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Political Science Faculty Research and Publications: Recent submissions

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Terrorist Attacks on Non-Governmental Organizations

Stapley, Craig S. (2014-09-30)

Understanding the process by which terrorist groups decide on whom to target would seem to be a process that might lend itself to study and generalization that would be helpful in predicting later attacks. This study hopes ...
Race, Class, and Affirmative Action

Fliter, John A.

This is an important and timely book on affirmative action. In the landmark US Supreme Court decision University of California, Davis v. Bakke (1978), diversity in college enrollment was recognized as a compelling government ...
Taking the fight to them: neighborhood human rights organizations and domestic protest

Bell, Sam R.; Bhasin, Tavishi; Clay, K. Chad; Murdie, Amanda (2015-03-04)

This article examines how human rights international non-governmental organizations (hereafter HROs) can increase the level of political protest in neighboring states. Previous research suggests local activities of HROs ...
Secular-Islamist cleavage, values, and support for democracy and shari’a in the Arab world

Ciftci, Sabri (2014-01-22)

Public opinion polls demonstrate that Arab citizens support both democracy and shari’a. I argue that individual values related to the secular-Islamist cleavage are instrumental in explaining this joint support. The analysis ...
Islamophobia and threat perceptions: explaining anti Muslim sentiment in the West

Ciftci, Sabri (2013-11-08)

This paper investigates the determinants of anti Muslim sentiment in the West. Starting from the premise that Islamophobic attitudes are more nuanced than a simple dislike of Muslims, I focus on specific forms of attitudes ...