Nimah Mazaheri
Biographic Data
| ID | 4375434 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nimah Mazaheri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nimah |
| FAMILY NAME | Mazaheri |
| SIGNATURE | MAZAHERI N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tufts University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0433-2235 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Vaccine preferences and government responsiveness in a public health crisis
This article examines the causes of vaccine preferences during the COVID-19 pandemic through an analysis of surveys conducted in 11 countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It centres on how an individual's political ideology and views about the government's pandemic response influenced preferences about vaccines, specifically the choice to only get a vaccine from a particular supplier (e.g. Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Sinovac, etc.)…
Public perceptions of environmental degradation in the Arab World
Many Arab countries are struggling to combat a range of environmental problems from air pollution to water salinization to overflowing garbage. Yet little is known about how people in this region perceive these environmental problems and the factors that influence their perceptions. This article analyzes surveys conducted by the Arab Barometer with 13,850 people across 12 Arab countries in 2018–19. The focus is on public perceptions about water p…
Faith in Science
The Middle East is facing many challenges because of climate change: extreme heat, recurring droughts, water salinization, and more. Yet little is known about how people in the region perceive the threat of climate change or about the factors associated with perceiving it as more or less of a threat. This study utilizes the Arab Barometer surveys and examines how religion influences climate change perceptions among 13,700 people across twelve cou…
Hydrocarbon Citizens
No Arab Bourgeoisie, No Democracy? The Entrepreneurial Middle Class and Democratic Attitudes since the Arab Spring
Oil, Dissent, and Distribution
Gender, Entrepreneurship, and the Formal–Informal Dilemma
Oil Wealth, Colonial Legacies, and the Challenges of Economic Liberalization
This article examines the relationship between oil wealth and the adoption of economic liberalization, specifically financial and investment reforms. It argues that volatility in the international oil market renders oil-producing countries less likely to adopt financial and investment liberalization. This is particularly the case for long-term oil producers in the developing world who had firsthand experience with colonialism. A statistical analy…
Natural Resources, Development Strategies, and Lower Caste Empowerment in India’s Mineral Belt
Leadership and Institutional Change in the Public Provision of Transportation Infrastructure
This study examines the role of leadership in the development of transportation infrastructure, specifically bridges, in the Indian state of Bihar during the 2000s. Drawing from interviews and quantitative data, we show that leadership was a critical factor in fostering institutional change in the state government's bridge organisation. Three leaders worked as a coalition to mobilise resources, enforce new rules of the game, and motivate staff; t…
Iraq and the Domestic Political Effects of Economic Sanctions
recent veneration of the Iraq sanctions program as having prevented Saddam Husayn from obtaining Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) obscures important lessons regarding the program's political failures. Through an examination of factors such as Iraq's rationing system and flaws in the sanctions' design, this article shows how the imposition of sanctions strengthened rather than weakened Husayn's government. An analysis of the case of Iraq also may…
Telecommunications Reform, Internet Use and Mobile Phone Adoption in the Developing World
An ‘Informal’ Revolution
This study examines the causes of conflict between the Iranian state and the country's informal economic sectors during the years prior to the 1979 revolution. It adopts an institutionalist approach to argue that the state's introduction of new norms to guide the behaviour of key economic institutions resulted in acute conflict between the state and informal economic sectors. Institutions of credit lending, norms of reputation, and the characteri…
State Repression in the Iranian Bazaar, 1975–1977
This article examines state repression in the Iranian bazaar during the anti-profiteering campaign from 1975–1977. While many have argued that the anti-profiteering campaign helped spark the revolutionary mobilization of the bazaar itself, this article posits that scholars should also consider the notion that the campaign helped to foster popular support for the revolutionary movement as a whole. Given the bazaar's ties to middle and lower classe…
Telecommunications Reform, Internet Use and Mobile Phone Adoption in the Developing World
No Arab Bourgeoisie, No Democracy? The Entrepreneurial Middle Class and Democratic Attitudes since the Arab Spring
Gender, Entrepreneurship, and the Formal–Informal Dilemma
Iraq and the Domestic Political Effects of Economic Sanctions
recent veneration of the Iraq sanctions program as having prevented Saddam Husayn from obtaining Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) obscures important lessons regarding the program's political failures. Through an examination of factors such as Iraq's rationing system and flaws in the sanctions' design, this article shows how the imposition of sanctions strengthened rather than weakened Husayn's government. An analysis of the case of Iraq also may…
Oil, Dissent, and Distribution
State Repression in the Iranian Bazaar, 1975–1977
This article examines state repression in the Iranian bazaar during the anti-profiteering campaign from 1975–1977. While many have argued that the anti-profiteering campaign helped spark the revolutionary mobilization of the bazaar itself, this article posits that scholars should also consider the notion that the campaign helped to foster popular support for the revolutionary movement as a whole. Given the bazaar's ties to middle and lower classe…
