Beth Elise Whitaker
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 113244 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Beth Elise Whitaker |
| PRENOMES | Beth Elise |
| SOBRENOME | Whitaker |
| ASSINATURA | WHITAKER B E |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0999-4713 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 27 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 355 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 27 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2002 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 11 |
Voice Through Votes and Remittances
The increasing political inclusion of diaspora populations around the world has raised questions about their influence on electoral outcomes back home. In Kenya, emigrants have advocated for direct influence through external voting rights, while less attention has been given to the ways in which they may also indirectly influence elections through economic remittances. In this research note, we explore diaspora efforts to influence elections thro…
Rebel human rights abuses during civil wars
Contemporary studies of civil conflict focus heavily on combatant treatment of civilians. Research on human rights (HR) abuses committed by states has benefitted from several widely available datasets on state violations. By comparison, researchers and policymakers have been limited by a dearth of data on violations committed by rebel groups. We introduce a new resource, the Rebel Human Rights Violations (RHRV) dataset, which measures the frequen…
Naturalise or deport? the distinct logics of support for different immigration outcomes
Existing literature examines how different immigrant attributes influence support for admission and naturalisation, but few studies consider how they affect support for deportation. Naturalisation and deportation follow distinct logics, with the former marking full inclusion into the nation and the latter involving complete exclusion. Citizens are likely to include (through naturalisation) immigrants who have economic and cultural attributes that…
Strategic calculations? Partisan differences in support for Puerto Rican migration to the mainland USA
Building on research about political determinants of migration attitudes, this study examines whether public opinion is influenced by the potential political participation of migrants themselves. We use the opportunity presented by the recent increase in the number of US citizens moving from Puerto Rico to the mainland to investigate how partisanship and political calculations shape attitudes toward their migration. Using data from an online surv…
Diaspora Voting In Kenya
In 2010, Kenya extended voting rights to its estimated 3,000,000 citizens living abroad, thus joining a growing number of countries in Africa and around the world to recognize emigrant voting rights. Yet despite a politically engaged diaspora, intensive government outreach to emigrants, and high-stakes electoral competition, fewer than 3,000 Kenyans were permitted to vote from abroad in the 2013 and 2017 presidential elections. What explains the …
Refugees, Foreign Nationals, and Wageni
Host governments have responded to the migration of Somali refugees throughout Africa in recent decades in different ways. Kenyan policymakers have treated Somalis primarily as a security threat, imposing restrictions on them that especially target this group. In South Africa, where economic and political competition fuel xenophobia, Somalis are part of a larger foreign national population that is seen as having disproportionate economic influenc…
Rebel funding and child soldiers
Why do some rebel groups forcibly recruit children while others largely refrain from using this strategy? We argue that it depends, in part, on their ability to profit from natural resources. Rebel groups that earn funding from natural resources have less incentive to restrain abusive behavior such as the forced recruitment of children and more incentive to tolerate and even promote this recruitment strategy. To test our expectations, we collecte…
Natural Resource Exploitation and Sexual Violence by Rebel Groups
Sexual violence in wartime is not inevitable, and its prevalence varies substantially among armed groups and over time. This study investigates how the financing of rebel organizations influences their incentives and capacities to restrain sexual violence. We argue that the degree to which rebels rely on outsiders to profit from natural resources influences the frequency with which they commit acts of sexual violence. Rebel movements that extort …
Which Immigrants Should Be Naturalized? Which Should Be Deported? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Côte d’Ivoire
Experimental studies on immigration attitudes have been conducted overwhelmingly in Western countries and have focused on immigrant admission and naturalization, neglecting deportation as a possible outcome. In a survey experiment in Côte d’Ivoire, where immigrants represent more than one-tenth of the population, we randomized attributes of hypothetical immigrants to determine which factors influenced respondents’ support for naturalization or de…
Rebel Natural Resource Exploitation and Conflict Duration
How does natural resource wealth influence the duration of civil conflicts? We theorize that the exploitation of natural resources can strengthen rebels’ “power to resist” the government, but this depends on how rebels earn funding from those resources. Distinguishing between the extortion and smuggling of natural resources, we posit that smuggling in particular is more likely to give rebels the flexibility and mobility needed to effectively resi…
