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Human Rights And Human Wrongs (With Kathleen Staudt), Irasema Coronado Jan 2008

Human Rights And Human Wrongs (With Kathleen Staudt), Irasema Coronado

Irasema Coronado

No abstract provided.


Public Policy Changes On The U.S.-Mexico Border, Irasema Coronado Jan 2008

Public Policy Changes On The U.S.-Mexico Border, Irasema Coronado

Irasema Coronado

No abstract provided.


Latinas In Local Government, Políticas: Latina Public Officials In Texas, Irasema Coronado Jan 2008

Latinas In Local Government, Políticas: Latina Public Officials In Texas, Irasema Coronado

Irasema Coronado

No abstract provided.


A Re-Assessment Of Liberal Pacifism At The Monadic Level Of Analysis, Charles R. Boehmer Jan 2008

A Re-Assessment Of Liberal Pacifism At The Monadic Level Of Analysis, Charles R. Boehmer

Charles Boehmer

Are democracies are generally peaceful? The literature was in the past contradictory, although now there appears increasing evidence that democracies are more pacifistic than other regimes. This research note explores why the literature has often been mischaracterized or misunderstood in our field. This is followed with an analysis of democracy and conflict at the state level of analysis from 1884-1999 using a broad sample of states and appropriate statistical estimators. The results comport with past studies that democracies are less likely to initiate militarized conflicts. The study also shows that even when democracies do militarize a dispute, these are less …


Acción Cívica Binacional En Pro De La Rendición De Cuentas: Organización Contra La Violencia En Ciudad Juárez-El Paso, Irasema Coronado, Kathleen Staudt Jan 2008

Acción Cívica Binacional En Pro De La Rendición De Cuentas: Organización Contra La Violencia En Ciudad Juárez-El Paso, Irasema Coronado, Kathleen Staudt

Irasema Coronado

No abstract provided.


Intergovernmental Organization Memberships: Examining Political Community And The Attributes Of International Organizations, Charles R. Boehmer, Timothy Nordstrom Jan 2008

Intergovernmental Organization Memberships: Examining Political Community And The Attributes Of International Organizations, Charles R. Boehmer, Timothy Nordstrom

Charles Boehmer

Why are states jointly members in certain intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) but not others? Despite the proliferation of IGOs and renewed interest in this topic, we lack systematic research to answer this question. Our theory of political community explains why dyads of states are likely to be common members in particular types of IGOs. We analyze and compare functionalist and Deutschian communitarian perspectives about IGO memberships. We test our theory using newly available data on IGO mandates and institutional structure, which allows us to make specific predictions about the types of IGO to which dyads become members. We show that dyads …