Oil Wealth, Colonial Legacies, and the Challenges of Economic Liberalization
This article examines the relationship between oil wealth and the adoption of economic liberalization, specifically financial and investment reforms. It argues that volatility in the international oil market renders oil-producing countries less likely to adopt financial and investment liberalization. This is particularly the case for long-term oil producers in the developing world who had firsthand experience with colonialism. A statistical analy…
Natural Resources, Development Strategies, and Lower Caste Empowerment in India’s Mineral Belt
Public perceptions of environmental degradation in the Arab World
Many Arab countries are struggling to combat a range of environmental problems from air pollution to water salinization to overflowing garbage. Yet little is known about how people in this region perceive these environmental problems and the factors that influence their perceptions. This article analyzes surveys conducted by the Arab Barometer with 13,850 people across 12 Arab countries in 2018–19. The focus is on public perceptions about water p…
Faith in Science
The Middle East is facing many challenges because of climate change: extreme heat, recurring droughts, water salinization, and more. Yet little is known about how people in the region perceive the threat of climate change or about the factors associated with perceiving it as more or less of a threat. This study utilizes the Arab Barometer surveys and examines how religion influences climate change perceptions among 13,700 people across twelve cou…
State Repression in the Iranian Bazaar, 1975–1977
This article examines state repression in the Iranian bazaar during the anti-profiteering campaign from 1975–1977. While many have argued that the anti-profiteering campaign helped spark the revolutionary mobilization of the bazaar itself, this article posits that scholars should also consider the notion that the campaign helped to foster popular support for the revolutionary movement as a whole. Given the bazaar's ties to middle and lower classe…
An ‘Informal’ Revolution
This study examines the causes of conflict between the Iranian state and the country's informal economic sectors during the years prior to the 1979 revolution. It adopts an institutionalist approach to argue that the state's introduction of new norms to guide the behaviour of key economic institutions resulted in acute conflict between the state and informal economic sectors. Institutions of credit lending, norms of reputation, and the characteri…
Telecommunications Reform, Internet Use and Mobile Phone Adoption in the Developing World
Iraq and the Domestic Political Effects of Economic Sanctions
recent veneration of the Iraq sanctions program as having prevented Saddam Husayn from obtaining Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) obscures important lessons regarding the program's political failures. Through an examination of factors such as Iraq's rationing system and flaws in the sanctions' design, this article shows how the imposition of sanctions strengthened rather than weakened Husayn's government. An analysis of the case of Iraq also may…
Leadership and Institutional Change in the Public Provision of Transportation Infrastructure
This study examines the role of leadership in the development of transportation infrastructure, specifically bridges, in the Indian state of Bihar during the 2000s. Drawing from interviews and quantitative data, we show that leadership was a critical factor in fostering institutional change in the state government's bridge organisation. Three leaders worked as a coalition to mobilise resources, enforce new rules of the game, and motivate staff; t…
Oil Wealth, Colonial Legacies, and the Challenges of Economic Liberalization
This article examines the relationship between oil wealth and the adoption of economic liberalization, specifically financial and investment reforms. It argues that volatility in the international oil market renders oil-producing countries less likely to adopt financial and investment liberalization. This is particularly the case for long-term oil producers in the developing world who had firsthand experience with colonialism. A statistical analy…
Natural Resources, Development Strategies, and Lower Caste Empowerment in India’s Mineral Belt
Gender, Entrepreneurship, and the Formal–Informal Dilemma
Oil, Dissent, and Distribution
No Arab Bourgeoisie, No Democracy? The Entrepreneurial Middle Class and Democratic Attitudes since the Arab Spring
Public perceptions of environmental degradation in the Arab World
Many Arab countries are struggling to combat a range of environmental problems from air pollution to water salinization to overflowing garbage. Yet little is known about how people in this region perceive these environmental problems and the factors that influence their perceptions. This article analyzes surveys conducted by the Arab Barometer with 13,850 people across 12 Arab countries in 2018–19. The focus is on public perceptions about water p…
Faith in Science
The Middle East is facing many challenges because of climate change: extreme heat, recurring droughts, water salinization, and more. Yet little is known about how people in the region perceive the threat of climate change or about the factors associated with perceiving it as more or less of a threat. This study utilizes the Arab Barometer surveys and examines how religion influences climate change perceptions among 13,700 people across twelve cou…
Hydrocarbon Citizens
Vaccine preferences and government responsiveness in a public health crisis
This article examines the causes of vaccine preferences during the COVID-19 pandemic through an analysis of surveys conducted in 11 countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It centres on how an individual's political ideology and views about the government's pandemic response influenced preferences about vaccines, specifically the choice to only get a vaccine from a particular supplier (e.g. Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Sinovac, etc.)…
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