Funding rebellion
We introduce a new dataset measuring if and how rebel groups earn income from the exploitation of natural resources or criminal activities. The Rebel Contraband Dataset makes three contributions to data in this area. First, it covers a wide range of natural resources and types of crime. Second, it measures rebel engagement in these activities over time. Third, it distinguishes among different strategies that rebel groups employ, such as extortion…
Migration within Africa and Beyond
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Vote de la diaspora et ethnicité au Kenya
La majorité des gouvernements en Afrique a étendu le droit de vote aux ressortissants vivant à l’étranger, mais le comportement politique des diasporas est peu connu. À partir de l’exemple du Kenya, où la Constitution de 2010 a accordé le droit de vote à la diaspora, cet article interroge l’influence de l’ethnicité sur les préférences politiques des ressortissants kenyans à l’étranger. Sur la base de sondages d’opinion réalisés avant l’élection p…
Playing the immigration card
Exclusionary rhetoric often emerges in the context of political competition in Africa, but why are anti-immigrant strategies used by politicians in some transitional democracies and not others? Drawing on broader comparative literature, this article proposes three conditions under which politicians are likely to 'play the immigration card': when the costs of immigration become concentrated for key interest groups; when embracing anti-immigration …
Political Competition and Attitudes towards Immigration in Africa
This paper examines the political conditions under which individuals are more likely to oppose immigration. We focus on immigration attitudes in Africa, which has been overlooked in existing literature and where there is wide variation on political factors. Drawing on existing case study literature that links exclusionary politics in that region to on-going processes of political liberalisation, we hypothesise that political competition heightens…
Association Between Family Composition and the Well-Being of Vulnerable Children in Nairobi, Kenya
The Politics of Home
In recent decades, more countries have started to recognize dual citizenship. Although overlooked in the literature, Africa is part of this trend with more than half of its governments now permitting their nationals to naturalize elsewhere while retaining home country rights. Why have some African countries embraced dual citizenship for emigrants, while others have not? We examine demographic, political, and economic data broadly across the conti…
Compliance among weak states
This article examines levels of compliance with the counter-terrorism regime in Africa, where weak states might have been expected to conform. Instead, even under American pressure, some governments have seized the anti-terrorism rhetoric while others have been more reluctant. A comparative analysis of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda demonstrates that domestic political factors largely explain this variation; compliance is highest in countries with t…
Soft balancing among weak states? Evidence from Africa
Journal Article Soft balancing among weak states? Evidence from Africa Get access BETH ELISE WHITAKER BETH ELISE WHITAKER 1Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 86, Issue 5, September 2010, Pages 1109–1127, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2346.2010.00931.x Published: 27 September 2010
Voting on a constitution
In November 2005, Kenya held its first-ever national referendum on a proposed constitution. After a contentious review process, 58% of voters rejected the final document. It is common in the analysis of Kenyan politics to rely on ethnic explanations; indeed, the referendum results cannot be understood without exploring ethnic cleavages in Kenyan society. However, an exclusive focus on ethnicity obscures other factors that influenced voters, inclu…
Reluctant Partners
Journal Article Reluctant Partners: Fighting Terrorism and Promoting Democracy in Kenya Get access Beth Elise Whitaker Beth Elise Whitaker University of North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Studies Perspectives, Volume 9, Issue 3, August 2008, Pages 254–271, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-3585.2008.00332.x Published: 20 July 2008
Funding the International Refugee Regime
Despite the abundance of literature on international regimes, little attention has been given to how they are funded and the impact of funding on regime performance. This article examines how donor funding has affected the underlying principle of protection in the international refugee regime. It focuses on the case of Tanzania, where refugee protection standards have declined consistently over the past twelve years, and argues that a shortage of…
Exporting the Patriot Act? democracy and the ‘war on terror’ in the Third World
Since 2001 many countries have adopted anti-terrorism laws that limit civil liberties and expand law enforcement powers in the name of national security. Counter-terrorism legislation is promoted through several international channels, most notably the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee, but the USA is clearly seen as the driving force. This article examines the politics surrounding the recent development and implementation of anti-terror…
Citizens and Foreigners
In the ongoing context of political liberalization, many African leaders have adopted the rhetoric of democracy while at the same time devising ways to limit political competition. This article focuses on one such strategy: the effort to disqualify or discredit political opponents based on challenges to their citizenship. In recent years, several African leaders have initiated court cases and produced evidence to question the right of opposition …
