RESEARCH
Book Project
"Electing Peace: Credibly Transitioning from Civil Conflict to Political Participation" (September 2012)
Working Papers
On Civil Conflict and Elections:
"Autonomous Decisions: Why Do Militant Groups Conduct Simultaneous Electoral and Armed Campaigns, and Why Does the Government Allow It?" (November 2012)
"Bullets for Ballots: Examining the Effect of Electoral Participation on Conflict Recurrence" (April 2012)
"International Insurance: Explaining Why Militant Groups Participate in Elections" (April 2011)
On States Sharing Sovereignty:
"Sharing Sovereignty to Substitute for Statehood: The Role of Governance Delegation Agreements in Rectifying State Weakness" (March 2012)
"Governance Delegation Agreements: Explaining How and Why States Share" (December 2010)
"Learning to Share: Explaining the Conditions under Which States Delegate Governance,” Center for Global Development’s Working Paper Series, 181 (September 2009): 1-48.
On Social Support for and Tactics of Armed Actors:
"Escalation, De-Escalation, and Intergroup Dynamics” (with Martha Crenshaw and Brenna Powell) (September 2012)
"Living in Fear: The Dynamics of Extortion in Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency” (with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Beatriz Magaloni, and Vidal Romero) (October 2011)
"Fighting for Hearts and Minds: Examining Popular Support for the Military in Colombia” (with Miguel García-Sanchez) (June 2011)
Please email me (matanock@stanford.edu) to see chapters or papers.
