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Technology and Collective Action: The Effect of Cell Phone Coverage and Political Violence in Africa
2013 study in American Political Science Review showing the association between increased cell phone availability and usage and the capacity for violent conflict.
2013 study from Cornell examining how increased trade with China results in partner countries altering their foreign policy positions in favor of China.
Is Corporate Social Responsibility Associated with Lower Wages?
2013 study in Environmental and Resource Economics showing that firms with a reputation for corporate social responsibility often pay their employees lower wages and gender plays a strong role in these dynamics.
People Power or a One-Shot Deal? A Dynamic Model of Protest
2013 study from Princeton and NYU on the nature of political revolutions and the possibility that such upheaval in many countries is a singular event, unlikely to be followed by more.
Understanding the Chechen conflict: Research roundup and reading list
2013 review of Chechnya-related scholarship and the conflict and political grievances there that continue to reverberate.
New Left policies and Latin America: Research review and reading list
2013 review of relevant studies and books that shed light on the New Left in Latin America; a variety of scholarly perspectives on outcomes and progress.
The Arab Spring and the Internet: Research roundup
Roundup of recent studies that bring a scholarly, data-driven lens to questions around the Arab Spring.
Global Land and Water Grabbing
2013 study from the Polytechnic University of Milan and the University of Virginia on the growing rates of international land and water purchases by nations and corporations.
Microfinance and poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa: Research roundup
2012 scholarly literature review regarding microfinance programs and their effects in developing African countries.
From Violence to Voting: War and Political Participation in Uganda
2009 study from Yale on how soldiers in Uganda’s civil war are more likely to engage in post-conflict political participation.
Violent crime in the developing world: Research roundup
2012 review of research studies on violent and transnational crime and its broader social impacts in the developing world.
Global protest, technology and social media: Research roundup
2012 review of scholarship on the Internet, social media and political activism around the world.
The Effect of Village-Based Schools: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Afghanistan
2012 paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research on how village schools affect attendance rates and academic achievement.
Views on Democracy in the Muslim World: Pew Global Attitudes Project 2012 Report
2012 Pew Research Center report on attitudes in the Muslim world on government, democracy, religion and equality.
Explaining Journalists’ Trust in Public Institutions Across 20 Countries
2012 study from the University of Munich and University Rey Juan Carlos on journalists in 20 countries and their levels of institutional trust.
Voter ID, voting rights and election 2012: Research roundup
2012 review of relevant studies, reports and media resources relating to voter disenfranchisement, fraud and other issues.
New Media and Conflict After the Arab Spring
2012 study by the United States Institute of Peace on the role of Twitter in the Arab Spring uprisings.
2012 paper from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the appeal of fair-trade goods.
Congressional-Executive Commission on China Annual Report 2011
2011 U.S. government report on human rights abuses and commercial/trade issues in China.
2011 study from Harvard University examining whether techniques used to raise scores in charter schools can be successfully transplanted to traditional public schools.