Refugees and the Spread of Conflict
Do refugee movements cause the spread of conflict from one country to another and if so, under what conditions? This artice explores these questions by examining the contrasting cases of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania. The 1994 influx of Rwandan refugees into eastern Congo was a contributing factor in the outbreak of war there in 1996 and again in 1998. The 1994 refugee migration into western Tanzania, however, was relatively peace…
Refugees in Western Tanzania
Citizens and Foreigners
In the ongoing context of political liberalization, many African leaders have adopted the rhetoric of democracy while at the same time devising ways to limit political competition. This article focuses on one such strategy: the effort to disqualify or discredit political opponents based on challenges to their citizenship. In recent years, several African leaders have initiated court cases and produced evidence to question the right of opposition …
Natural Resource Exploitation and Sexual Violence by Rebel Groups
Sexual violence in wartime is not inevitable, and its prevalence varies substantially among armed groups and over time. This study investigates how the financing of rebel organizations influences their incentives and capacities to restrain sexual violence. We argue that the degree to which rebels rely on outsiders to profit from natural resources influences the frequency with which they commit acts of sexual violence. Rebel movements that extort …
Refugees and the Spread of Conflict
Do refugee movements cause the spread of conflict from one country to another and if so, under what conditions? This artice explores these questions by examining the contrasting cases of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania. The 1994 influx of Rwandan refugees into eastern Congo was a contributing factor in the outbreak of war there in 1996 and again in 1998. The 1994 refugee migration into western Tanzania, however, was relatively peace…
Funding rebellion
We introduce a new dataset measuring if and how rebel groups earn income from the exploitation of natural resources or criminal activities. The Rebel Contraband Dataset makes three contributions to data in this area. First, it covers a wide range of natural resources and types of crime. Second, it measures rebel engagement in these activities over time. Third, it distinguishes among different strategies that rebel groups employ, such as extortion…
Rebel Natural Resource Exploitation and Conflict Duration
How does natural resource wealth influence the duration of civil conflicts? We theorize that the exploitation of natural resources can strengthen rebels’ “power to resist” the government, but this depends on how rebels earn funding from those resources. Distinguishing between the extortion and smuggling of natural resources, we posit that smuggling in particular is more likely to give rebels the flexibility and mobility needed to effectively resi…
Political Competition and Attitudes towards Immigration in Africa
This paper examines the political conditions under which individuals are more likely to oppose immigration. We focus on immigration attitudes in Africa, which has been overlooked in existing literature and where there is wide variation on political factors. Drawing on existing case study literature that links exclusionary politics in that region to on-going processes of political liberalisation, we hypothesise that political competition heightens…
The Politics of Home
In recent decades, more countries have started to recognize dual citizenship. Although overlooked in the literature, Africa is part of this trend with more than half of its governments now permitting their nationals to naturalize elsewhere while retaining home country rights. Why have some African countries embraced dual citizenship for emigrants, while others have not? We examine demographic, political, and economic data broadly across the conti…
Which Immigrants Should Be Naturalized? Which Should Be Deported? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Côte d’Ivoire
Experimental studies on immigration attitudes have been conducted overwhelmingly in Western countries and have focused on immigrant admission and naturalization, neglecting deportation as a possible outcome. In a survey experiment in Côte d’Ivoire, where immigrants represent more than one-tenth of the population, we randomized attributes of hypothetical immigrants to determine which factors influenced respondents’ support for naturalization or de…
Rebel funding and child soldiers
Why do some rebel groups forcibly recruit children while others largely refrain from using this strategy? We argue that it depends, in part, on their ability to profit from natural resources. Rebel groups that earn funding from natural resources have less incentive to restrain abusive behavior such as the forced recruitment of children and more incentive to tolerate and even promote this recruitment strategy. To test our expectations, we collecte…
Funding the International Refugee Regime
Despite the abundance of literature on international regimes, little attention has been given to how they are funded and the impact of funding on regime performance. This article examines how donor funding has affected the underlying principle of protection in the international refugee regime. It focuses on the case of Tanzania, where refugee protection standards have declined consistently over the past twelve years, and argues that a shortage of…
Soft balancing among weak states? Evidence from Africa
