Charity Butcher
Biographic Data
| ID | 3922456 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charity Butcher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charity |
| FAMILY NAME | Butcher |
| SIGNATURE | BUTCHER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kennesaw State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0905-9538 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Using Negotiation Simulations in Conflict Theory Courses: A Comparative Case Study
While most scholarship on simulation pedagogy focuses on the undergraduate classroom, this article examines the challenges and opportunities of using negotiation-based simulations in a PhD-level conflict theory course. Specifically, it examines what learning endures months after the completion of the “Peacebuilding: The Challenge of Darfur” simulation from the National Museum of American Diplomacy, United States Department of State with students …
Environmental and Collective Rights: Differences between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous ngo s Involved with the United Nations Human Rights Council
Scholarship on human rights and environmental justice suggests that organizations vary in their messaging regarding outcomes related to environmental protection and sustainability, differences often found in the divide between the Global North and Global South. The literature also suggests that Indigenous organizations represent groups that traditionally focus on issues of sovereignty, while grappling with unique problems related to assimilation,…
Teaching effective policy memo writing and infographics in a policy programme
The Scholarship on education and practice has recently encouraged the inclusion of writing assignments in the classroom. Writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) programmes have been implemented across universities and colleges, promoting structured writing assignments outside of language-based programmes and courses. The collective knowledge on the subject highlights the effectiveness of frequent short assignments as being better for achieving learni…
Humanitarian Aid in Yemen: Collaboration or Co-Optation
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, as of February 2019, there were more than 24 million people in Yemen in need of assistance and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) reported over 2 million displaced people and refugees as a result of the conflict (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 2019; UNHCR, 2019). Further, the Armed Conflict Location & Data Events Project…
Does Karen wear a mask? The gendering of Covid-19 masking rhetoric
Purpose This paper asks how values and beliefs around gender influence social norms regarding masking. Specifically, the paper explores how the gendered meme “Karen” fits into social media discussions on support for and opposition to the wearing of masks to fight the spread of COVID-19. Design/methodology/approach The authors analyze tweets containing the hashtags #Masks4All and #NoMasks over a three-week period, using adjacent hashtag analysis t…
Understanding International Conflict Management
International Conflict Management
Religious vs. secular human rights organizations: Discourse, framing, and action
The study of human rights is dominated by secular voices; however, increasingly the study of international relations recognizes the tension and interplay between the religious and the secular, and the impetus for human rights work has often come from a religious or moral foundation. Although understudied, religious NGOs and religious beliefs and universal ethics have long shaped discourses on human rights in the United Nations. This article explo…
Diversionary Tactics and the Ethiopia-Eritrea War (1998-2000)
Diversionary theories of war suggest that leaders may engage in bellicose foreign policies to divert the public’s attention from domestic problems and capitalize on a ‘rally around the flag’ type of effect. The evidence regarding diversionary theory is quite mixed. More recently, scholars have focused on situations that create opportunities for diversionary behavior, such as international rivalry and territorial disputes. This paper adds to the g…
Ethnicity and confidence in government: The case of Turkish-minority relations
Existing research on the relationship between political trust and political participation has generated mixed results. In pursuit of a better explanation of this relationship, we argue that trust in institutions has varying effects on participation for minority and majority groups. In this paper, we analyze Turkish and minority attitudes toward Turkish institutions. We find strong support that trust in institutions affects majority and minority p…
Digital Civil Society: How Nigerian NGOs Utilize Social Media Platforms
Using Dating as an Analogy to Teach Ir Theory
Active learning techniques tend to emphasize simulations, research projects, and the use of popular media to the relative neglect of problem-based approaches. This paper introduces a new problem-based exercise specifically for teaching international relations (IR) theories that builds on existing problem-based approaches by incorporating analogies and an exemplar-based approach to concept learning. Teaching complex IR theories to students, who ar…
Bridging the Gap between Human Rights and Peace: An Analysis of NGOs and the United Nations Human Rights Council
While the concepts of human rights and peace are increasingly linked in the study and practice of International Relations, there is great variance and inconsistency in how the concept of peace is discussed in the study and practice of human rights. We conduct an examination of the websites of human rights nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) affiliated with the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, to explore whether and how…
Terrorism and External Audiences: Influencing Foreign Intervention Into Civil Wars
This article evaluates the effects of terrorism on interventions into civil wars. Considering civil wars from 1970–1999, this study analyzes how the use of terrorism as a tactic affects external interventions on behalf of opposition groups, interventions on behalf of governments, and diplomatic interventions. While some authors would suggest that groups might utilize terrorism as a tactic to gain external support, this study finds little evidence…
When Winning Is Really Losing: Teaching Awards and Women Political Science Faculty
