Rana B Khoury
Biographic Data
| ID | 4120951 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rana B Khoury |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rana B |
| FAMILY NAME | Khoury |
| SIGNATURE | KHOURY R B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Science North |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5276-4692 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Why Syria's Civil Society is the Key
Syria's best asset for an inclusive, transparent, and participatory political transition is its civil society. During years of uprising and war, citizens built diverse initiatives to achieve political change, raise awareness, pursue justice, and provide humanitarian relief. Today, organizations inside and outside the country have the capacity, experience, and will to push for democracy. They are already doing so by mobilizing pressure to demand a…
Civil Organizing in War: Evidence from Syrian Facebook Communities
Where, when, and why do civilians organize during war? We propose a research agenda that expands the scope of variation in civil organizing and identify mechanisms to explain its emergence and evolution. Drawing on a large-scale original dataset of public Facebook posts produced by Syrian organizations from 2011 to 2020 and qualitative case studies based on 10 months of field research among Syrian activists in Turkey and Jordan, we systematically…
Going local without localization: Power and humanitarian response in the Syrian war
International aid organizations and donors have committed to localize aid by empowering local actors to deliver and lead in humanitarian response. While international actors do often rely on local actors for aid delivery, their progress on shifting authority falls short. Scholars suggest that while localizing aid may be desirable, the organizational imperatives of international actors and aid’s colonial past and present make it difficult at best.…
Hard-to-Survey Populations and Respondent-Driven Sampling: Expanding the Political Science Toolbox
Survey research can generate knowledge that is central to the study of collective action, public opinion, and political participation. Unfortunately, many populations—from undocumented migrants to right-wing activists and oligarchs—are hidden, lack sampling frames, or are otherwise hard to survey. An approach to hard-to-survey populations commonly taken by researchers in other disciplines is largely missing from the toolbox of political science m…
Aiding Activism? Humanitarianism’s Impacts on Mobilized Syrian Refugees in Jordan
A common narrative of the Syrian conflict suggests that it began with a grassroots uprising and devolved into a violent war between armed actors, leaving civilians to become victims or warriors. A more careful consideration of developments in and around Syria uncovers evidence of continued unarmed mobilization among civilians. Indeed, refugees in neighboring countries like Jordan are deeply engaged in humanitarian, developmental, and political en…
Refugees of the Revolution: Experiences of Palestinian Exile. By Diana Allan
Most studies of the Palestinian question foreground the national struggle, beginning with the displacement of 750,000 Palestinians in 1948 and ending with the coveted right of return. Diana Allan redirects her readers from those past and future political markers to today—to the everyday survival strategies of Palestinian refugees. The focus on material lives does not merely supplement ideological renditions of the Palestinian struggle. Rather, it…
Western Sahara and Palestine: A Comparative Study of Colonialisms, Occupations, and Nationalisms
Occupation and colonization are terms that evoke an era of empires and great powers. Yet for two peoples, occupation and settler colonialism are not remnants of a time foregone; they remain the reality of everyday life. The Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories is a high profile example of modern colonization, whereas the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara draws considerably less attention. This paper seeks to show that these two cases…
Hard-to-Survey Populations and Respondent-Driven Sampling: Expanding the Political Science Toolbox
Survey research can generate knowledge that is central to the study of collective action, public opinion, and political participation. Unfortunately, many populations—from undocumented migrants to right-wing activists and oligarchs—are hidden, lack sampling frames, or are otherwise hard to survey. An approach to hard-to-survey populations commonly taken by researchers in other disciplines is largely missing from the toolbox of political science m…
Aiding Activism? Humanitarianism’s Impacts on Mobilized Syrian Refugees in Jordan
A common narrative of the Syrian conflict suggests that it began with a grassroots uprising and devolved into a violent war between armed actors, leaving civilians to become victims or warriors. A more careful consideration of developments in and around Syria uncovers evidence of continued unarmed mobilization among civilians. Indeed, refugees in neighboring countries like Jordan are deeply engaged in humanitarian, developmental, and political en…
Going local without localization: Power and humanitarian response in the Syrian war
International aid organizations and donors have committed to localize aid by empowering local actors to deliver and lead in humanitarian response. While international actors do often rely on local actors for aid delivery, their progress on shifting authority falls short. Scholars suggest that while localizing aid may be desirable, the organizational imperatives of international actors and aid’s colonial past and present make it difficult at best.…