Journal Article Soft balancing among weak states? Evidence from Africa Get access BETH ELISE WHITAKER BETH ELISE WHITAKER 1Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 86, Issue 5, September 2010, Pages 1109–1127, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2346.2010.00931.x Published: 27 September 2010
Exporting the Patriot Act? democracy and the ‘war on terror’ in the Third World
Since 2001 many countries have adopted anti-terrorism laws that limit civil liberties and expand law enforcement powers in the name of national security. Counter-terrorism legislation is promoted through several international channels, most notably the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee, but the USA is clearly seen as the driving force. This article examines the politics surrounding the recent development and implementation of anti-terror…
Compliance among weak states
This article examines levels of compliance with the counter-terrorism regime in Africa, where weak states might have been expected to conform. Instead, even under American pressure, some governments have seized the anti-terrorism rhetoric while others have been more reluctant. A comparative analysis of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda demonstrates that domestic political factors largely explain this variation; compliance is highest in countries with t…
Reluctant Partners
Journal Article Reluctant Partners: Fighting Terrorism and Promoting Democracy in Kenya Get access Beth Elise Whitaker Beth Elise Whitaker University of North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Studies Perspectives, Volume 9, Issue 3, August 2008, Pages 254–271, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-3585.2008.00332.x Published: 20 July 2008
Refugees, Foreign Nationals, and Wageni
Host governments have responded to the migration of Somali refugees throughout Africa in recent decades in different ways. Kenyan policymakers have treated Somalis primarily as a security threat, imposing restrictions on them that especially target this group. In South Africa, where economic and political competition fuel xenophobia, Somalis are part of a larger foreign national population that is seen as having disproportionate economic influenc…
Migration within Africa and Beyond
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Voting on a constitution
In November 2005, Kenya held its first-ever national referendum on a proposed constitution. After a contentious review process, 58% of voters rejected the final document. It is common in the analysis of Kenyan politics to rely on ethnic explanations; indeed, the referendum results cannot be understood without exploring ethnic cleavages in Kenyan society. However, an exclusive focus on ethnicity obscures other factors that influenced voters, inclu…
Diaspora Voting In Kenya
In 2010, Kenya extended voting rights to its estimated 3,000,000 citizens living abroad, thus joining a growing number of countries in Africa and around the world to recognize emigrant voting rights. Yet despite a politically engaged diaspora, intensive government outreach to emigrants, and high-stakes electoral competition, fewer than 3,000 Kenyans were permitted to vote from abroad in the 2013 and 2017 presidential elections. What explains the …
Strategic calculations? Partisan differences in support for Puerto Rican migration to the mainland USA
Building on research about political determinants of migration attitudes, this study examines whether public opinion is influenced by the potential political participation of migrants themselves. We use the opportunity presented by the recent increase in the number of US citizens moving from Puerto Rico to the mainland to investigate how partisanship and political calculations shape attitudes toward their migration. Using data from an online surv…
Document. Changing priorities in refugee protection
Document. Changing priorities in refugee protection: the Rwandan repatriation from Tanzania Get access BE Whitaker BE Whitaker Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Refugee Survey Quarterly, Volume 21, Issue 1_and_2, April 2002, Pages 328–344, https://doi.org/10.1093/rsq/21.1_and_2.328 Published: 01 April 2002
Playing the immigration card
Exclusionary rhetoric often emerges in the context of political competition in Africa, but why are anti-immigrant strategies used by politicians in some transitional democracies and not others? Drawing on broader comparative literature, this article proposes three conditions under which politicians are likely to 'play the immigration card': when the costs of immigration become concentrated for key interest groups; when embracing anti-immigration …
Rebel human rights abuses during civil wars
Contemporary studies of civil conflict focus heavily on combatant treatment of civilians. Research on human rights (HR) abuses committed by states has benefitted from several widely available datasets on state violations. By comparison, researchers and policymakers have been limited by a dearth of data on violations committed by rebel groups. We introduce a new resource, the Rebel Human Rights Violations (RHRV) dataset, which measures the frequen…
Vote de la diaspora et ethnicité au Kenya
La majorité des gouvernements en Afrique a étendu le droit de vote aux ressortissants vivant à l’étranger, mais le comportement politique des diasporas est peu connu. À partir de l’exemple du Kenya, où la Constitution de 2010 a accordé le droit de vote à la diaspora, cet article interroge l’influence de l’ethnicité sur les préférences politiques des ressortissants kenyans à l’étranger. Sur la base de sondages d’opinion réalisés avant l’élection p…
Voice Through Votes and Remittances
