Margaret J Foster
Biographic Data
| ID | 233751 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret J Foster |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret J |
| FAMILY NAME | Foster |
| SIGNATURE | FOSTER M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Duke University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6418-8394 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Cambridge Handbook on the Economics of Terrorism
Since the turn of the century, few issues have shaped political debate and policy-making more than terrorism. As a result, there has been a huge increase in the amount of academic research devoted to investigating the causes and consequences of terrorism. The Cambridge Handbook on the Economics of Terrorism is the first to present a state-of-the art survey of the economics of terrorism. It adopts a rational-choice perspective according to which t…
The application of the RE-AIM and PRISM framework to process evaluations of diabetes self-management programs
Background: Diabetes self-management programs, often known as DSMPs, are crucial interventions for enhancing clinical and behavioral outcomes in individuals with diabetes. Despite the well-established advantages of these programs, little is known about how they are carried out and maintained in real world environments. This systematic review builds upon a previously published prequel by applying the RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Impleme…
Subject to change
An extensive theoretical and practitioner literature addresses the drivers and consequences of transformation of violent rebel actors during conflicts. However, measurement challenges constrain large-N empirical study of the effects and consequences of such transformations. This Research Note introduces a strategy to identify periods of transformation and change in the operation of non-state armed militant groups via computational text analysis o…
Gig Economy Insurgency
Militant groups delegate operations to contingent, short-term, and freelance agents. Informal and ad-hoc employment patterns have wide-reaching consequences, yet the literature lacks a systematic vocabulary and framework to analyze these practices. Using primary and secondary sources, I introduce a descriptive typology of informal employment patterns in militant groups. This contributes to scholarship and practice by establishing a basis for a sy…
Rhetorical frames
Power comes not only as conventional Compulsory Power but also as Institutional, Structural, or Productive Power. We focus on under-explored Productive Power (the ability to produce and give meaning to social identities and capacities through discursive processes and practices) and the related strategy of rhetorical framing (using particular words or terms to characterise an issue and imply appropriate actions in line with that characterisation).…
Measurement That Matches Theory
Measurement is the weak link between theory and empirical test. Complex concepts such as ideology, identity, and legitimacy are difficult to measure; yet, without measurement that matches theoretical constructs, careful empirical studies may not be testing that which they had intended. Item response theory (IRT) models offer promise by producing transparent and improvable measures of latent factors thought to underlie behavior. Unfortunately, tho…
Building the Evidence Base for the Prevention of Raw Milk-Acquired Brucellosis
Pink Slips from the Underground
Personnel management at the top of terrorist groups presents a puzzle. Commanders act off-message reasonably often, sometimes angering powerful backers. When this happens group leaders typically have the means and incentives to kill the commander. Yet, we often observe group leaders dismissing them instead. This gives those commanders an opportunity to work against the movement by providing aid to the government or starting a competing group. Why…
Diabetes Prevention for African-Americans
Seer and the City
Seers featured prominently in ancient Greek culture, but they rarely appear in colonial discourse from the archaic and classical periods. Margaret Foster exposes the ideological motivations behind this discrepancy and reveals how colonial discourse’s privileging of the colonial city’s founder and his dependence on Delphi, the colonial oracle par excellence, entails a corresponding suppression of the seer. Foster explains why the seer’s authority …
Mobility and Locative Media
Mobility and Locative MediaMobilities has become an important framework to understand and analyze contemporary social, spatial, economic, and political practices.Especially as mobile media become seamlessly integrated into transportation networks, navigating urban spaces, and connecting with social networks while on the move, researchers need new approaches and methods to bring together mobilities with mobile communication and locative media.Mobi…
Mobility and Locative Media
Mobility and Locative MediaMobilities has become an important framework to understand and analyze contemporary social, spatial, economic, and political practices.Especially as mobile media become seamlessly integrated into transportation networks, navigating urban spaces, and connecting with social networks while on the move, researchers need new approaches and methods to bring together mobilities with mobile communication and locative media.Mobi…
