Jeffrey Conroy-Krutz
Biographic Data
| ID | 1535496 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeffrey Conroy-Krutz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeffrey |
| FAMILY NAME | Conroy-Krutz |
| SIGNATURE | CONROY-KRUTZ J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michigan State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8795-3167 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 223 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Colonial Mapmaking, Ethnic Identity, and Traditional Authority in Africa
One common explanation for ethnicized politics and limited national identification in Africa lies with colonial boundaries. Europeans frequently divided ethnic groups as they divvied territory in the nineteenth century; this might have long-run repercussions, as individuals prioritize ties with coethnics in neighboring states rather than with non-coethnic co-nationals. Contra these expectations, we argue that divided groups should have weaker att…
Muzzling the Media? Explaining Popular Support for Media Restrictions in Africa
Preferences for traditional and formal sector justice institutions to address land disputes in rural Mali
Media exposure and political participation in a transitional African context
Individual Autonomy and Local-Level Solidarity in Africa
Loyalty Premiums
Partisan Media and Engagement
How does media exposure affect political engagement in newly liberalized systems? Some celebrate newly vibrant and diverse media, believing that they mobilize citizens. Others worry that these outlets, which are often partisan, dampen engagement. We theorize that exposure to political programming engenders interest in politics irrespective of program bias, but that interest does not necessarily beget action. Partisan media affect participation on…
Partisan Cues and Vote Choice in New Multiparty Systems
There are numerous studies of the effects of partisan cues in established party systems, but almost none on how they affect voting in new party systems. This lacuna might stem from untested assumptions that partisan cues are un-influential where parties lack multigenerational psychological bonds with citizens and long-standing records. Alternatively, we theorize that even in new party systems, voters use partisan cues to assess candidates’ capabi…
Electoral campaigns as learning opportunities
While scholars have studied various aspects of election campaigns, they have not examined their effects on political knowledge in Africa. Since many problems are blamed on information scarcity, campaign-related learning could affect democratic development positively. This article focuses on the case of Uganda, using unique panel data from the 2010–11 campaign. I find that knowledge on office holders, candidates, and institutions increased signifi…
Eyes on the ballot
Moderation from Bias
Partisan media are often blamed for polarization in newly liberalized regimes. However, there is little empirical work on the subject, and information-processing theories suggest that extreme position taking is only one possible response to opinionated news. Rather, we theorize that partisan media may cause moderation in postliberalization settings, because low political sophistication and shifting political landscapes discourage partisan-motivat…
Dynamics of Democratic Satisfaction in Transitional Settings
How do campaigns and elections affect evaluations of democracy in transitional settings? Little research has been conducted on this topic in transitional settings, where citizens’ evaluations of regime performance might be especially fluid and where popular dissatisfaction with democratic institutions could inhibit political development. Furthermore, previous studies’ reliance on cross-sectional data has made it difficult to make valid causal inf…
Authoritarian origins of democratic party systems in Africa
A growing number of scholars have devised classificatory schemes to describe post-Third Wave party systems in Africa. While noting existing cross-country diversity, this literature has tended to characterize the weakness of opposition parties, campaign focuses on valence issues, and the importance (but not absolute dominance) of ethnic considerations. Rachel Riedl's new book is a welcome and consequential contribution to this literature, primaril…
Voting and Democratic Citizenship in Africa
Information and Ethnic Politics in Africa
Political scientists’ explanations for ethnic voting differ. Some have argued that the utility of ethnicity lies partly in the information that demographic cues provide about candidates, particularly in information-poor societies. However, extant research has not tested this proposition directly. This article proposes that, if part of ethnicity's utility is informational, we should expect that voters’ reliance on ethnic cues will decline when cer…
Museveni's Uganda
Journal Article Museveni's Uganda: Paradoxes of Power in a Hybrid Regime by Aili Mari Tripp Get access Museveniʼs Uganda: Paradoxes of Power in a Hybrid Regime by Aili Mari Tripp. Boulder, CO, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2011. 223 pp. Cloth, $59.95; paper, $22.00. Jeffrey Conroy-Krutz Jeffrey Conroy-Krutz Michigan State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 127, Issue…
Museveni and the 2011 Ugandan election
In February 2011, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni resoundingly won re-election. In the aftermath of the vote, which many had predicted would be competitive, analysts and opposition supporters ascribed Museveni's victory to massive pre-election spending on public goods, creation of new administrative districts, and vote buying. While the opposition could not compete with Museveni and his National Resistance Movement in access to resources, our a…
Killing Neighbors
Information and Ethnic Politics in Africa
Political scientists’ explanations for ethnic voting differ. Some have argued that the utility of ethnicity lies partly in the information that demographic cues provide about candidates, particularly in information-poor societies. However, extant research has not tested this proposition directly. This article proposes that, if part of ethnicity's utility is informational, we should expect that voters’ reliance on ethnic cues will decline when cer…
Partisan Cues and Vote Choice in New Multiparty Systems
There are numerous studies of the effects of partisan cues in established party systems, but almost none on how they affect voting in new party systems. This lacuna might stem from untested assumptions that partisan cues are un-influential where parties lack multigenerational psychological bonds with citizens and long-standing records. Alternatively, we theorize that even in new party systems, voters use partisan cues to assess candidates’ capabi…
Moderation from Bias
Partisan media are often blamed for polarization in newly liberalized regimes. However, there is little empirical work on the subject, and information-processing theories suggest that extreme position taking is only one possible response to opinionated news. Rather, we theorize that partisan media may cause moderation in postliberalization settings, because low political sophistication and shifting political landscapes discourage partisan-motivat…
Museveni and the 2011 Ugandan election