The increasing political inclusion of diaspora populations around the world has raised questions about their influence on electoral outcomes back home. In Kenya, emigrants have advocated for direct influence through external voting rights, while less attention has been given to the ways in which they may also indirectly influence elections through economic remittances. In this research note, we explore diaspora efforts to influence elections thro…
Document. Changing priorities in refugee protection
Document. Changing priorities in refugee protection: the Rwandan repatriation from Tanzania Get access BE Whitaker BE Whitaker Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Refugee Survey Quarterly, Volume 21, Issue 1_and_2, April 2002, Pages 328–344, https://doi.org/10.1093/rsq/21.1_and_2.328 Published: 01 April 2002
Refugees in Western Tanzania
Refugees and the Spread of Conflict
Do refugee movements cause the spread of conflict from one country to another and if so, under what conditions? This artice explores these questions by examining the contrasting cases of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania. The 1994 influx of Rwandan refugees into eastern Congo was a contributing factor in the outbreak of war there in 1996 and again in 1998. The 1994 refugee migration into western Tanzania, however, was relatively peace…
Citizens and Foreigners
In the ongoing context of political liberalization, many African leaders have adopted the rhetoric of democracy while at the same time devising ways to limit political competition. This article focuses on one such strategy: the effort to disqualify or discredit political opponents based on challenges to their citizenship. In recent years, several African leaders have initiated court cases and produced evidence to question the right of opposition …
Exporting the Patriot Act? democracy and the ‘war on terror’ in the Third World
Since 2001 many countries have adopted anti-terrorism laws that limit civil liberties and expand law enforcement powers in the name of national security. Counter-terrorism legislation is promoted through several international channels, most notably the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee, but the USA is clearly seen as the driving force. This article examines the politics surrounding the recent development and implementation of anti-terror…
Reluctant Partners
Journal Article Reluctant Partners: Fighting Terrorism and Promoting Democracy in Kenya Get access Beth Elise Whitaker Beth Elise Whitaker University of North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Studies Perspectives, Volume 9, Issue 3, August 2008, Pages 254–271, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-3585.2008.00332.x Published: 20 July 2008
Funding the International Refugee Regime
Despite the abundance of literature on international regimes, little attention has been given to how they are funded and the impact of funding on regime performance. This article examines how donor funding has affected the underlying principle of protection in the international refugee regime. It focuses on the case of Tanzania, where refugee protection standards have declined consistently over the past twelve years, and argues that a shortage of…
Voting on a constitution
In November 2005, Kenya held its first-ever national referendum on a proposed constitution. After a contentious review process, 58% of voters rejected the final document. It is common in the analysis of Kenyan politics to rely on ethnic explanations; indeed, the referendum results cannot be understood without exploring ethnic cleavages in Kenyan society. However, an exclusive focus on ethnicity obscures other factors that influenced voters, inclu…
Compliance among weak states
This article examines levels of compliance with the counter-terrorism regime in Africa, where weak states might have been expected to conform. Instead, even under American pressure, some governments have seized the anti-terrorism rhetoric while others have been more reluctant. A comparative analysis of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda demonstrates that domestic political factors largely explain this variation; compliance is highest in countries with t…
Soft balancing among weak states? Evidence from Africa
Journal Article Soft balancing among weak states? Evidence from Africa Get access BETH ELISE WHITAKER BETH ELISE WHITAKER 1Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 86, Issue 5, September 2010, Pages 1109–1127, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2346.2010.00931.x Published: 27 September 2010
Association Between Family Composition and the Well-Being of Vulnerable Children in Nairobi, Kenya
The Politics of Home
In recent decades, more countries have started to recognize dual citizenship. Although overlooked in the literature, Africa is part of this trend with more than half of its governments now permitting their nationals to naturalize elsewhere while retaining home country rights. Why have some African countries embraced dual citizenship for emigrants, while others have not? We examine demographic, political, and economic data broadly across the conti…
Playing the immigration card
Exclusionary rhetoric often emerges in the context of political competition in Africa, but why are anti-immigrant strategies used by politicians in some transitional democracies and not others? Drawing on broader comparative literature, this article proposes three conditions under which politicians are likely to 'play the immigration card': when the costs of immigration become concentrated for key interest groups; when embracing anti-immigration …
Political Competition and Attitudes towards Immigration in Africa