Based on a recent survey of political science professors in the United States, women tend to win teaching awards at higher rates than their male counterparts. This may seem like good news for female faculty, particularly amid continuing reports of gender gaps in publications and citations as well as the “leaky pipeline” phenomenon within promotions. In fact, women are more likely than men to receive these awards only in institutional contexts in …
Can oil-reliant countries democratize? An assessment of the role of civil society in Algeria
A cursory look around the world shows that few oil-reliant countries can be categorized as democracies, particularly those in the Middle East. In fact, many studies have suggested that oil wealth hinders democratization. The recent “Arab Spring” and subsequent political instability in oil-producing states such as Algeria, Egypt, Libya and Syria gives rise to questions regarding the prospects for democracy in these types of countries. This article…
Teaching Foreign Policy Decision-Making Processes Using Role-Playing Simulations: The Case of US-Iranian Relations
Most undergraduate courses on foreign policy discuss important models and explanations of foreign policy decision making, such as the rational actor, organizational process and governmental politics models, and groupthink. It is often difficult for students to fully understand how to apply and use these concepts to analyze foreign policy decision-making processes. One way to encourage such analytical thinking is to have students utilize various m…
Offense?Defense Theory: An Empirical Test
In the field of strategic studies, offense–defense theory contends that a state's relative ease of attack and defense provides a powerful predictor of war initiation and international conflict. Specifically, when offensive military operations are advantaged, international conflict and war become more likely. In contrast, defensive advantages decrease the likelihood of war (see Jervis 1978; Glaser and Kaufmann 1998; Van Evera 1998, 1999). Proponen…
Teaching Foreign Policy Decision-Making Processes Using Role-Playing Simulations: The Case of US-Iranian Relations
Most undergraduate courses on foreign policy discuss important models and explanations of foreign policy decision making, such as the rational actor, organizational process and governmental politics models, and groupthink. It is often difficult for students to fully understand how to apply and use these concepts to analyze foreign policy decision-making processes. One way to encourage such analytical thinking is to have students utilize various m…
Can oil-reliant countries democratize? An assessment of the role of civil society in Algeria
A cursory look around the world shows that few oil-reliant countries can be categorized as democracies, particularly those in the Middle East. In fact, many studies have suggested that oil wealth hinders democratization. The recent “Arab Spring” and subsequent political instability in oil-producing states such as Algeria, Egypt, Libya and Syria gives rise to questions regarding the prospects for democracy in these types of countries. This article…
Does Karen wear a mask? The gendering of Covid-19 masking rhetoric
Purpose This paper asks how values and beliefs around gender influence social norms regarding masking. Specifically, the paper explores how the gendered meme “Karen” fits into social media discussions on support for and opposition to the wearing of masks to fight the spread of COVID-19. Design/methodology/approach The authors analyze tweets containing the hashtags #Masks4All and #NoMasks over a three-week period, using adjacent hashtag analysis t…
Religious vs. secular human rights organizations: Discourse, framing, and action
The study of human rights is dominated by secular voices; however, increasingly the study of international relations recognizes the tension and interplay between the religious and the secular, and the impetus for human rights work has often come from a religious or moral foundation. Although understudied, religious NGOs and religious beliefs and universal ethics have long shaped discourses on human rights in the United Nations. This article explo…
Digital Civil Society: How Nigerian NGOs Utilize Social Media Platforms
Humanitarian Aid in Yemen: Collaboration or Co-Optation
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, as of February 2019, there were more than 24 million people in Yemen in need of assistance and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) reported over 2 million displaced people and refugees as a result of the conflict (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 2019; UNHCR, 2019). Further, the Armed Conflict Location & Data Events Project…
When Winning Is Really Losing: Teaching Awards and Women Political Science Faculty
Based on a recent survey of political science professors in the United States, women tend to win teaching awards at higher rates than their male counterparts. This may seem like good news for female faculty, particularly amid continuing reports of gender gaps in publications and citations as well as the “leaky pipeline” phenomenon within promotions. In fact, women are more likely than men to receive these awards only in institutional contexts in …
Offense?Defense Theory: An Empirical Test
In the field of strategic studies, offense–defense theory contends that a state's relative ease of attack and defense provides a powerful predictor of war initiation and international conflict. Specifically, when offensive military operations are advantaged, international conflict and war become more likely. In contrast, defensive advantages decrease the likelihood of war (see Jervis 1978; Glaser and Kaufmann 1998; Van Evera 1998, 1999). Proponen…
Teaching Foreign Policy Decision-Making Processes Using Role-Playing Simulations: The Case of US-Iranian Relations
Most undergraduate courses on foreign policy discuss important models and explanations of foreign policy decision making, such as the rational actor, organizational process and governmental politics models, and groupthink. It is often difficult for students to fully understand how to apply and use these concepts to analyze foreign policy decision-making processes. One way to encourage such analytical thinking is to have students utilize various m…
Can oil-reliant countries democratize? An assessment of the role of civil society in Algeria
A cursory look around the world shows that few oil-reliant countries can be categorized as democracies, particularly those in the Middle East. In fact, many studies have suggested that oil wealth hinders democratization. The recent “Arab Spring” and subsequent political instability in oil-producing states such as Algeria, Egypt, Libya and Syria gives rise to questions regarding the prospects for democracy in these types of countries. This article…
When Winning Is Really Losing: Teaching Awards and Women Political Science Faculty
