisan competition, even as they continue to show a commitment to public service and civic engagement. This undoubtedly stems from nearly two decades of slowly receding rights, as the logic of multiparty competition has led political parties across the political spectrum to articulate an increasingly narrow set of views regarding the public roles of…
Antecedents of the Revolution: Intersectoral Networks and Post‐Partisanship in Y emen
The dawn of the Arab uprisings: End of an old order
Islamists and the State: Legitimacy and Institutions in Yemen and Lebanon
In the wake of the uprisings throughout the Middle East in late 2010 and early 2011, the role of Islamist parties in the political process has taken on a new importance. But counter to the commonly held belief in the West that Islamist groups aim to challenge the authority of the state itself, both Islah of Yemen and Hizbollah in Lebanon are political organisations, with aspirations to work with and through state structures. In this book, Stacey …
The “Yemen Model” as a Failure of Political Imagination
In The Idea of Justice , Amartya Sen offers an interpretation of the biblical Good Samaritan according to which the Samaritan stops not because he recognizes the need of his neighbor, but because through the act of stopping he enters into a neighborly relation. Practice similarly helped to constitute neighborly relations for Yemeni activists who forged new solidarities through their experiences during the eleven-month uprising of 2011 and its aft…
Ethnography Is an Option
Reflecting on her own uneven experience carrying out fieldwork in Yemen, Stacey Philbrick Yadav highlights the advantages of ethnography and interpretative methods when working in settings or on questions related to meaning-making. The chapter argues that the tools of ethnographic research can help to reframe what positivists might regard as mistakes into opportunities for learning and reassessment.
Effective Citizenship, Civil Action, and Prospects for Post-Conflict Justice in Yemen
A woman takes on work repairing cell phones in a small town in the southern governorate of Lahj. In Aden, an ‘aqīla (neighborhood representative) refuses to authorize the marriage of an underage girl. In a rural village outside of Sana'a, women petition the shaykh for permission to build a community center in which they can market home crafts to other women. Young women and men in Ibb and in Hadramawt work as volunteer teachers and coordinate wit…
Fragmentation, Disintegration, and Resurgence: Assessing the Islamist Field in Yemen
The well-developed literature on Islamist politics has tended to focus on partisan and welfare institutions within the context of existing states. Civil war raises important questions about whether and how the relevance of such institutions changes when the state itself fragments. This article seeks to understand Islamism in Yemen as a kind of post-organizational political field. At a theoretical scale, Yemen’s civil war and the transformation of…
(Re)Constituting Community: Takfir and Institutional Design in Tunisia and Yemen
As a speech act, takfir—the allegation of a Muslim’s apostasy—may insinuate violence in a way that can delimit the boundaries of political, as well as religious, community. Yet the use of takfir also incurs costs in plural political environments. Those who engage in it do not always see the dividends they may imagine. This article compares public acts of takfir at critical moments in Tunisia and Yemen to argue that the weight of this particular i…
Freedom around the Edges: The Coproduction of Knowledge and Risk in Yemen
This article explores internal and external forces shaping the coproduction of knowledge and risk in Yemen, particularly under current conditions of conflict. It documents the targeting of public and independent research institutions by conflict actors. Significant research on Yemen is currently produced outside of the academy. We must consider the broader intellectual freedom of those who currently conduct research without access to the advocacy…
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Law (8 works) · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (8 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Middle East Politics and Society (4 works) · African history and culture analysis (3 works)