This paper examines the political conditions under which individuals are more likely to oppose immigration. We focus on immigration attitudes in Africa, which has been overlooked in existing literature and where there is wide variation on political factors. Drawing on existing case study literature that links exclusionary politics in that region to on-going processes of political liberalisation, we hypothesise that political competition heightens…
Vote de la diaspora et ethnicité au Kenya
La majorité des gouvernements en Afrique a étendu le droit de vote aux ressortissants vivant à l’étranger, mais le comportement politique des diasporas est peu connu. À partir de l’exemple du Kenya, où la Constitution de 2010 a accordé le droit de vote à la diaspora, cet article interroge l’influence de l’ethnicité sur les préférences politiques des ressortissants kenyans à l’étranger. Sur la base de sondages d’opinion réalisés avant l’élection p…
Migration within Africa and Beyond
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Funding rebellion
We introduce a new dataset measuring if and how rebel groups earn income from the exploitation of natural resources or criminal activities. The Rebel Contraband Dataset makes three contributions to data in this area. First, it covers a wide range of natural resources and types of crime. Second, it measures rebel engagement in these activities over time. Third, it distinguishes among different strategies that rebel groups employ, such as extortion…
Natural Resource Exploitation and Sexual Violence by Rebel Groups
Sexual violence in wartime is not inevitable, and its prevalence varies substantially among armed groups and over time. This study investigates how the financing of rebel organizations influences their incentives and capacities to restrain sexual violence. We argue that the degree to which rebels rely on outsiders to profit from natural resources influences the frequency with which they commit acts of sexual violence. Rebel movements that extort …
Which Immigrants Should Be Naturalized? Which Should Be Deported? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Côte d’Ivoire
Experimental studies on immigration attitudes have been conducted overwhelmingly in Western countries and have focused on immigrant admission and naturalization, neglecting deportation as a possible outcome. In a survey experiment in Côte d’Ivoire, where immigrants represent more than one-tenth of the population, we randomized attributes of hypothetical immigrants to determine which factors influenced respondents’ support for naturalization or de…
Rebel Natural Resource Exploitation and Conflict Duration
How does natural resource wealth influence the duration of civil conflicts? We theorize that the exploitation of natural resources can strengthen rebels’ “power to resist” the government, but this depends on how rebels earn funding from those resources. Distinguishing between the extortion and smuggling of natural resources, we posit that smuggling in particular is more likely to give rebels the flexibility and mobility needed to effectively resi…
Refugees, Foreign Nationals, and Wageni
Host governments have responded to the migration of Somali refugees throughout Africa in recent decades in different ways. Kenyan policymakers have treated Somalis primarily as a security threat, imposing restrictions on them that especially target this group. In South Africa, where economic and political competition fuel xenophobia, Somalis are part of a larger foreign national population that is seen as having disproportionate economic influenc…
Rebel funding and child soldiers
Why do some rebel groups forcibly recruit children while others largely refrain from using this strategy? We argue that it depends, in part, on their ability to profit from natural resources. Rebel groups that earn funding from natural resources have less incentive to restrain abusive behavior such as the forced recruitment of children and more incentive to tolerate and even promote this recruitment strategy. To test our expectations, we collecte…
Strategic calculations? Partisan differences in support for Puerto Rican migration to the mainland USA
Building on research about political determinants of migration attitudes, this study examines whether public opinion is influenced by the potential political participation of migrants themselves. We use the opportunity presented by the recent increase in the number of US citizens moving from Puerto Rico to the mainland to investigate how partisanship and political calculations shape attitudes toward their migration. Using data from an online surv…
Diaspora Voting In Kenya
In 2010, Kenya extended voting rights to its estimated 3,000,000 citizens living abroad, thus joining a growing number of countries in Africa and around the world to recognize emigrant voting rights. Yet despite a politically engaged diaspora, intensive government outreach to emigrants, and high-stakes electoral competition, fewer than 3,000 Kenyans were permitted to vote from abroad in the 2013 and 2017 presidential elections. What explains the …
Naturalise or deport? the distinct logics of support for different immigration outcomes
Existing literature examines how different immigrant attributes influence support for admission and naturalisation, but few studies consider how they affect support for deportation. Naturalisation and deportation follow distinct logics, with the former marking full inclusion into the nation and the latter involving complete exclusion. Citizens are likely to include (through naturalisation) immigrants who have economic and cultural attributes that…
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