Based on a recent survey of political science professors in the United States, women tend to win teaching awards at higher rates than their male counterparts. This may seem like good news for female faculty, particularly amid continuing reports of gender gaps in publications and citations as well as the “leaky pipeline” phenomenon within promotions. In fact, women are more likely than men to receive these awards only in institutional contexts in …
Using Dating as an Analogy to Teach Ir Theory
Active learning techniques tend to emphasize simulations, research projects, and the use of popular media to the relative neglect of problem-based approaches. This paper introduces a new problem-based exercise specifically for teaching international relations (IR) theories that builds on existing problem-based approaches by incorporating analogies and an exemplar-based approach to concept learning. Teaching complex IR theories to students, who ar…
Bridging the Gap between Human Rights and Peace: An Analysis of NGOs and the United Nations Human Rights Council
While the concepts of human rights and peace are increasingly linked in the study and practice of International Relations, there is great variance and inconsistency in how the concept of peace is discussed in the study and practice of human rights. We conduct an examination of the websites of human rights nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) affiliated with the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, to explore whether and how…
Terrorism and External Audiences: Influencing Foreign Intervention Into Civil Wars
This article evaluates the effects of terrorism on interventions into civil wars. Considering civil wars from 1970–1999, this study analyzes how the use of terrorism as a tactic affects external interventions on behalf of opposition groups, interventions on behalf of governments, and diplomatic interventions. While some authors would suggest that groups might utilize terrorism as a tactic to gain external support, this study finds little evidence…
Ethnicity and confidence in government: The case of Turkish-minority relations
Existing research on the relationship between political trust and political participation has generated mixed results. In pursuit of a better explanation of this relationship, we argue that trust in institutions has varying effects on participation for minority and majority groups. In this paper, we analyze Turkish and minority attitudes toward Turkish institutions. We find strong support that trust in institutions affects majority and minority p…
Digital Civil Society: How Nigerian NGOs Utilize Social Media Platforms
Religious vs. secular human rights organizations: Discourse, framing, and action
The study of human rights is dominated by secular voices; however, increasingly the study of international relations recognizes the tension and interplay between the religious and the secular, and the impetus for human rights work has often come from a religious or moral foundation. Although understudied, religious NGOs and religious beliefs and universal ethics have long shaped discourses on human rights in the United Nations. This article explo…
Diversionary Tactics and the Ethiopia-Eritrea War (1998-2000)
Diversionary theories of war suggest that leaders may engage in bellicose foreign policies to divert the public’s attention from domestic problems and capitalize on a ‘rally around the flag’ type of effect. The evidence regarding diversionary theory is quite mixed. More recently, scholars have focused on situations that create opportunities for diversionary behavior, such as international rivalry and territorial disputes. This paper adds to the g…
Understanding International Conflict Management
International Conflict Management
Humanitarian Aid in Yemen: Collaboration or Co-Optation
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, as of February 2019, there were more than 24 million people in Yemen in need of assistance and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) reported over 2 million displaced people and refugees as a result of the conflict (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 2019; UNHCR, 2019). Further, the Armed Conflict Location & Data Events Project…
Does Karen wear a mask? The gendering of Covid-19 masking rhetoric
Purpose This paper asks how values and beliefs around gender influence social norms regarding masking. Specifically, the paper explores how the gendered meme “Karen” fits into social media discussions on support for and opposition to the wearing of masks to fight the spread of COVID-19. Design/methodology/approach The authors analyze tweets containing the hashtags #Masks4All and #NoMasks over a three-week period, using adjacent hashtag analysis t…
Environmental and Collective Rights: Differences between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous ngo s Involved with the United Nations Human Rights Council
Scholarship on human rights and environmental justice suggests that organizations vary in their messaging regarding outcomes related to environmental protection and sustainability, differences often found in the divide between the Global North and Global South. The literature also suggests that Indigenous organizations represent groups that traditionally focus on issues of sovereignty, while grappling with unique problems related to assimilation,…
Teaching effective policy memo writing and infographics in a policy programme
The Scholarship on education and practice has recently encouraged the inclusion of writing assignments in the classroom. Writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) programmes have been implemented across universities and colleges, promoting structured writing assignments outside of language-based programmes and courses. The collective knowledge on the subject highlights the effectiveness of frequent short assignments as being better for achieving learni…
Using Negotiation Simulations in Conflict Theory Courses: A Comparative Case Study
While most scholarship on simulation pedagogy focuses on the undergraduate classroom, this article examines the challenges and opportunities of using negotiation-based simulations in a PhD-level conflict theory course. Specifically, it examines what learning endures months after the completion of the “Peacebuilding: The Challenge of Darfur” simulation from the National Museum of American Diplomacy, United States Department of State with students …
Political science (17 works) · Politics (14 works) · Law (13 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Law (9 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · International relations (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works)