Western Sahara and Palestine: A Comparative Study of Colonialisms, Occupations, and Nationalisms
Occupation and colonization are terms that evoke an era of empires and great powers. Yet for two peoples, occupation and settler colonialism are not remnants of a time foregone; they remain the reality of everyday life. The Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories is a high profile example of modern colonization, whereas the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara draws considerably less attention. This paper seeks to show that these two cases…
Civil Organizing in War: Evidence from Syrian Facebook Communities
Where, when, and why do civilians organize during war? We propose a research agenda that expands the scope of variation in civil organizing and identify mechanisms to explain its emergence and evolution. Drawing on a large-scale original dataset of public Facebook posts produced by Syrian organizations from 2011 to 2020 and qualitative case studies based on 10 months of field research among Syrian activists in Turkey and Jordan, we systematically…
Why Syria's Civil Society is the Key
Syria's best asset for an inclusive, transparent, and participatory political transition is its civil society. During years of uprising and war, citizens built diverse initiatives to achieve political change, raise awareness, pursue justice, and provide humanitarian relief. Today, organizations inside and outside the country have the capacity, experience, and will to push for democracy. They are already doing so by mobilizing pressure to demand a…
Western Sahara and Palestine: A Comparative Study of Colonialisms, Occupations, and Nationalisms
Occupation and colonization are terms that evoke an era of empires and great powers. Yet for two peoples, occupation and settler colonialism are not remnants of a time foregone; they remain the reality of everyday life. The Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories is a high profile example of modern colonization, whereas the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara draws considerably less attention. This paper seeks to show that these two cases…
Refugees of the Revolution: Experiences of Palestinian Exile. By Diana Allan
Most studies of the Palestinian question foreground the national struggle, beginning with the displacement of 750,000 Palestinians in 1948 and ending with the coveted right of return. Diana Allan redirects her readers from those past and future political markers to today—to the everyday survival strategies of Palestinian refugees. The focus on material lives does not merely supplement ideological renditions of the Palestinian struggle. Rather, it…
Aiding Activism? Humanitarianism’s Impacts on Mobilized Syrian Refugees in Jordan
A common narrative of the Syrian conflict suggests that it began with a grassroots uprising and devolved into a violent war between armed actors, leaving civilians to become victims or warriors. A more careful consideration of developments in and around Syria uncovers evidence of continued unarmed mobilization among civilians. Indeed, refugees in neighboring countries like Jordan are deeply engaged in humanitarian, developmental, and political en…
Hard-to-Survey Populations and Respondent-Driven Sampling: Expanding the Political Science Toolbox
Survey research can generate knowledge that is central to the study of collective action, public opinion, and political participation. Unfortunately, many populations—from undocumented migrants to right-wing activists and oligarchs—are hidden, lack sampling frames, or are otherwise hard to survey. An approach to hard-to-survey populations commonly taken by researchers in other disciplines is largely missing from the toolbox of political science m…
Going local without localization: Power and humanitarian response in the Syrian war
International aid organizations and donors have committed to localize aid by empowering local actors to deliver and lead in humanitarian response. While international actors do often rely on local actors for aid delivery, their progress on shifting authority falls short. Scholars suggest that while localizing aid may be desirable, the organizational imperatives of international actors and aid’s colonial past and present make it difficult at best.…
Civil Organizing in War: Evidence from Syrian Facebook Communities
Where, when, and why do civilians organize during war? We propose a research agenda that expands the scope of variation in civil organizing and identify mechanisms to explain its emergence and evolution. Drawing on a large-scale original dataset of public Facebook posts produced by Syrian organizations from 2011 to 2020 and qualitative case studies based on 10 months of field research among Syrian activists in Turkey and Jordan, we systematically…
Why Syria's Civil Society is the Key
Syria's best asset for an inclusive, transparent, and participatory political transition is its civil society. During years of uprising and war, citizens built diverse initiatives to achieve political change, raise awareness, pursue justice, and provide humanitarian relief. Today, organizations inside and outside the country have the capacity, experience, and will to push for democracy. They are already doing so by mobilizing pressure to demand a…
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