Replication Data for: Poverty and Divine Rewards: The Electoral Advantage of Islamist Political Parties exp2.tab
Harvard Dataverse, 2019
Lab Experiment 2
Islam and Mass Preferences towards Foreign Direct Investment in Tunisia
Are globalization and Islam in conflict with one another in the eyes of Muslims? Does support for... more Are globalization and Islam in conflict with one another in the eyes of Muslims? Does support for globalization fall or increase when it embraces or challenges Islamic dress, prayer, and other practices? We examine through different experimental tests how Tunisians react to globalization in the form of foreign direct investment in their country when it accommodates or conflicts with Islamic norms. Using three original sources of data, including a large representative survey (N=4986) of Tunisian citizens, a conjoint survey experiment (N=1502), and an original survey experiment with experimental social vignettes (N=504), we examine how threats (and non-threats) from FDI to Islamic norms affect support for FDI. On average, we find strong support for FDI, but these levels of support aren't stable. We find the support for FDI falls by almost 32% if it is seen to clash with female Islamic dress. Support is highest when it accommodates Islamic practices, especially the female hijab and...
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CHAPTER ONE. Introduction Pro- American Democracy or No Democracy at All?
The Understanding Society survey includes what is known as an 'Innovation Panel' sample (IP). Thi... more The Understanding Society survey includes what is known as an 'Innovation Panel' sample (IP). This sample of originally 1500 households is used to test different methods for conducting longitudinal surveys in order to produce the highest quality data. The results from the Innovation Panel provide evidence about the best way to conduct a longitudinal survey which is of relevance for all survey practitioners as well as influencing decisions made about how to conduct Understanding Society. This paper reports the experiments with the mixed-mode design and early results of the methodological tests carried out at wave 8 of the Innovation Panel in the spring and summer of 2015. IP8 was the fourth wave employing a mixed-mode design including an internet survey, and the fourth wave of the Innovation Panel to employ a mixed-mode design generally. IP2 had experimented with telephone interviewing in addition to face-to-face personal interviewing. Like IP5 through IP7, IP8 uses a design in which households were allocated to a sequential mixedmode design. This allocation only includes households in the sample prior to IP7, and the IP7 refreshment sample have been surveyed via face-to-face interviews only. The adults in the mixed-mode design were first approached by letter and email where possible and asked to complete their interview on-line. Those who did not respond on-line were then followed up by face-to-face interviewers. The remaining households from older samples were issued directly to face-to-face interviewers. As with prior waves, there was a methodological experiment involving the amount of respondent incentives. Further experiments examine the measurement of attitudes on sensitive issues using a technique using item counts, interviewers' assessment of respondents' health, taking multiple measurements to better understand attitudes and the impact of how scales are presented. Results from Methodological Experiments Tarek Al Baghal (ed.
An overstated welcome: Brexit and intentionally masked anti-immigrant sentiment in the UK
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2020
ABSTRACT Research and evidence suggest that the expression of targeted intolerance increasingly m... more ABSTRACT Research and evidence suggest that the expression of targeted intolerance increasingly manifests in subtle ways. Innovative work on colour-blind racism and unconscious bias underlines the unacknowledged ways that prejudicial attitudes are perpetuated/emerge without being overtly expressed. Building upon this work, we identify an additional dimension of intolerance defined by the intentional masking of anti-immigrant sentiment directed at immigrant groups defined by nation, race and religion. Using two survey experiments – conducted before and after the Brexit vote in the UK – we reveal that individuals mask intolerance strategically and that these strategies shift depending on the normative context. In particular, Muslim immigrants, who experienced little protection from overtly expressed intolerance before the Brexit referendum, confront a post-Brexit landscape in which intolerance is significantly overstated. The root of this emergent masking of intolerance is attributable to the Brexit campaign that simultaneously normalized AND stigmatized anti-immigrant sentiment. We conclude that our understanding of emergence and perpetuation of intolerance needs to account for the strategic and intentional disclosure of intolerance.
