Claire L. Adida
Publications
Do Migrants Improve their Hometowns? Remittances and Access to Public Services in Mexico, 1995-2000
(with Desha M. Girod) [.pdf]
Forthcoming, Comparative Political Studies
Too Close for Comfort? Immigrant Exclusion in Africa
Forthcoming, Comparative Political Studies
Ongoing Research
Mass Expulsions in Africa
Under Review
Integration into Europe: Identifying a Muslim Effect
(with David D. Laitin and Marie-Anne Valfort)
Working Paper
The Integration of Muslim Immigrants into European Societies
(with David D. Laitin and Marie-Anne Valfort)
Project website soon
Diversity, Leaders and Public Goods
(with Leonardo Arriola)
The Ethnic Identifiability of African Leaders
Teaching
Contemporary African Politics, Stanford University
Fall 2009, Syllabus: [.pdf]
![I am a Ph.D. candidate in political science at Stanford University. In 2009-2010, I will be a Teaching Fellow in Political Science at Stanford University. Beginning in July 2010, I will be an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California San Diego.
My dissertation, “Immigrant Exclusion and Insecurity in Africa” examines the cultural and institutional determinants of identity through the lens of immigrant exclusion and violence. In 2007, I conducted twelve months of field research in Ghana, Benin, Nigeria and Niger where I surveyed over 400 Nigerian immigrants and over 600 members of their host populations to create a picture of identity and exclusion that spans both immigrant and host perspectives. In my dissertation, I argue and find that cultural similarities between immigrants and their hosts may motivate cultural entrepreneurs to highlight differences and reify boundaries. The result is that culturally similar groups may face greater political exclusion than culturally dissimilar ones.
My research interests include: ethnicity and identity; government and non-state provision of public goods; inter-group cooperation and violence; and trust and informal institutions.
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