Lindsay P Cohn
Biographic Data
| ID | 249754 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lindsay P Cohn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lindsay P |
| FAMILY NAME | Cohn |
| SIGNATURE | COHN L P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, USA, |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7815-1608 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
On the Deployment of Federal Troops in American Cities
Unprecedented federalization of National Guard units and domestic troop deployments into major American cities bypass traditional statutory frameworks like the Insurrection Act, sparking critical legal resistance from state governors. These actions erode democratic governance by weaponizing the military for partisan domestic agendas, undermining constitutional state sovereignty, and straining the boundaries of lawful command structures.
I'm from the Government, and I'm Here to Help
Under what conditions does the US public support the domestic use of different institutions of coercive state power? We theorize how the type of situation, the type of actor, the mission, and the type of intervention influence public support for such missions. We use a preregistered conjoint survey experiment to test our hypotheses and find that participants (i) are less supportive of interventions in response to protests than to natural disaster…
Citizens to Soldiers
Policymakers have long assumed, and scholars have long argued, that how a government raises military manpower affects public support for military action through two obvious mechanisms: the likelihood any given individual will be personally affected by the conflict, and the expected aggregate cost of the conflict. Increased costs are thought to cause the public to be more critical of the use of military force. But do they? We gain leverage on this…
Markets and Manpower
Economic studies of military manpower systems emphasize the advantages of voluntarism under all but the most total threats, but this explains neither the persistence of institutionalized conscription in many states nor the timing of shifts from such conscription systems to volunteer militaries. Traditional explanations focus on external threat levels, but this has also proven unsatisfying. We theorize that threat variables establish the state's b…
Drones and Targeted Killing
Relations between uniformed and contractor personnel in complex operations
Contemporary operations require the US military to work with enormous numbers of private contractors. The official reasoning for this is that private contractors are more cost-effective than military personnel, as contractors can be hired and paid for specific jobs, while military personnel must be maintained year-round at a high cost. On the other hand, many service-members bring back stories of contractor failure or misconduct. Is it in fact mo…
It Wasn't in My Contract
An increase in the use of private military and security contractors over the last two decades has sparked a debate over whether their employment enhances or detracts from government control of its security agents. Although there is a rich literature on civilian control of military agents, there is still disagreement on the operationalization of control, and there has been little attempt to apply these theories to private actors. This article cont…
Armées-société
Markets and Manpower
Economic studies of military manpower systems emphasize the advantages of voluntarism under all but the most total threats, but this explains neither the persistence of institutionalized conscription in many states nor the timing of shifts from such conscription systems to volunteer militaries. Traditional explanations focus on external threat levels, but this has also proven unsatisfying. We theorize that threat variables establish the state's b…
I'm from the Government, and I'm Here to Help
Under what conditions does the US public support the domestic use of different institutions of coercive state power? We theorize how the type of situation, the type of actor, the mission, and the type of intervention influence public support for such missions. We use a preregistered conjoint survey experiment to test our hypotheses and find that participants (i) are less supportive of interventions in response to protests than to natural disaster…
It Wasn't in My Contract
An increase in the use of private military and security contractors over the last two decades has sparked a debate over whether their employment enhances or detracts from government control of its security agents. Although there is a rich literature on civilian control of military agents, there is still disagreement on the operationalization of control, and there has been little attempt to apply these theories to private actors. This article cont…
Citizens to Soldiers
Policymakers have long assumed, and scholars have long argued, that how a government raises military manpower affects public support for military action through two obvious mechanisms: the likelihood any given individual will be personally affected by the conflict, and the expected aggregate cost of the conflict. Increased costs are thought to cause the public to be more critical of the use of military force. But do they? We gain leverage on this…
Armées-société
It Wasn't in My Contract
An increase in the use of private military and security contractors over the last two decades has sparked a debate over whether their employment enhances or detracts from government control of its security agents. Although there is a rich literature on civilian control of military agents, there is still disagreement on the operationalization of control, and there has been little attempt to apply these theories to private actors. This article cont…
Relations between uniformed and contractor personnel in complex operations
Contemporary operations require the US military to work with enormous numbers of private contractors. The official reasoning for this is that private contractors are more cost-effective than military personnel, as contractors can be hired and paid for specific jobs, while military personnel must be maintained year-round at a high cost. On the other hand, many service-members bring back stories of contractor failure or misconduct. Is it in fact mo…
Drones and Targeted Killing
Markets and Manpower
Economic studies of military manpower systems emphasize the advantages of voluntarism under all but the most total threats, but this explains neither the persistence of institutionalized conscription in many states nor the timing of shifts from such conscription systems to volunteer militaries. Traditional explanations focus on external threat levels, but this has also proven unsatisfying. We theorize that threat variables establish the state's b…
Citizens to Soldiers
Policymakers have long assumed, and scholars have long argued, that how a government raises military manpower affects public support for military action through two obvious mechanisms: the likelihood any given individual will be personally affected by the conflict, and the expected aggregate cost of the conflict. Increased costs are thought to cause the public to be more critical of the use of military force. But do they? We gain leverage on this…
I'm from the Government, and I'm Here to Help
Under what conditions does the US public support the domestic use of different institutions of coercive state power? We theorize how the type of situation, the type of actor, the mission, and the type of intervention influence public support for such missions. We use a preregistered conjoint survey experiment to test our hypotheses and find that participants (i) are less supportive of interventions in response to protests than to natural disaster…
On the Deployment of Federal Troops in American Cities
Unprecedented federalization of National Guard units and domestic troop deployments into major American cities bypass traditional statutory frameworks like the Insurrection Act, sparking critical legal resistance from state governors. These actions erode democratic governance by weaponizing the military for partisan domestic agendas, undermining constitutional state sovereignty, and straining the boundaries of lawful command structures.
Political science (6 works) · Business (4 works) · Military and Defense Studies (4 works) · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Government (linguistics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works)