Civil War & Political Violence
Democracy, Accountability & Political Change
Ethnic Politics
Unpublished Manuscripts

Civil War & Political Violence

“Assessing Progress toward Demobilization and Reintegration in Sierra Leone” (with M. Humphreys). In Robert Muggah (editor). In Securing Protection: Reconsidering Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (New York: Routledge Press, Forthcoming).

“Guerrillas, Rebels, or Warlords? How Rebel Group Structures Matter for Policy.” In David Capie and Pablo Policzer (editors), After Leviathan: Restraining Violence by Non-State Armed Groups (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, Forthcoming).

“Who Fights? The Determinants of Participation in Civil War” (with M. Humphreys). American Journal of Political Science (April 2008). Robustness Tests

“Demobilization and Reintegration” (with M. Humphreys). Journal of Conflict Resolution (August 2007). Data

Inside Rebellion: The Politics of Insurgent Violence (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007). Reviews in: American Journal of Sociology | Canadian Journal of Political Science | CHOICE | Comparative Political Studies | Critical Sociology | Foreign Affairs | Journal of Peace Research | Perspectives on Politics | Latin American Politics and Society | Review of Politics | Small Wars & Insurgencies | Terrorism and Political Violence

“Toward More Policy-Relevant Research on Civil War Severity” (with B. Lacina). APSA-CP Newsletter (Summer 2007).

“Africa’s Revolutionary Deficit.” Foreign Policy (July/August 2007).

“Handling and Manhandling Civilians in Civil War” (with M. Humphreys). American Political Science Review (August 2006). Derivation of Hypotheses | Data

“Resources and the Information Problem in Rebel Recruitment.” Journal of Conflict Resolution (August 2005).

“Rebuilding Weak States” (with Stuart Eizenstat and John Edward Porter). Foreign Affairs (January/February 2005).

“The Civil War in Mozambique” (with L. Francisco). In Paul Collier and Nicholas Sambanis (editors), Economic Models and Case Studies of Civil War. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2005.

On the Brink: Weak States and US National Security (Washington, DC: The Center for Global Development, 2004).

“A New Threat of Terror in the Western Hemisphere.” SAIS Review (Winter/Spring 2003).

“The Structure of Rebel Organizations: Implications for Post-Conflict Reconstruction.” Research Dissemination Note 4, Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit, World Bank, June 2002.

“Africa’s Scramble for Africa: Lessons of a Continental War.” World Policy Journal (Summer 2000).

Ethnic Politics

“Why Are Co-Ethnics Believed to be More Trustworthy?” (with J. Habyarimana, M. Humphreys, and D. Posner). In Karen Cook and Margaret Levi (editors), Russell Sage Foundation Capstone Volume on Trust (New York: Russell Sage Foundation Press, Forthcoming).

The Co-Ethnic Advantage: Diversity and the Impediments to Collective Action (with J. Habyarimana, M. Humphreys, and D. Posner) (New York: Russell Sage Foundation Press, Forthcoming).

“Better Institutions, Not Partition.” (with J. Habyarimana, M. Humphreys, and D. Posner), Foreign Affairs (July/August2008).

“Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision?” (with J. Habyarimana, M. Humphreys, and D. Posner). American Political Science Review (November 2007). Proctor’s Instructions

Democracy, Accountability & Political Change

Improving Democracy Assistance: Building Knowledge Through Evaluations and Research (Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2008).

It has been difficult to find evidence of democracy's economic dividends: Comment on Miguel." Boston Review (May 2008).

“Mozambique: A Fading U.N. Success Story.” Journal of Democracy (January 2002).

“Service Learning as Democratic Education in South Africa and the United States.” (with M. Mendel Reyes) Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (Fall 1996).

Unpublished Manuscripts

“AIDS, Security, and Social Stability.”

“Autonomous Recovery and International Intervention in Comparative Perspective.”

“Ethnic Identifiability: An Experimental Approach” (with J. Habyarimana, M. Humphreys, and D. Posner).

“Group Preferences or Group Strategies? Untangling the Determinants of Successful Collective Action Among Gender and Ethnic Groups” (with J. Habyarimana, M. Humphreys, and D. Posner).

“Measuring the Economic Impact of Civil War” (with K. Imai).

“Placing and Passing: Evidence from Uganda on Ethnic Identification and Deception” (with J. Habyarimana, M. Humphreys, and D. Posner).

“Policing the Politicians: Citizen Empowerment and Political Accountability in Africa” (with M. Humphreys). Scorecard

“Social Focal Points” (with J. Habyarimana, M. Humphreys, and D. Posner).

“What the Fighters Say? A Survey of Ex-Combatants in Sierra Leone” (with M. Humphreys). Survey | Survey Codebook