Anaïd Flesken
Biographic Data
| ID | 299322 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anaïd Flesken |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anaïd |
| FAMILY NAME | Flesken |
| SIGNATURE | FLESKEN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bristol |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4860-6493 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Personal agency among students from low socio-economic backgrounds
Personal academic agency—the thoughts, actions, and emotions that impact individual functioning at school—is central for academic success. On average, students from low socio-economic status (low-SES) backgrounds report lower levels of personal academic agency than their more advantaged peers, but there are also many who achieve academic success. Identifying different personal academic agency profiles among students from low-SES backgrounds may a…
Academic buoyancy in high school
Growth goal setting in high school
Investigating the drivers of higher education expectations among students from low and high socio-economic backgrounds in Australia
Ethnicity, inequality, and perceived electoral fairness
Local Politics and the Resource Curse
Studies of public contentious action in response to mineral resource extraction have rarely employed quantitative methods. In a highly disaggregated statistical analysis we examine local protest dynamics in Bolivia and argue for a political conditioning of the so-called resource curse. We find that mineral gas resources spark disputes over both extraction and rent redistribution at the local level, and that this relationship is especially pronoun…
Political rhetoric and attitudes toward nationhood
Research on the relationship between nationhood and individual attitudes prominently focuses on whether – and how – the distinction between ethnic and civic conceptions may be drawn in mass public opinion. We depart from this literature to explain the effects of party rhetoric on shaping more restrictive conceptions of nationhood, which previous research refers to as “ethnic,” “objective,” or “ascriptive” views on nationhood. We do so in three pa…
Identity change in a context of intergroup threat
The consequences of marginalized ethnic group emancipation for historically privileged groups are rarely examined, despite assertions that the disruption of traditional power balances leads to backlash. This article addresses identity change in a ‘most probable case’ of intergroup threat, examining reactions to indigenous empowerment in Bolivia. After translating theory on identity change into testable implications, it explores meso-level rhetori…
Party Support, Values, and Perceptions of Electoral Integrity
The legitimacy of the electoral process is crucial for the consolidation of democracy. We here focus on individual perceptions of electoral integrity (IPEI) and seek to understand what factors can explain different degrees of IPEI. In particular, we use the sixth wave of the World Values Survey (2010–14) to examine how antiauthoritarian values affect individuals' directional bias, driven by political party support, in evaluating electoral integri…
Why ethnic parties form
Research on the effects of ethnic politics abounds, but much less attention has been paid to where and why ethnic parties form. This article tests the explanatory power of rational‐choice and social‐movement informed approaches to ethnic party formation that, it argues, differ in their assumptions about the location of agency (elite vs. grassroots) and motives for party formation (office‐ vs. policy‐seeking). The assumptions are tested through an…
Ethnic Parties, Ethnic Tensions? Results of an Original Election Panel Study
Ethnic diversity is considered detrimental to national unity, especially if ethnicity is politically mobilized: Ethnic parties in electoral competition in particular are thought to increase the salience of ethnic differences and, with it, ethnic tensions. Yet the individual links of this psychological chain have only been examined cross‐sectionally, and never together. This article employs original longitudinal survey data to simultaneously asses…
Politicized Ethnicity
"Why is ethnic identity an important factor in politics in some countries but not in others? This book offers a rigorous comparative analysis of five cases in three regions - Kenya, Tanzania, Bolivia, Peru, and the United States - to demonstrate how colonial administrative rule, access to resources, nation building and language policies, as well as political entrepreneurs contribute to the politicization of ethnicity. The analytical framework in …
Politicized Ethnicity
The Latin American Cases
Bolivia and Peru are highly heterogeneous societies. In Bolivia, the latest census counted 41 percent of the population belonging to any of the 36 recognized indigenous peoples, each with their own language. In Peru, the 2007 Census of Indigenous Communities in the Peruvian Amazon recorded 51 different peoples. Yet despite this heterogeneity, these different groups are often summarized in policy and practice as “the indigenous population.” If any…
Ethnicity without Group
