Beza Tesfaye
Biographic Data
| ID | 4052642 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Beza Tesfaye |
| GIVEN NAMES | Beza |
| FAMILY NAME | Tesfaye |
| SIGNATURE | TESFAYE B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Winning Hearts and Minds in Civil Wars
The “hearts and minds” model of combating rebellions holds that civilians are less likely to support violent opposition groups if the government provides public services and security. Building on this model, we argue that a political event that raises popular expectations of future public service and security provision increases support for the government and decreases sympathy for violent opposition groups. To test this argument, we leverage a u…
Spectacles of illegality
General jurisprudence conceives the courtroom as a space of adjudication and justice far removed from the gravitational field of politics. Both in its normative inscription and function, the court is conceived as a site of truth and justice elevated above and beyond the expediency of power and politics. However, despite the predominance of this normative meaning, courts have been used to advance persecutive forms of politics that had nothing to d…
Winning Hearts and Minds in Civil Wars
The “hearts and minds” model of combating rebellions holds that civilians are less likely to support violent opposition groups if the government provides public services and security. Building on this model, we argue that a political event that raises popular expectations of future public service and security provision increases support for the government and decreases sympathy for violent opposition groups. To test this argument, we leverage a u…
Spectacles of illegality
General jurisprudence conceives the courtroom as a space of adjudication and justice far removed from the gravitational field of politics. Both in its normative inscription and function, the court is conceived as a site of truth and justice elevated above and beyond the expediency of power and politics. However, despite the predominance of this normative meaning, courts have been used to advance persecutive forms of politics that had nothing to d…
Spectacles of illegality
General jurisprudence conceives the courtroom as a space of adjudication and justice far removed from the gravitational field of politics. Both in its normative inscription and function, the court is conceived as a site of truth and justice elevated above and beyond the expediency of power and politics. However, despite the predominance of this normative meaning, courts have been used to advance persecutive forms of politics that had nothing to d…
Winning Hearts and Minds in Civil Wars
The “hearts and minds” model of combating rebellions holds that civilians are less likely to support violent opposition groups if the government provides public services and security. Building on this model, we argue that a political event that raises popular expectations of future public service and security provision increases support for the government and decreases sympathy for violent opposition groups. To test this argument, we leverage a u…
Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Adjudication (1 work) · African history and culture analysis (1 work) · Argument (complex analysis (1 work) · Corporate governance (1 work) · Democracy (1 work) · Economic Justice (1 work)