Penn State Department of Political Science


Graduate: Student and Recent Graduate Publications

CURRENT STUDENTS

Boydstun, Amber E. 2008. The Decline of the Death Penalty and the Discovery of Innocence. New York: Cambridge University Press. (with Frank R. Baumgartner and Suzanna De Boef) Forthcoming.

Boydstun, Amber E. 2007. Media Framing of Capital Punishment and Its Impact on Individuals' Cognitive Responses. Mass Communication and Society 10(4). (with Frank E. Dardis, Frank R. Baumgartner, Suzanna De Boef and Fuyuan Shen) Forthcoming.

Egan, Kevin. “Reason’s Bondage: On the Rationalization of Sexuality.” Contemporary Political Theory. Forthcoming.

Karakoç, Ekrem. “Civil Society and the Legacies of Dictatorship,” World Politics. (with Michael Bernhard) Forthcoming.

Joyce, Kyle A. 2008. Third-Party Intervention and the Civil War Process. Journal of Peace Research 45(3). (with Dylan Balch-Lindsay and Andrew J. Enterline) Forthcoming.

Joyce, Kyle A. 2007. Event Dependence and Heterogeneity in Duration Models: The Conditional Frailty Model. Political Analysis 15(3): 237-256. (with Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier and Suzanna De Boef)

Kim, Young Hun. "Interrupted Presidencies in Third Wave Democracies." Journal of Politics. (with Donna Bahry) Forthcoming.

Miller, Dawn.  2004.“Security at What Cost? Arms Transfers to the Developing World and Human Rights.” In Understanding Human Rights Violations: New Systematic StudiesAldershott, UK: Ashgate.

Sandell Pacheco, Julianna. Forthcoming 2006. “Stay in School, Don't Get Pregnant: Teen Life Transitions and Cumulative Disadvantages for Voter Turnout.” American Politics Research. (with Eric Plutzer)

Sandell, Julianna. 2005. “Families, Divorce and Voter Turnout in the US.” Political Behavior 27: 133-162. (with Eric Plutzer)

RECENT GRADUATES

Abbas, Asma. Forthcoming 2006. The Sword, The Lyre, and the Chalice: A Story of the Progressive Writers’ Movement. Karachi.

Abbas, Asma. 2005. “Damages Inc.: Making the Sublime Matter.” Politics and Culture: An International Review of Books (Special Issue on “The Politics of Disaster”) 6(2).

Bayer, Reşat. 2004. “Effects of Civil Wars on International Trade.” Journal of Peace Research 41(6).  (with Matthew C. Rupert)

Boehmer, Charles.  2007. “The Effects of Economic Crisis, Domestic Discord, and State Efficacy on the Decision to Initiate Interstate Conflict” Forthcoming in Politics and Policy 35 (4) December (Refereed)

Boehmer, Charles. 2005. “Do Intergovernmental Organizations Promote Peace?” World Politics. (with Timothy Nordstrom and Erik Gartzke)

Boehmer, Charles. 2005. “Violent Adolescence: State Development and the Propensity for Militarized Interstate Conflict.” Journal of Peace Research 42(1). (with David Sobek)

Erik  Gartzke, Quan Li, and Charles Boehmer.   (2001), “Investing in the Peace: Economic Interdependence and International Conflict”, International Organization, 55 (2)  reprinted in International Conflict  and the Global Economy, edited by Edward D. Mansfield.  Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd  (2004).

Braithwaite, Alex. 2008. Forthcoming. “Transnational Terrorism Hot Spots: Identification and Impact Evaluation.” (With   Quan Li.) Accepted for publication at Conflict Management and Peace Science.

Braithwaite, Alex. 2006. “The Geographic Spread of Militarized Disputes.” Journal of Peace Research 43(5):507-522.

Braithwaite, Alex. 2005.  “Victim of Success: American Dominance and International Terrorism.” (With David Sobek.) Conflict Management and Peace Science 22(2):135-148.

Braithwaite, Alex. 2005. “Location, Location, Location…Identifying Conflict Hot Spots.” International Interactions 31(4):251-272.

