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Special Issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies: Responses to Stigmatization in Comparative Perspectives: by Lamont, Michèle; Mizrachi, Nissim; This special issue offers a first systematic qualitative cross-national exploration of how diverse minority groups respond to stigmatization in a wide variety of contexts. This research is the...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: March 2012 More

Sovereign Debt Disputes: A Database on Government Coerciveness During Debt Crises: by Enderlein, Henrik; Trebesch, Christoph ; von Daniels, Laura; This paper measures “debt disputes” between governments and foreign private creditors in periods of sovereign debt crises. We construct an index of government coerciveness, consisting of...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: December 2011 More

Offshoring and the Role of Trade Agreements: by Antràs, Pol; The rise of offshoring of intermediate inputs raises important questions for commercial policy. Do the distinguishing features of offshoring introduce novel reasons for trade policy intervention?...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: September 2011 More

Legal Transnationalism: The Relationship between Transnational Social Movement Building and International Law: by Kay, Tamara; This article examines the compelling enigma of how the introduction of a new international law, the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC), helped stimulate labor cooperation and...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: April 2011 More

Perspectives of UN Special Rapporteurs on their Role: Inherent Tensions and Unique Contributions to Human Rights: by Naples-Mitchell, Joanna; This article evaluates the role of United Nations special rapporteurs through a systematic study of the perspectives of mandate-holders. Qualitative interviews with current and former rapporteurs...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: February 2011 More

Is Greece a Failing Developed State?: by Mylonas, Harris; Is the Greek crisis an isolated case or the first of a series of future failing developed states? The Greek financial crisis is not on the front page of the Financial Times anymore, but it is far...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: January 2011 More

Disentangling Accountability and Competence in Elections: Evidence from U.S. Term Limits: by Alt, James; We exploit variation in U.S. gubernatorial term limits across states and time to empirically estimate two separate effects of elections on government performance. Holding tenure in office constant,...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: January 2011 More

Faith in the Law: The Role of Legal Arrangements in Religion-Based Conflicts Involving Minorities: by Liviatan, Ofrit; This Article examines the conflict-management role conferred upon the law within Western liberal democracies in the context of cultural tensions involving religious minorities. The Article finds that...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: January 2011 More

Histories of Innocence: Post-War Stories in Peru: by Theidon, Kimberly S.; On November 1, 2006, Peruvian president Alan García announced he would be proposing a new law that would include the death penalty as one sanction for terrorism in the Penal Code. As he argued,...; Publication Type: Book Chapter; Published Date: August 2010 More

Histories of Innocence: Post-War Stories in Peru: by Theidon, Kimberly S.; On November 1, 2006, Peruvian president Alan García announced he would be proposing a new law that would include the death penalty as one sanction for terrorism in the Penal Code. As he argued,...; Publication Type: Book Chapter; Published Date: August 2010 More