I Political Science: Method and Theory / Science Politique: MÉthodes Et Théories
| Date | 01 June 2019 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002083451906900301 |
| Published date | 01 June 2019 |
| Subject Matter | Abstracts |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE : METHOD AND THEORY
SCIENCE POLITIQUE : MÉTHODES ET THÉORIES
69.3222
ABRAJANO, Marisa ; ALVAREZ, R. Michael — Answering
questions about race: how racial and ethnic identities in-
Why do some former authoritarian elites return to power after democrati-
fluence survey response. American Politics Research
zation through reelection or reappointment to political office, or by as-
47(2), March 2019 : 250-274.
suming board positions in state-owned or major private enterprises,
whereas others do not and stil others face punishment? This article
Given the fundamental role that race and ethnicity play in US society,
investigates this question using an original data set on constitutional
sensitive survey items on this subject can often lead individuals to un-
origins and the fate of the upper echelon of outgoing authoritarian elites
derreport their true attitudes. Previous studies have shown that the
across Latin America from 1900 to 2015. I find that authoritarian elites
absence of an interviewer reduces the pressure to provide social y
from outgoing regimes that impose a holdover constitution that sticks
desirable responses. The 2012 and 2016 American National Election
through democratization are more likely to regain political or economic
Studies (ANES), where both interviewer and self-administered surveys
power — especially through national positions where the potential pay-
were used, al ows us to test whether mode effects emerge in the way
offs are largest — and less likely to face severe or nominal punishment. I
respondents answer survey items related to racial attitudes. We also
also find a positive role for political capital among former elites. [R, abr.]
expect mode effects to vary based on the extent to which individuals are
politically socialized in the US. We find that respondents tend to un-
derreport their racial animosity in interview-administered versus online
69.3227
ALIYEV, Huseyn — “No peace, no war” proponents? How
surveys. [R, abr.]
pro-regime militias affect civil war termination and out-
comes. Cooperation and Conflict 54(1), March 2019 : 64-82.
69.3223
ADLER, Frank — Einstiege in eine demokratische Post-
Previous research on non-state actors involved in civil wars has tended
wachstums-Transformation: Strukturreformen für einen
to disregard the role of extra-dyad agents in influencing conflict out-
wachstumsunabhängigen Wohlstand (Pathways into a
comes. Little is known as to whether the presence of such extra-dyadic
democratic post-growth transformation: structural re-
actors as pro-regime militias affects conflict termination and outcomes.
forms for prosperity independent of growth). For-
This article develops and tests a number of hypotheses on the pro-
schungsjournal Neue soziale Bewegungen 31(4), Dec. 2018 :
government militias’ effect upon civil war outcomes. It proposes that pro-
61-70.
regime militias involved in intrastate conflicts tend to act as proponents of
A post-growth-transformation should be a democratic, peaceful and
“no peace, no war”, favoring low-activity violence and ceasefires over
mainly bottom-up driven process. It only can become reality if substantial
other conflict outcomes. These hypotheses are examined using an
elements of a post-growth-compatible prosperity are attractive for critical
expanded dataset on pro-government militias and armed conflict in a
masses of the “average population” under the present social conditions.
statistical analysis of 229 civil war episodes from 1991 to 2015. These
The paper shows what such a model of prosperity could comprise, and
findings shed new light on the role of extra-state actors in civil wars. [R]
which perceived deficiencies it responds to, how perceived success in
this regard could confine growth drivers and consumerism, which claims
69.3228
ALTVATER, Elmar ; MAHNKOPF, Birgit — The capital-
and struggles by relevant social and political actors such a strategy could
ocene: permanent capitalist counter-revolution. Socialist
link to, what chances for degrowth-alliances it opens up and why the
Register, 2019 : 79-99.
bottom-up-pressure strengthened thus should lead to structural reforms,
which improve both the conditions and acceptance of a good life inde-
While most of the rich industrialized countries stil have at their disposal
pendent of economic growth and thereby also for further socio-ecological
large amounts of raw materials and fossil energy, bottlenecks have
transformation. [R, abr.] [See Abstr. 69.3898]
emerged for all of them as well as for the middle-income industrializing
countries. These bottlenecks emerged as economic growth increased
demand for raw materials, and as international competition on the prima-
69.3224
AHMAD, Aijaz — Extreme capitalism and “the national
ry goods markets has intensified. The fight for primary materials is not
question”. Socialist Register, 2019 : 26-49.