Pink Slips from the Underground
Personnel management at the top of terrorist groups presents a puzzle. Commanders act off-message reasonably often, sometimes angering powerful backers. When this happens group leaders typically have the means and incentives to kill the commander. Yet, we often observe group leaders dismissing them instead. This gives those commanders an opportunity to work against the movement by providing aid to the government or starting a competing group. Why…
Mobility and Locative Media
Mobility and Locative MediaMobilities has become an important framework to understand and analyze contemporary social, spatial, economic, and political practices.Especially as mobile media become seamlessly integrated into transportation networks, navigating urban spaces, and connecting with social networks while on the move, researchers need new approaches and methods to bring together mobilities with mobile communication and locative media.Mobi…
Diabetes Prevention for African-Americans
Seer and the City
Seers featured prominently in ancient Greek culture, but they rarely appear in colonial discourse from the archaic and classical periods. Margaret Foster exposes the ideological motivations behind this discrepancy and reveals how colonial discourse’s privileging of the colonial city’s founder and his dependence on Delphi, the colonial oracle par excellence, entails a corresponding suppression of the seer. Foster explains why the seer’s authority …
Pink Slips from the Underground
Personnel management at the top of terrorist groups presents a puzzle. Commanders act off-message reasonably often, sometimes angering powerful backers. When this happens group leaders typically have the means and incentives to kill the commander. Yet, we often observe group leaders dismissing them instead. This gives those commanders an opportunity to work against the movement by providing aid to the government or starting a competing group. Why…
Building the Evidence Base for the Prevention of Raw Milk-Acquired Brucellosis
Gig Economy Insurgency
Militant groups delegate operations to contingent, short-term, and freelance agents. Informal and ad-hoc employment patterns have wide-reaching consequences, yet the literature lacks a systematic vocabulary and framework to analyze these practices. Using primary and secondary sources, I introduce a descriptive typology of informal employment patterns in militant groups. This contributes to scholarship and practice by establishing a basis for a sy…
Rhetorical frames
Power comes not only as conventional Compulsory Power but also as Institutional, Structural, or Productive Power. We focus on under-explored Productive Power (the ability to produce and give meaning to social identities and capacities through discursive processes and practices) and the related strategy of rhetorical framing (using particular words or terms to characterise an issue and imply appropriate actions in line with that characterisation).…
Measurement That Matches Theory
Measurement is the weak link between theory and empirical test. Complex concepts such as ideology, identity, and legitimacy are difficult to measure; yet, without measurement that matches theoretical constructs, careful empirical studies may not be testing that which they had intended. Item response theory (IRT) models offer promise by producing transparent and improvable measures of latent factors thought to underlie behavior. Unfortunately, tho…
The application of the RE-AIM and PRISM framework to process evaluations of diabetes self-management programs
Background: Diabetes self-management programs, often known as DSMPs, are crucial interventions for enhancing clinical and behavioral outcomes in individuals with diabetes. Despite the well-established advantages of these programs, little is known about how they are carried out and maintained in real world environments. This systematic review builds upon a previously published prequel by applying the RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Impleme…
Subject to change
An extensive theoretical and practitioner literature addresses the drivers and consequences of transformation of violent rebel actors during conflicts. However, measurement challenges constrain large-N empirical study of the effects and consequences of such transformations. This Research Note introduces a strategy to identify periods of transformation and change in the operation of non-state armed militant groups via computational text analysis o…
The Cambridge Handbook on the Economics of Terrorism
Since the turn of the century, few issues have shaped political debate and policy-making more than terrorism. As a result, there has been a huge increase in the amount of academic research devoted to investigating the causes and consequences of terrorism. The Cambridge Handbook on the Economics of Terrorism is the first to present a state-of-the art survey of the economics of terrorism. It adopts a rational-choice perspective according to which t…
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