R A Schwartz
Biographic Data
| ID | 244594 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R A Schwartz |
| GIVEN NAMES | R A |
| FAMILY NAME | Schwartz |
| SIGNATURE | SCHWARTZ R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Otterbein University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6188-4183 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Embracing the Crisis of Research Design: How the Collapse of Case Selection in the Field Can Uncover New Discoveries
Political science has seen a welcome increase in guidance on conducting field research, which recognizes the need for adaptability. But while disciplinary conversations on “iterating” in the field have advanced, strategies for adapting to the breakdown of one’s case selection—an all-too-frequent problem faced by field researchers—remain underspecified. I synthesize the sources of case selection collapse and puts forward four strategies to help sc…
When Counterinsurgent Institutions Persist: Unpacking Local Wartime Legacies
Rewriting the rules of land reform: Counterinsurgency and the property rights gap in wartime Nicaragua
The use of agrarian reform within civil war to diminish insurgent support and violence has been a key topic within conflict scholarship, particularly in rural societies. Yet, this research has largely overlooked the ways in which the dynamics of counterinsurgency itself shapes land reform institutions – the procedures governing redistribution and legalization. Focusing on Nicaragua’s Contra War (1980–1990) and its longer-term effects, this articl…
How Predatory Informal Rules Outlast State Reform: Evidence from Postauthoritarian Guatemala
The coexistence of predatory informal rules alongside formal democratic institutions is a defining, if pernicious, feature of Latin America's political landscape. How do such rules remain so resilient in the face of bureaucratic reforms? This article explicates the mechanisms underlying the persistence of such rules and challenges conventional explanations through process-tracing analysis in one arena: Guatemala's customs administration. During G…
Civil War, Institutional Change, and the Criminalization of the State: Evidence from Guatemala
Retail relations: An interlocking directorate analysis of food retailing corporations in the United States
The social effects of legal abortion
The social effects of legal abortion. R A SchwartzCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.62.10.1331 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Retail relations: An interlocking directorate analysis of food retailing corporations in the United States
How Predatory Informal Rules Outlast State Reform: Evidence from Postauthoritarian Guatemala
The coexistence of predatory informal rules alongside formal democratic institutions is a defining, if pernicious, feature of Latin America's political landscape. How do such rules remain so resilient in the face of bureaucratic reforms? This article explicates the mechanisms underlying the persistence of such rules and challenges conventional explanations through process-tracing analysis in one arena: Guatemala's customs administration. During G…
Civil War, Institutional Change, and the Criminalization of the State: Evidence from Guatemala
Rewriting the rules of land reform: Counterinsurgency and the property rights gap in wartime Nicaragua
The use of agrarian reform within civil war to diminish insurgent support and violence has been a key topic within conflict scholarship, particularly in rural societies. Yet, this research has largely overlooked the ways in which the dynamics of counterinsurgency itself shapes land reform institutions – the procedures governing redistribution and legalization. Focusing on Nicaragua’s Contra War (1980–1990) and its longer-term effects, this articl…
The social effects of legal abortion
The social effects of legal abortion. R A SchwartzCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.62.10.1331 Published Online: October 07, 2011
The social effects of legal abortion
The social effects of legal abortion. R A SchwartzCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.62.10.1331 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Retail relations: An interlocking directorate analysis of food retailing corporations in the United States
Civil War, Institutional Change, and the Criminalization of the State: Evidence from Guatemala
How Predatory Informal Rules Outlast State Reform: Evidence from Postauthoritarian Guatemala
The coexistence of predatory informal rules alongside formal democratic institutions is a defining, if pernicious, feature of Latin America's political landscape. How do such rules remain so resilient in the face of bureaucratic reforms? This article explicates the mechanisms underlying the persistence of such rules and challenges conventional explanations through process-tracing analysis in one arena: Guatemala's customs administration. During G…
Rewriting the rules of land reform: Counterinsurgency and the property rights gap in wartime Nicaragua
The use of agrarian reform within civil war to diminish insurgent support and violence has been a key topic within conflict scholarship, particularly in rural societies. Yet, this research has largely overlooked the ways in which the dynamics of counterinsurgency itself shapes land reform institutions – the procedures governing redistribution and legalization. Focusing on Nicaragua’s Contra War (1980–1990) and its longer-term effects, this articl…
Embracing the Crisis of Research Design: How the Collapse of Case Selection in the Field Can Uncover New Discoveries
Political science has seen a welcome increase in guidance on conducting field research, which recognizes the need for adaptability. But while disciplinary conversations on “iterating” in the field have advanced, strategies for adapting to the breakdown of one’s case selection—an all-too-frequent problem faced by field researchers—remain underspecified. I synthesize the sources of case selection collapse and puts forward four strategies to help sc…
When Counterinsurgent Institutions Persist: Unpacking Local Wartime Legacies
Political science (5 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (2 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Politics and Society in Latin America (2 works)