Recent Publications

Military Insubordination in Popular Mass Uprising Dr. Holger Albrecht (The University of Alabama) Political Science Quarterly (Vol. 134(2): 303-328) Abstract: Holger Albrecht explores the effects of popular mass uprisings on civil-military relations in authoritarian regimes. Drawing on cases from the Arab Spring, he examines different types of military insubordination and the conditions catalyzing military coups,

American Interventionism and the Geopolitical Roots of Yemen’s Catastrophe Dr. Waleed Hazbun (The University of Alabama) Middle East Report: No. 289 (Winter 2018): 32-37 Abstract The region’s current pattern of violence is rooted in the repeated US efforts to re-make the region to its advantage through the use of coercive force since 2001. Washington’s interventions

In America’s Wake: Turbulence and Insecurity in the Middle East Dr. Waleed Hazbun (University of Alabama) POMEPS Studies 34: Shifting Global Politics and the Middle East (edited by Marc Lynch and Amaney Jamal (Washington DC: Project on Middle East Political Science, 2019); Contribution to edited volume March 19, 2019. Abstract Since the Arab Uprisings, Middle

Affirmations for an Aging Electoral Order: The Mid-Term Elections of 2018 Dr. Regina Wagner (University of Alabama) and Dr. Byron E. Shafer (University of Wisconsin-Madison) The Forum (Volume 16, issue 4, p. 659-673) Abstract At bottom, the election of 2018 produced one more iteration of an electoral order dominating American politics since 1992. So the

Teaching PSC to Gen Z Margaret Purcell (University of Alabama) Political Science Education (Date: 2019) Abstract This is a report of a case study of a course taught to upper-level, undergraduate students in a moderate sized, southern, public university. This review applies key tenets of established literature on the learning styles of Generation Z. An

Medicaid Expansion and the Political Fate of the Governors Who Support It Richard Fording (University of Alabama) and Dana Patton (University of Alabama) Policy Studies Journal (Date: January 20, 2019) Abstract We provide evidence regarding potential policy feedback effects of healthcare reform by estimating the effect of Medicaid expansion on public support for the state

The Impact of State-imposed Fiscal Rules on Municipal Government Fiscal Outcomes: Does Institutional Configuration Matter? Sungho Park (University of Alabama) State and Local Government Review (January 9, 2019) Abstract This study explores the impact of state-imposed fiscal rules on municipal fiscal outcomes. It provides a recent profile of state-imposed fiscal rules. Further, with particular attention

The Trump Presidency and the Structure of Modern American Politics Regina Wagner (University of Alabama) and Byron E. Shafer (University of Wisconsin – Madison) Perspectives on Politics (Volume 17, issue 2 (expected June 2019) Online Publication: October 29th 2018 Abstract How much of politics is specific to its actors and how much is the reflection

Seungbin Park (University of Alabama), David H. Bearce (University of Colorado – Boulder) Studies in Comparative International Development Abstract This paper reconsiders the proposition that remittances act as a political curse by reducing the poor’s demand for economic redistribution. With a newer democratization model focused on the demand for income protection from the rising groups

Waleed Hazbun (University of Alabama), Samer Abboud, Omar S. Dahi, Nicole Sunday Grove, Coralie Pison Hindawi, Jamil Mouawad & Sami Hermez Critical Studies on Security (Vol. 6, Issue 3 (2018), pp. 273-295) Abstract This collectively written work offers a map of our ongoing efforts to work through critical approaches to the study of security and global politics