Doerschler, Peter. Forthcoming 2007. “Losers of Unification, Political Dissatisfaction, Ideology or Eastern Identity:  Explaining the Changing Support for the PDS in Germany.” Electoral Studies. (with Lee Ann Banaszak)    

Doerschler, Peter. Forthcoming 2006. “Push-Pull Factors and the Development of Immigrants’ Political Attitudes in Germany.”  Social Science Quarterly.     

Doerschler, Peter. 2004. “Education and the Development of Turkish and Yugoslavian Immigrants’ Political Attitudes in Germany.”  German Politics 13(3): 449-480.

Foster, Dennis M. 2006. “An Invitation to Struggle? The Use of Force against Legislatively Vulnerable American Presidents.” International Studies Quarterly 50:421-444.
 
Foster, Dennis M. 2006. “State Power, Linkage Mechanisms, and Diversion against Nonrivals.” Conflict Management and Peace Science 23:1-21.
 
Foster, Dennis M. 2006. “Presidents, Public Opinion, and Diversionary Behavior: The Role of Partisan Support Reconsidered.” Foreign Policy Analysis 2:269-287. (with Glenn Palmer)

Ghosn, Faten. 2004. “The MID 3 Data Set, 1993-2001: Procedures, Coding Rules, and Description.” Conflict Management and Peace Science 21(2):133-154. (with Glenn Palmer and Stuart Bremer)

Inclán, Maria. 2008. Forthcoming. "From the IYa Basta! to the Caracoles: Zapatista Mobilization under Transitional Conditions." American Journal of Sociology.

Inclán, Maria. 2005. “Las reformas judiciales en America Latina y la rendicion de cuentas de Estado.” Perfiles Latinoamericanos 26 (Julio-Diciembre 2005): 55-82. (with Silvia Inclán)

Lavin, Chad.  The Politics of Responsibility, under contract with the University of Illinois Press.

Lavin, Chad.  2006. “Fear, Radical Democracy, and Theoretical Methadone.” Polity 38(2).

Lavin, Chad. 2006. “The Buoyancy of Failure: Fighting Nature in New Orleans.” Space and Culture 9(1) (with Chris Russill)

Lavin, Chad. 2005. “Postliberal Agency in Marx's Brumaire.” Rethinking Marxism 17(3).

Lavin, Chad. 2005. “Who Responds to Global Poverty?” (review essay). Social Theory & Practice 31(1).

Lavin, Chad. 2005. “Mediating Crisis” (review essay). New Political Science 26(1).

Mahoney, Christine. Forthcoming 2007. “Lobbying Success in the US and the EU.” Journal of Public Policy

Mahoney, Christine. 2004. “The Power of Institutions: State and Interest-Group Activity in the European Union.” European Union Politics 5(4):441–466.

Mahoney, Christine. 2004. “Social Movements and the Rise of New Issues.” In Helen Ingram, Valerie Jenness and David S. Meyer, eds., Routing the Opposition: Social Movements, Public Policy and Democracy. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. (with Frank R. Baumgartner)

Nordstrom Timothy. 2007. “Allying for Peace: Treaty Obligations and Conflict Between Allies,” Journal of Politics, 69:1118-1132. (with Andrew Long and Kyeonghi Baek)

Nordstrom, Timothy.  2005.  “Democratic Variants and Democratic Variance:  Examining Domestic Processes and Interstate Conflict,” Journal of Politics, 67(1): 250-270. (with David Clark)

Nordstrom, Timothy. 2004. “Do IGOs Promote Peace?” World Politics, 57(October):1-38. (with Charles Boehmer and Erik Gartzke)

Nordstrom, Timothy. 2004. “The Correlates of War 2 International Governmental Organizations Data Version 2.0,” Conflict Management and Peace Science, 21(2):101-119. (with Jon Pevehouse and Kevin Warnke)

Nordstrom, Timothy.  2004. “The Legacy of Western Overseas Colonialism on Democratic Survival,” International Studies Quarterly, 48:225-250. (with Michael Bernhard and Christopher Reenock)

