David Backer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4375403 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Backer |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Backer |
| SIGNATURE | BACKER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3410-3126 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 80 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Forecasting the prevalence of child acute malnutrition using environmental and conflict conditions as leading indicators
Millions of children worldwide experience acute malnutrition. Forecasts of prevalence that afford sufficient reliability, precision, and advance warning are valuable to facilitate anticipatory action capable of mitigating the extent and downsides of crises. Existing research and resources lack prediction based on statistical analysis with broad cross-national scope and a focus on identifying leading indicators. We model the prevalence of child ac…
Local Partisan Biases in Allocations of Foreign Aid: A Study of Agricultural Assistance in India
In principle, aid from donor organizations to developing countries should be based on need and the likelihood of positive impact, but political biases may intrude into decisions about aid allocations. This article elaborates a theory about why a particular form of bias, one based on partisan affiliations, can affect where aid goes and whether the goals of aid are met. Party networks can facilitate coordination of decisions and leverage bureaucrat…
Integrating Conflict Event Data
The growing multitude of sophisticated event-level data collection enables novel analyses of conflict. Even when multiple event data sets are available, researchers tend to rely on only one. We instead advocate integrating information from multiple event data sets. The advantages include facilitating analysis of relationships between different types of conflict, providing more comprehensive empirical measurement, and evaluating the relative cover…
Peace and Conflict 2016
Watching a Bargain Unravel? A Panel Study of Victims' Attitudes about Transitional Justice in Cape Town, South Africa
1 Despite the extended nature of many transitional justice processes, collection of relevant longitudinal primary data, especially at an individual level, is rarely observed as a means of assessing the impact of formal measures. This article reports on a panel survey conducted in 2002-2003 and 2008 with 153 victims of apartheid-era violations from Cape Town, South Africa. During the interval between the two waves of the survey, both undertaken af…
Civil society and transitional justice: Possibilities, patterns and prospects
Analyses of transitional justice processes conventionally address the formal steps taken by national governments and international political institutions. This article instead focuses on the under-appreciated role of non-state actors in this increasingly important arena of human rights practice. The author extends the literature by developing a theoretical framework, based on broad comparative analysis, concerning the involvement of civil society…
NGOs and Constructive Engagement: Promoting Civil Society, Good Governance and the Rule of Law in Liberia
Localized Ethnic Conflict and Genocide: Accounting for Differences in Rwanda and Burundi
Building on Fearon and Laitin, who concede in-group policing could be exploited for genocidal purposes instead of moderating interethnic hostilities, the authors seek to explain variation in the scale of ethnic conflict, using data from Rwanda and Burundi. Their computational model assumes individuals vary in their propensity to engage in violence, form independent beliefs about others, and react to public messages about current levels of ethnic …
Localized Ethnic Conflict and Genocide: Accounting for Differences in Rwanda and Burundi
Building on Fearon and Laitin, who concede in-group policing could be exploited for genocidal purposes instead of moderating interethnic hostilities, the authors seek to explain variation in the scale of ethnic conflict, using data from Rwanda and Burundi. Their computational model assumes individuals vary in their propensity to engage in violence, form independent beliefs about others, and react to public messages about current levels of ethnic …
Integrating Conflict Event Data
The growing multitude of sophisticated event-level data collection enables novel analyses of conflict. Even when multiple event data sets are available, researchers tend to rely on only one. We instead advocate integrating information from multiple event data sets. The advantages include facilitating analysis of relationships between different types of conflict, providing more comprehensive empirical measurement, and evaluating the relative cover…
Watching a Bargain Unravel? A Panel Study of Victims' Attitudes about Transitional Justice in Cape Town, South Africa
1 Despite the extended nature of many transitional justice processes, collection of relevant longitudinal primary data, especially at an individual level, is rarely observed as a means of assessing the impact of formal measures. This article reports on a panel survey conducted in 2002-2003 and 2008 with 153 victims of apartheid-era violations from Cape Town, South Africa. During the interval between the two waves of the survey, both undertaken af…
Civil society and transitional justice: Possibilities, patterns and prospects
Analyses of transitional justice processes conventionally address the formal steps taken by national governments and international political institutions. This article instead focuses on the under-appreciated role of non-state actors in this increasingly important arena of human rights practice. The author extends the literature by developing a theoretical framework, based on broad comparative analysis, concerning the involvement of civil society…
NGOs and Constructive Engagement: Promoting Civil Society, Good Governance and the Rule of Law in Liberia
Local Partisan Biases in Allocations of Foreign Aid: A Study of Agricultural Assistance in India
In principle, aid from donor organizations to developing countries should be based on need and the likelihood of positive impact, but political biases may intrude into decisions about aid allocations. This article elaborates a theory about why a particular form of bias, one based on partisan affiliations, can affect where aid goes and whether the goals of aid are met. Party networks can facilitate coordination of decisions and leverage bureaucrat…
Localized Ethnic Conflict and Genocide: Accounting for Differences in Rwanda and Burundi
Building on Fearon and Laitin, who concede in-group policing could be exploited for genocidal purposes instead of moderating interethnic hostilities, the authors seek to explain variation in the scale of ethnic conflict, using data from Rwanda and Burundi. Their computational model assumes individuals vary in their propensity to engage in violence, form independent beliefs about others, and react to public messages about current levels of ethnic …
NGOs and Constructive Engagement: Promoting Civil Society, Good Governance and the Rule of Law in Liberia
Civil society and transitional justice: Possibilities, patterns and prospects
Analyses of transitional justice processes conventionally address the formal steps taken by national governments and international political institutions. This article instead focuses on the under-appreciated role of non-state actors in this increasingly important arena of human rights practice. The author extends the literature by developing a theoretical framework, based on broad comparative analysis, concerning the involvement of civil society…
Watching a Bargain Unravel? A Panel Study of Victims' Attitudes about Transitional Justice in Cape Town, South Africa
1 Despite the extended nature of many transitional justice processes, collection of relevant longitudinal primary data, especially at an individual level, is rarely observed as a means of assessing the impact of formal measures. This article reports on a panel survey conducted in 2002-2003 and 2008 with 153 victims of apartheid-era violations from Cape Town, South Africa. During the interval between the two waves of the survey, both undertaken af…
Peace and Conflict 2016
Integrating Conflict Event Data
The growing multitude of sophisticated event-level data collection enables novel analyses of conflict. Even when multiple event data sets are available, researchers tend to rely on only one. We instead advocate integrating information from multiple event data sets. The advantages include facilitating analysis of relationships between different types of conflict, providing more comprehensive empirical measurement, and evaluating the relative cover…
Forecasting the prevalence of child acute malnutrition using environmental and conflict conditions as leading indicators
Millions of children worldwide experience acute malnutrition. Forecasts of prevalence that afford sufficient reliability, precision, and advance warning are valuable to facilitate anticipatory action capable of mitigating the extent and downsides of crises. Existing research and resources lack prediction based on statistical analysis with broad cross-national scope and a focus on identifying leading indicators. We model the prevalence of child ac…
Local Partisan Biases in Allocations of Foreign Aid: A Study of Agricultural Assistance in India
In principle, aid from donor organizations to developing countries should be based on need and the likelihood of positive impact, but political biases may intrude into decisions about aid allocations. This article elaborates a theory about why a particular form of bias, one based on partisan affiliations, can affect where aid goes and whether the goals of aid are met. Party networks can facilitate coordination of decisions and leverage bureaucrat…
Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Civil society (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)