In February 2011, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni resoundingly won re-election. In the aftermath of the vote, which many had predicted would be competitive, analysts and opposition supporters ascribed Museveni's victory to massive pre-election spending on public goods, creation of new administrative districts, and vote buying. While the opposition could not compete with Museveni and his National Resistance Movement in access to resources, our a…
Dynamics of Democratic Satisfaction in Transitional Settings
How do campaigns and elections affect evaluations of democracy in transitional settings? Little research has been conducted on this topic in transitional settings, where citizens’ evaluations of regime performance might be especially fluid and where popular dissatisfaction with democratic institutions could inhibit political development. Furthermore, previous studies’ reliance on cross-sectional data has made it difficult to make valid causal inf…
Eyes on the ballot
Media exposure and political participation in a transitional African context
Partisan Media and Engagement
How does media exposure affect political engagement in newly liberalized systems? Some celebrate newly vibrant and diverse media, believing that they mobilize citizens. Others worry that these outlets, which are often partisan, dampen engagement. We theorize that exposure to political programming engenders interest in politics irrespective of program bias, but that interest does not necessarily beget action. Partisan media affect participation on…
Individual Autonomy and Local-Level Solidarity in Africa
Electoral campaigns as learning opportunities
While scholars have studied various aspects of election campaigns, they have not examined their effects on political knowledge in Africa. Since many problems are blamed on information scarcity, campaign-related learning could affect democratic development positively. This article focuses on the case of Uganda, using unique panel data from the 2010–11 campaign. I find that knowledge on office holders, candidates, and institutions increased signifi…
Preferences for traditional and formal sector justice institutions to address land disputes in rural Mali
Loyalty Premiums
Killing Neighbors
Museveni's Uganda
Journal Article Museveni's Uganda: Paradoxes of Power in a Hybrid Regime by Aili Mari Tripp Get access Museveniʼs Uganda: Paradoxes of Power in a Hybrid Regime by Aili Mari Tripp. Boulder, CO, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2011. 223 pp. Cloth, $59.95; paper, $22.00. Jeffrey Conroy-Krutz Jeffrey Conroy-Krutz Michigan State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 127, Issue…
Museveni and the 2011 Ugandan election
In February 2011, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni resoundingly won re-election. In the aftermath of the vote, which many had predicted would be competitive, analysts and opposition supporters ascribed Museveni's victory to massive pre-election spending on public goods, creation of new administrative districts, and vote buying. While the opposition could not compete with Museveni and his National Resistance Movement in access to resources, our a…
Voting and Democratic Citizenship in Africa
Information and Ethnic Politics in Africa
Political scientists’ explanations for ethnic voting differ. Some have argued that the utility of ethnicity lies partly in the information that demographic cues provide about candidates, particularly in information-poor societies. However, extant research has not tested this proposition directly. This article proposes that, if part of ethnicity's utility is informational, we should expect that voters’ reliance on ethnic cues will decline when cer…
Moderation from Bias
Partisan media are often blamed for polarization in newly liberalized regimes. However, there is little empirical work on the subject, and information-processing theories suggest that extreme position taking is only one possible response to opinionated news. Rather, we theorize that partisan media may cause moderation in postliberalization settings, because low political sophistication and shifting political landscapes discourage partisan-motivat…
Dynamics of Democratic Satisfaction in Transitional Settings
How do campaigns and elections affect evaluations of democracy in transitional settings? Little research has been conducted on this topic in transitional settings, where citizens’ evaluations of regime performance might be especially fluid and where popular dissatisfaction with democratic institutions could inhibit political development. Furthermore, previous studies’ reliance on cross-sectional data has made it difficult to make valid causal inf…
Authoritarian origins of democratic party systems in Africa
A growing number of scholars have devised classificatory schemes to describe post-Third Wave party systems in Africa. While noting existing cross-country diversity, this literature has tended to characterize the weakness of opposition parties, campaign focuses on valence issues, and the importance (but not absolute dominance) of ethnic considerations. Rachel Riedl's new book is a welcome and consequential contribution to this literature, primaril…
Partisan Media and Engagement
How does media exposure affect political engagement in newly liberalized systems? Some celebrate newly vibrant and diverse media, believing that they mobilize citizens. Others worry that these outlets, which are often partisan, dampen engagement. We theorize that exposure to political programming engenders interest in politics irrespective of program bias, but that interest does not necessarily beget action. Partisan media affect participation on…
Partisan Cues and Vote Choice in New Multiparty Systems
There are numerous studies of the effects of partisan cues in established party systems, but almost none on how they affect voting in new party systems. This lacuna might stem from untested assumptions that partisan cues are un-influential where parties lack multigenerational psychological bonds with citizens and long-standing records. Alternatively, we theorize that even in new party systems, voters use partisan cues to assess candidates’ capabi…
Electoral campaigns as learning opportunities
While scholars have studied various aspects of election campaigns, they have not examined their effects on political knowledge in Africa. Since many problems are blamed on information scarcity, campaign-related learning could affect democratic development positively. This article focuses on the case of Uganda, using unique panel data from the 2010–11 campaign. I find that knowledge on office holders, candidates, and institutions increased signifi…
Eyes on the ballot
Loyalty Premiums
Media exposure and political participation in a transitional African context
Individual Autonomy and Local-Level Solidarity in Africa
Preferences for traditional and formal sector justice institutions to address land disputes in rural Mali
Muzzling the Media? Explaining Popular Support for Media Restrictions in Africa
Colonial Mapmaking, Ethnic Identity, and Traditional Authority in Africa
One common explanation for ethnicized politics and limited national identification in Africa lies with colonial boundaries. Europeans frequently divided ethnic groups as they divvied territory in the nineteenth century; this might have long-run repercussions, as individuals prioritize ties with coethnics in neighboring states rather than with non-coethnic co-nationals. Contra these expectations, we argue that divided groups should have weaker att…
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