This article examines recent changing dynamics of indigeneity in Bolivia. It argues that despite competing definitions of the indigenous on the basis of attributes as diverse as skin color or vocation, the category is invested with meaning and used as a basis for collective action. Yet, debates surrounding the constitution of 2009 show that clearly defined attributes are necessary for such action to have a lasting effect. Overall, the mobilizatio…
On the Link between Ethnic Politics and Identification
This article presents an analysis of the link between ethnic politics and identification in Bolivia. It does so by, first, qualitatively examining the development of political identity discourses and, second, quantitatively examining two dimensions of indigenous identification-self-categorization and cohesion-through time-series survey data. The analyses show that ethnic identifications do indeed change with changing political discourses, that th…
Party Support, Values, and Perceptions of Electoral Integrity
The legitimacy of the electoral process is crucial for the consolidation of democracy. We here focus on individual perceptions of electoral integrity (IPEI) and seek to understand what factors can explain different degrees of IPEI. In particular, we use the sixth wave of the World Values Survey (2010–14) to examine how antiauthoritarian values affect individuals' directional bias, driven by political party support, in evaluating electoral integri…
Political rhetoric and attitudes toward nationhood
Research on the relationship between nationhood and individual attitudes prominently focuses on whether – and how – the distinction between ethnic and civic conceptions may be drawn in mass public opinion. We depart from this literature to explain the effects of party rhetoric on shaping more restrictive conceptions of nationhood, which previous research refers to as “ethnic,” “objective,” or “ascriptive” views on nationhood. We do so in three pa…
On the Link between Ethnic Politics and Identification
This article presents an analysis of the link between ethnic politics and identification in Bolivia. It does so by, first, qualitatively examining the development of political identity discourses and, second, quantitatively examining two dimensions of indigenous identification-self-categorization and cohesion-through time-series survey data. The analyses show that ethnic identifications do indeed change with changing political discourses, that th…
Ethnic Parties, Ethnic Tensions? Results of an Original Election Panel Study
Ethnic diversity is considered detrimental to national unity, especially if ethnicity is politically mobilized: Ethnic parties in electoral competition in particular are thought to increase the salience of ethnic differences and, with it, ethnic tensions. Yet the individual links of this psychological chain have only been examined cross‐sectionally, and never together. This article employs original longitudinal survey data to simultaneously asses…
Ethnicity without Group
This article examines recent changing dynamics of indigeneity in Bolivia. It argues that despite competing definitions of the indigenous on the basis of attributes as diverse as skin color or vocation, the category is invested with meaning and used as a basis for collective action. Yet, debates surrounding the constitution of 2009 show that clearly defined attributes are necessary for such action to have a lasting effect. Overall, the mobilizatio…
Ethnicity, inequality, and perceived electoral fairness
Why ethnic parties form
Research on the effects of ethnic politics abounds, but much less attention has been paid to where and why ethnic parties form. This article tests the explanatory power of rational‐choice and social‐movement informed approaches to ethnic party formation that, it argues, differ in their assumptions about the location of agency (elite vs. grassroots) and motives for party formation (office‐ vs. policy‐seeking). The assumptions are tested through an…
Identity change in a context of intergroup threat
The consequences of marginalized ethnic group emancipation for historically privileged groups are rarely examined, despite assertions that the disruption of traditional power balances leads to backlash. This article addresses identity change in a ‘most probable case’ of intergroup threat, examining reactions to indigenous empowerment in Bolivia. After translating theory on identity change into testable implications, it explores meso-level rhetori…
Personal agency among students from low socio-economic backgrounds
Personal academic agency—the thoughts, actions, and emotions that impact individual functioning at school—is central for academic success. On average, students from low socio-economic status (low-SES) backgrounds report lower levels of personal academic agency than their more advantaged peers, but there are also many who achieve academic success. Identifying different personal academic agency profiles among students from low-SES backgrounds may a…
Ethnicity without Group
This article examines recent changing dynamics of indigeneity in Bolivia. It argues that despite competing definitions of the indigenous on the basis of attributes as diverse as skin color or vocation, the category is invested with meaning and used as a basis for collective action. Yet, debates surrounding the constitution of 2009 show that clearly defined attributes are necessary for such action to have a lasting effect. Overall, the mobilizatio…
On the Link between Ethnic Politics and Identification
