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- Ahram, A. I., et al.
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The Decline and Fall of the Arab State
- 2016
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In: Survival. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0039-6338 .- 1468-2699. ; 58:2, s. 7-34
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The malaise of Arab states was triggered by domestic battles, but made possible by global changes in the nature of sovereignty.
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- Benstead, Lindsay, et al.
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Using Tablet Computers to Implement Surveys in Challenging Environments
- 2017
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In: Survey Practice. - 2168-0094. ; 10:2
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) has increasingly been used in developing countries, but literature and training on best practices have not kept pace. Drawing on our experiences using CAPI to implement the Local Governance Performance Index (LGPI) in Tunisia and Malawi and an election study in Jordan, this paper makes practical recommendations for mitigating challenges and leveraging CAPI’s benefits to obtain high quality data. CAPI offers several advantages. Tablets facilitate complex skip patterns and randomization of long question batteries and survey experiments, which helps to reduce measurement error. Tablets’ global positioning system (GPS) technology reduces sampling error by locating sampling units and facilitating analysis of neighborhood effects. Immediate data uploading, time-stamps for individual questions, and interview duration capture allowed real time data quality checks and interviewer monitoring. Yet, CAPI entails challenges, including costs of learning new software; questionnaire programming; and piloting to resolve coding bugs; and ethical and logistical considerations, such as electricity and Internet connectivity.
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- Clark, J. A., et al.
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Not the only game in towns: explaining changes in municipal councils in post-revolutionary Tunisia
- 2019
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In: Democratization. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1351-0347 .- 1743-890X. ; 26:8, s. 1362-1381
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This study sheds light on the relationship between local and national elites during political transitions. Examining local councils in post-revolutionary Tunisia (2011-2013), it examines why and when the composition of councils changed in the absence of local elections. The study yields two important lessons. First, changes in councils resulted from a power struggle between national and local elites. Councils were more likely to remain in place when local parties and unions helped council members resist pressures from above. The interplay of local and national actors, and not the council's competencies, explains when changes took place. Second, all councils became politicized in the process. Far from being caretaker councils impartially addressing local needs, the councils were institutions playing important roles in the struggles between local and national political elites. Councils were arenas in which political power, and notions of legitimate representation, were contested in the absence of elections. The argument is supported by quantitative analyses of original data and four comparative case studies based on qualitative fieldwork. The findings highlight the importance of local councils in transition processes and provide a basis for further work exploring local-national engagement in democratization.
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- Lueders, Hans, et al.
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Multiple Measurements, Elusive Agreement, and Unstable Outcomes in the Study of Regime Change
- 2017
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Other publication (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This comprehensive analysis of regime change indicators reveals that problems of conceptualization and measurement are major reasons why current research fails to draw compelling conclusions that foster cumulative knowledge. The paper first argues that even though the literature discusses the conceptualization of regime types at length, there is little attention to defining regime change. Furthermore, quantitative studies of regime change largely elide conceptual and measurement challenges. Second, although indicators of regime type are highly correlated, agreement between indicators of regime change is extremely low. Third, focal points such as elections and coups drive agreement among these indicators, suggesting that such measures often reflect notable events instead of regime change per se. Finally, a robustness check of nine articles on regime change published in top journals demonstrates that findings are often not robust to alternative indicators, implying that indicator choice influences the results of quantitative studies.
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