Search Results - "Birnir, Johanna Kristin"

Ethnic inclusion and economic growth by Birnir, Jóhanna Kristín, Waguespack, David M.

“…Is ethnic social diversity relevant to cross-national variation in economic development, or is the inclusion or exclusion of said groups in political…”
Get full text

Religion and Coalition Politics by Birnir, Jóhanna Kristín, Satana, Nil S.

“…The literature holds that coalition-building parties prefer the policy distance of coalition partners to be as small as possible. In light of continued…”
Get full text

Religion, Government Coalitions, and Terrorism by Satana, Nil S., Inman, Molly, Birnir, Jóhanna Kristín

“…When ethnic minority parties are excluded from government coalitions, are group attributes such as religion related to the groups' use of political violence?…”
Get full text

State of the Field of Ethnic Politics and Conflict by Forsberg, Erika, Birnir, Jóhanna Kristín, Davenport, Christian

“…Ethnicity is one of the most salient and enduring topics of social science—resulting in hundreds, if not thousands, of studies being produced, throughout the…”
Get full text

Public Venture Capital and Party Institutionalization by Birnir, Jóhanna Kristín

“…Funding of parties is common and controversial in new democracies. Nonetheless, the nascent literature about the effects of money in new party systems largely…”
Get full text

Where Are the Disgruntled Voters?: Voter—Party Relations under Cartelizing Conditions by Birnir, Jóhanna Kristín

“…Katz and Mair’s provocative Cartel Party argument continues to create fertile ground for debate. This article contributes to under-explored areas of this…”
Get full text

Technological development and political stability: Patenting in Latin America and the Caribbean by Waguespack, David Matthew, Birnir, Jóhanna Kristín, Schroeder, Jeff

“…We examine the effect of national political institutions on patent application rates. The expected future value of a patent, like any other form of property,…”
Get full text

Stabilizing party systems and excluding segments of society?: The effects of formation costs on new party foundation in Latin America by Birnir, Jóhanna Kristín

“…The costs of party formation potentially alter representation and change electoral dynamics before allocation rules come into play. Furthermore, the…”
Get full text

Foreignness and the diffusion of ideas by Waguespack, David M., Birnir, Jóhanna Kristín

“…Scholars of innovation recognize that knowledge flow displays geographic clustering, and therefore innovations developed in remote regions diffuse less widely…”
Get full text

Divergence in Diversity? The Dissimilar Effects of Cleavages on Electoral Politics in New Democracies by Birnir, Jóhanna Kristín

“…Recent theory on ethnic identity suggests that it is constructed and highly influenced by contextual factors and group leaders' strategies. Therefore, while…”
Get full text

Disunity in Diversity: Party System Fragmentation and the Dynamic Effect of Ethnic Heterogeneity on Latin American Legislatures by Jóhanna Kristín Birnir, Van Cott, Donna Lee

“…This paper demonstrates that in Latin America a significant portion of the increased legislative party system fragmentation since the 1980s is explained by the…”
Get full text

Where Are the Disgruntled Voters by Birnir, Johanna Kristin

“…Katz and Mair's provocative Cartel Party argument continues to create fertile ground for debate. This article contributes to under-explored areas of this…”
Get full text

Party Regulation in Central and Eastern Europe by Birnir, Johanna Kristin

“…Parties are at the centre of political life for voters in diverse democracies as the venues for the expression of group concerns in the legislative game…”
Get full text

Etnicitate şi politică electorală în România by Birnir, Johanna Kristin

“…The article represents an excerpt of a comparative study on ethnicity and electoral politics in new democracies from Eastern Europe and Latin America. The…”
Get full text

Foreigness and the diffusion of ideas by Waguespack, David M, Birnir, Johanna Kristin

“…Scholars of innovation recognize that knowledge flow displays geographic clustering, and therefore innovations developed in remote regions diffuse less widely…”
Get full text

The Logic of Violence in Civil War by Birnir, Jóhanna Kristín

“…Birnir reviews The Logic of Violence in Civil War by S.N. Kalyvas…”
Get full text

Party system stabilization in new democracies: The effect of ethnic heterogeneity on volatility of electoral preferences by Birnir, Johanna Kristin

“…The principal question I address in the dissertation is why party systems stabilize rapidly in some emerging democracies but remain volatile in others. I…”
Get full text

Book Review: Kalyvas, S. N. (2006). The Logic of Violence in Civil War. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press by Birnir, Johanna Kristin

Get full text

A Review Of: "Steven I. Wilkinson, Votes and Violence: Electoral Competition and Ethnic Riots in India": Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Pp. 310. $67.50 (hbk) ISBN 0-5218-2916-X by Birnir, Johanna Kristin

Get full text

Ethnicity and electoral politics by Audemard, Julien, Birnir, Johanna Kristin

Get full text