This article presents an analysis of the link between ethnic politics and identification in Bolivia. It does so by, first, qualitatively examining the development of political identity discourses and, second, quantitatively examining two dimensions of indigenous identification-self-categorization and cohesion-through time-series survey data. The analyses show that ethnic identifications do indeed change with changing political discourses, that th…
Politicized Ethnicity
"Why is ethnic identity an important factor in politics in some countries but not in others? This book offers a rigorous comparative analysis of five cases in three regions - Kenya, Tanzania, Bolivia, Peru, and the United States - to demonstrate how colonial administrative rule, access to resources, nation building and language policies, as well as political entrepreneurs contribute to the politicization of ethnicity. The analytical framework in …
Politicized Ethnicity
The Latin American Cases
Bolivia and Peru are highly heterogeneous societies. In Bolivia, the latest census counted 41 percent of the population belonging to any of the 36 recognized indigenous peoples, each with their own language. In Peru, the 2007 Census of Indigenous Communities in the Peruvian Amazon recorded 51 different peoples. Yet despite this heterogeneity, these different groups are often summarized in policy and practice as “the indigenous population.” If any…
Political rhetoric and attitudes toward nationhood
Research on the relationship between nationhood and individual attitudes prominently focuses on whether – and how – the distinction between ethnic and civic conceptions may be drawn in mass public opinion. We depart from this literature to explain the effects of party rhetoric on shaping more restrictive conceptions of nationhood, which previous research refers to as “ethnic,” “objective,” or “ascriptive” views on nationhood. We do so in three pa…
Identity change in a context of intergroup threat
The consequences of marginalized ethnic group emancipation for historically privileged groups are rarely examined, despite assertions that the disruption of traditional power balances leads to backlash. This article addresses identity change in a ‘most probable case’ of intergroup threat, examining reactions to indigenous empowerment in Bolivia. After translating theory on identity change into testable implications, it explores meso-level rhetori…
Party Support, Values, and Perceptions of Electoral Integrity
The legitimacy of the electoral process is crucial for the consolidation of democracy. We here focus on individual perceptions of electoral integrity (IPEI) and seek to understand what factors can explain different degrees of IPEI. In particular, we use the sixth wave of the World Values Survey (2010–14) to examine how antiauthoritarian values affect individuals' directional bias, driven by political party support, in evaluating electoral integri…
Why ethnic parties form
Research on the effects of ethnic politics abounds, but much less attention has been paid to where and why ethnic parties form. This article tests the explanatory power of rational‐choice and social‐movement informed approaches to ethnic party formation that, it argues, differ in their assumptions about the location of agency (elite vs. grassroots) and motives for party formation (office‐ vs. policy‐seeking). The assumptions are tested through an…
Ethnic Parties, Ethnic Tensions? Results of an Original Election Panel Study
Ethnic diversity is considered detrimental to national unity, especially if ethnicity is politically mobilized: Ethnic parties in electoral competition in particular are thought to increase the salience of ethnic differences and, with it, ethnic tensions. Yet the individual links of this psychological chain have only been examined cross‐sectionally, and never together. This article employs original longitudinal survey data to simultaneously asses…
Local Politics and the Resource Curse
Studies of public contentious action in response to mineral resource extraction have rarely employed quantitative methods. In a highly disaggregated statistical analysis we examine local protest dynamics in Bolivia and argue for a political conditioning of the so-called resource curse. We find that mineral gas resources spark disputes over both extraction and rent redistribution at the local level, and that this relationship is especially pronoun…
Ethnicity, inequality, and perceived electoral fairness
Investigating the drivers of higher education expectations among students from low and high socio-economic backgrounds in Australia
Academic buoyancy in high school
Growth goal setting in high school
Personal agency among students from low socio-economic backgrounds
Personal academic agency—the thoughts, actions, and emotions that impact individual functioning at school—is central for academic success. On average, students from low socio-economic status (low-SES) backgrounds report lower levels of personal academic agency than their more advantaged peers, but there are also many who achieve academic success. Identifying different personal academic agency profiles among students from low-SES backgrounds may a…
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Ethnic group (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Politics (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Economics (5 works)