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books

	2009. Peace by Design: Managing Intrastate Conflict through Decentralization (Oxford: Oxford UP).  (Abstracts: PDF | Data)
	2016. Democracy Protests: Origins, Features and Significance (New York: Cambridge UP). (Chapter Summaries | Excerpt: PDF | Data)

textbook

2018. Social Scientific Research (London: SAGE Publications) Excerpt: PDF

   
book project (in progress)

Observing Electoral Violence (Book Proposal: PDF)

 
major articles (peer-reviewed)

2006. "Decentralization: Fueling the Fire or Dampening the Flames of Ethnic Conflict and Secessionism?" International Organization (July): 651-685. <<Winner of 2006 APSA Burdette /Pi Sigma Alpha Best Paper Award.>> (Abstract: HTML |   Paper: PDF | Data) Dawn Brancati. 2007. "Political Aftershocks: The Impact of Earthquakes on Intrastate Conflict." Journal of Conflict Resolution 51(5): 715-743. (Abstract: HTML | Paper: PDF| Data) Dawn Brancati. 2008. "The Origins and Strength of Regional Parties." British Journal of Political Science  38(1): 135-159. ( Abstract: HTML | Paper: PDF | Appendix: PDF | Data) Dawn Brancati. 2008. "Winning Alone: The Electoral Fate of Independent Candidates Worldwide."  Journal of Politics 70(3): 648-662. (Abstract: HTML | Paper: PDF | Appendix: PDF | Data) Dawn Brancati and Jack L. Snyder. 2011.  "Rushing to the Polls: The Causes of Early Post-conflict Elections."   Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (3): 469-492. (Abstract: HTML | Paper: PDF | Data | Codebook) Dawn Brancati and Jack L. Snyder. 2013.  "Time to Kill: The Impact of Election Timing on Post-conflict Stability." Journal of Conflict Resolution 57(5): 822-850. (Abstract: HTML | Paper: PDF | Data | Codebook) Dawn Brancati.  2014.  "Democratic Authoritarianism: Origins and Effects."  Annual Review of Political Science 17: 313-326. (Abstract: HTML | Paper: PDF) Dawn Brancati.  2014.  "Pocketbook Protests: Explaining the Worldwide Emergence of Pro-democracy Protests. " Comparative Political Studies 47(11): 1503-1530. (Abstract: HTML | Paper: PDF | Data) Dawn Brancati.  2014.  "Another Great Illusion: The Advancement of Separatism through Economic Integration." Political Science Research and Methods  2(1): 29-95. (Abstract: HTML |  Paper: PDF| Data) Dawn Brancati.  2014.  "The Determinants of US Public Opinion towards Democracy Promotion." Political Behavior 36(4):705-730. (Abstract: HTML | Paper: PDF | Data) Dawn Brancati. 2014.  "Building Confidence in Elections: The Case of Electoral Monitors in Kosova. " Journal of Experimental Political Science  1(Spring): 6-15. (Abstract:HTML | Paper: PDF | Data) Johanna Birnir,  James D. Fearon, David D. Laitin, Ted Robert Gurr,  Stephen M. Saideman, Dawn Brancati, Amy Pate, and Agatha S. Hultquist.  2015.  "Socially Relevant Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Structure and AMAR."  Journal of Peace Research 52(1): 110-115.  Dawn Brancati and Adrian Lucardi. 2019.  "Why Democracy Protests Do Not Diffuse." Journal of Conflict Resolution 63(10): 2354–2389. (Paper: PDF | video| Data). Forum Responses: Valerie Bunce and Susan Wolchik, Henry Hale, Christian Houle and Mark Kayser, and Kurt Weyland. Dawn Brancati and Adrian Lucardi. 2019. "What We Do (Not) Know about Democracy Protest Diffusion.''  Journal of Conflict Resolution 63(10):2438–2449. (Paper: PDF) Dawn Brancati and Elizabeth M. Penn. 2023. "Stealing an Election: Violence or Fraud." Journal of Conflict Resolution 67(5): 858-892.(Paper: PDF)  Dawn Brancati, Johanna K. Birnir and Qutaiba Idlbi.  "Locking Down Violence: The COVID-19 Pandemic's Impact on Non-state Actor Violence, American Political Science Review, forthcoming. (Abstract:HTML | Paper: PDF | Data)

major working papers  

Dawn Brancati. 2004. “Can Federalism Stabilize Iraq?” The Washington Quarterly 27(2): 7-21. Reprinted in Reshaping Rogue States: Preemption, Regime Change and U.S. Policy toward Iran, Iraq and North Korea. 2004. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press. (Paper: PDF) Dawn Brancati. 2005. "Pawns Take Queen:  The Destabilizing Effects of Regional Parties in Europe," Constitutional Political Economy (Special Issue) 6 (2): 177-192. Jack L. Snyder and Dawn Brancati. 2011. "The Libyan Rebels and Electoral Democracy: Why Rushing to the Polls Could Reignite Civil War." Foreign Affairs, 2 September 2011. Dawn Brancati. 2013.  "Why was 2011 the Year of the Pro-democracy Protest?" The Washington Quarterly 36(1): 25-35. Jack L. Snyder, Dawn Brancati and Edward D. Mansfield. 2015. "A Not So Great Awakening? Early Elections, Weak Institutions, and the Risk of Violence ".  In Managing Conflict in a World Adrift. Edited by Pamela Aall, Chester Crocker and Fen Hampson. Washington  DC: USIP. Dawn Brancati.  2016.  "The 5Ws of Democracy Protests."  In Oxford Research Encyclopedia for Politics, edited by William R. Thompson. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Dawn Brancati and William C. Wohlforth. 2021. "Why Authoritrians Love the Olympics: A Boycott of Beijing 2022 Will Do Little to Deter China." Foreign Affairs, March/April: 1-4. Appendix