Nordstrom, Timothy.  2003.  “Risky Inference: Unobserved Treatment Effects in Conflict Studies,” International Studies Quarterly, 47(3):417-429. (with David Clark)

Nordstrom, Timothy.  2003. “East versus West: Comparing Political Attitudes and Welfare Preferences Across European Societies,” Journal of European Public Policy, 10:339-364. (with Christine Lipsmeyer)

Bernhard, Michael, Christopher Reenock, and Timothy Nordstrom.  2003. “Economic Performance and Survival in
New Democracies: Is There a Honeymoon Effect?” Comparative Political Studies, 36:404-432. 

Nordstrom, Timothy. 2001.  “Economic Performance, Institutional Intermediation, and Democratic Survival,” Journal of Politics, 63:775-803. (with Michael Bernhard and Christopher Reenock).

Nordstrom, Timothy.  2000.  “Foreign Policy Substitutability and Internal Economic Problems in Enduring Rivalries,” Journal of Conflict Resolution, 44:33-61. (with Scott D. Bennett)

Ondercin, Heather. 2006. “Gender Gaps in Senate Elections, 1988-2000: The Impact of Campaign-Level and State- Level Factors.” Politics and Gender, 3(1): 33-53. (with Jeffery Bernstein)

Ondercin, Heather. 2005. “Women Candidates.” In Sue Thomas and Clyde Wilcox, eds., Women and Elective Office: Past, Present and Future, 2nd Ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (with Susan Welch)

Poggione, Sarah.  2005.  “Women State Legislators: Descriptive and Substantive Representation.” In Lois Duke Whitaker, ed., Women in Politics: Outsiders or Insiders? 4th edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Poggione, Sarah.  2004.  “Exploring Gender Differences in State Legislators’ Policy Preferences.” Political Research Quarterly 57: 305-314.

Reenock, Christopher. 2004. “Incremental Consolidation and Comprehensive Reorganization of American State Executive Branches.” American Journal of Political Science 48(4): 796-812. (with Michael Berkman)

Reenock, Christopher. 2004. “Bureaucratic Control by Design: Explaining State Legislators' Willingness to Use Ex Ante Tactics in Air Pollution Control.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 29(3): 383-406. (with Sarah Poggione)

Reenock, Christopher. 2004. “The Legacy of Western Overseas Colonialism on Democratic Survival.” International Studies Quarterly 48(1): 225-250. (with Michael Bernhard and Timothy Nordstrom)

Sobek, David. 2007. "Basic Needs Satisfaction and Democratic Survival: A Cross National Analysis 1961- 1995." International Studies Quarterly. 51(3): 677-699. With Michael Bernhard and Christopher Reenock.

Sobek, David. 2007. “Rally Around the Podesta: Testing Diversionary Theory Across Time” Journal of Peace          Research. 44(1): 29-45.

Sobek, David. 2006. “The Human Rights Peace: How the Respect for Human Rights at Home Leads to Peace Abroad.” Journal of Politics. 68(3): 519-529.With M. Rodwan Abouharb and Christopher Ingram.

Sobek, David. 2005. “Victim of Success: American Dominance and Terrorism.” Conflict Management and Peace Science 22(2):135-49. (with Alex Braithwaite)

Sobek, David. 2005. “Machiavelli’s Legacy: Domestic Politics and International Conflict.” International Studies Quarterly 49(2):179-205.

Sobek, David. 2004. “The Dynamics of Civil War Duration and Outcome.” Journal of Peace Research 41(3). (with Karl DeRouen)

Warner, Jamie. Forthcoming 2007. “Political Culture Jamming: The Dissident Humor of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” Popular Communication 5(1).

Warner, Jamie. 2006. “Rah-Rah-Radical: The Radical Cheerleaders’ Challenge to the Public Sphere.” Politics & Gender 2(3):281-302. (with Margaret Farrar)

Warner, Jamie. 2006. “Politics and Entertainment: Civic Catastrophe or Democratic Possibility?” New Political Science 28(3):431-436.

*Student co-authored items are listed once. 


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