over with the emergence of artificial intelligence and ubiquitous digitaliza-
“Nationalism” has emerged in many of the contemporary discourses on
tion. On the contrary, this will likely intensify given the global nexus of
the left, as much as in the corporate media, as the name for a whole
land, water, food, minerals, and energy, and given that a few countries
range of modern malignities. In most such narratives, though not in all,
dominate the market for critical minerals. This essay contends that
these growing “nationalisms” are said to be intrinsically opposed to
another “Great Transformation” would require a change of the conditions
neoliberalism and globalization, a state of affairs entirely negative from
of production in their entirety, including distribution, consumption, and
the standpoint of the corporate media. The left, however, is also in a
finance. [R, abr.]
quandary: One does want this neoliberal order to perish — but not at the
hands of the nationalist monster! In some other narratives, these “na-
69.3229
ANDERSON, Noel ; WORSNOP, Alec — Fatality thresh-
tionalisms” are construed to be not neoliberalism’s opponents but its
olds, causal heterogeneity, and civil war research: re-
rebel ious offspring. Let us propose, then, that there may well be some-
considering the link between narcotics and conflict. Polit-
thing wrong in the perception itself, hence in the way the question then
ical Science Research and Methods 7(1), Jan. 2019 : 85-105.
gets posed. [R, abr.]
Determining the appropriate fatality threshold criteria for case selection in
the civil war literature has proven contentious. Yet, despite continued
69.3225
AKIRAV, Osnat ; COX, Gary W. — The formateur’s bonus
debate, our survey of the literature finds that scholars rarely examine
in European constitutional monarchies, 1901-99. Legisla-
their findings across multiple thresholds. Of those that did evaluate their
tive Studies Quarterly 43(4), Nov. 2018 : 681-703.
findings in this way, nearly half found that their results changed at differ-
We examine bonuses garnered by government formateurs in al Europe-
ent thresholds. Because minor and major conflicts often exhibit different
an democracies that began the 20th c. as constitutional monarchies.
causal patterns, scholars should explore their empirical findings across a
Using a new data-set on how portfolios were allocated in each democrat-
range of theoretical y motivated thresholds. To il ustrate the utility of this
ic coalition cabinet formed 1901-1999, we show that formateurs’ bonuses
approach, we demonstrate that the relationship between narcotics and
were positive and significant when the monarch stil exercised discretion
conflict intensity varies across thresholds. We then introduce a dynamic
in choosing them but declined after the monarch’s role was constrained.
theory that emphasizes the endogeneity of rebel groups’ decisions to
Relatedly, Gamson’s Law was more strongly violated when monarchs
turn to drug cultivation during civil war. [R]
played a larger role. After identifying the dates at which monarchs were
constrained, we conduct a difference-in-differences analysis, comparing
69.3230
APTEKAR, Sofya — Super-diversity as a methodological
formateurs’ bonuses in each reformed country with those in otherwise
lens: re-centring power and inequality. Ethnic and Racial
similar countries that did not reform at the same time. The results sup-
Studies 42(1), 2019 : 53-70.
port the hypothesis that greater royal discretion engendered larger
formateurs’ bonuses. [R]
Super-diversity as a methodological lens calls for a study of dynamics of
new and diversified social groups that moves away from more traditional
approaches focused on ethnicity. In examining the potential of super-
69.3226
ALBERTUS, Michael — The fate of former authoritarian
diversity as a methodological lens, I identify a risk of downplaying the
elites under democracy. Journal of Conflict Resolution
effect of “old” categories of difference that are likely to continue to shape
63(3), March 2019 : 727-759.
social structures as well as space. I propose a re-centring of power and
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inequality in the study of super-diversity by situating its study within an
and democracy. Economic and Industrial Democracy 40(1),
urban culturalist approach, with sociological tools borrowed from ethno-
Feb. 2019 : 3-19.
methodology and symbolic interactionism. This proposal is illustrated
through the...
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