Earned Income and Women's Segmented Empowerment: Experimental Evidence from Jordan
American Journal of Political Science, 2020
The Prospects of Democracy and Economic Reform in the Arab World
Perspectives on Politics, 2005
... 542 Perspectives on Politics Page 5. interests. See Helen Dewar, Key Senate Official Loses J... more ... 542 Perspectives on Politics Page 5. interests. See Helen Dewar, Key Senate Official Loses Job in Dispute with GOP, Washington Post, May 8, A1. 14 See Richard Morin and Dan Balz, Filibuster Rule Change Opposed, Washington Post, April 26, 2005, A01. ...
Assimilating to a White Identity: The Case of Arab Americans
International Migration Review, 2007
Racial identity is one of the primary means by which immigrants assimilate to the United States. ... more Racial identity is one of the primary means by which immigrants assimilate to the United States. Drawing from the tenets of segmented assimilation, this study examines how the ethnic traits of immigrant status, national origin, religious affiliation, and Arab Americaness contribute to the announcement of a white racial identity using a regionally representative sample of Arab Americans. Results illustrate that those who were Lebanese/Syrian or Christian, and those who felt that the term “Arab American” does not describe them, were more likely to identify as white. In addition, among those who affirmed that the pan-ethnic term “Arab American” does describe them, results illustrated that strongly held feelings about being Arab American and associated actions were also linked with a higher likelihood of identifying as white. Findings point to different patterns of assimilation among Arab Americans. Some segments of Arab Americans appear to report both strong ethnic and white identities...
CHAPTER THREE. Islamist Momentum in the Arab World Jordan’s Islamic Action Front and Kuwait’s Islamic Constitutional Movement
CHAPTER ONE. Introduction: Democratic Outcomes and Associational Life
The improvement of women’s rights in the Arab world
A counter-intuitive finding emerges from an analysis of Arabic Twitter posts from 2014 to 2015: T... more A counter-intuitive finding emerges from an analysis of Arabic Twitter posts from 2014 to 2015: Twitter participants who are negative toward the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) are also more likely to hold negative views of the United States. This surprising correlation is due to the interpretations of two sets of users. One set of users views the United States and ISIS negatively as independent interventionist powers in the region. The other set of users negatively links the United States with ISIS, often asserting a secretive conspiracy between the two. The intense negativity toward the United States in the Middle East seems conducive to views that, in one way or another, cause citizens to link the United States and ISIS in a conspiratorial manner.
CHAPTER TWO. Associational Life in the Centralized Authoritarian Context of the West Bank
Barriers to Democracy, 2009
Arab-Barometer: Public Opinion Survey Conducted in Algeria, Morocco, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine, and Yemen, 2006-2007
ICPSR Data Holdings
When Is Social Trust a Desirable Outcome?
Comparative Political Studies, 2007
Levels of both political and social trust tend to play a crucial role in democracies. Yet we have... more Levels of both political and social trust tend to play a crucial role in democracies. Yet we have little understanding of the ways in which trust operates in nondemocratic societies. This article finds that levels of political confidence are linked to generalized trust in both democratic and nondemocratic states. In democracies, then, levels of generalized trust may reinforce existing democratic institutions. In nondemocracies, however, generalized trust may be linked to support for authoritarian patterns of rule. This article argues that although generalized trust serves democracy in democratic settings, it is not linked to democratic forms of political and social engagement in the less democratic states of the Arab world.
The Russell Sage Foundation The Russell Sage Foundation, one of the oldest of America's general p... more The Russell Sage Foundation The Russell Sage Foundation, one of the oldest of America's general purpose foundations, was established in 1907 by Mrs. Margaret Olivia Sage for "the improvement of social and living conditions in the United States." The Foundation seeks to fulfill this mandate by fostering the development and dissemination of knowledge about the country's political, social, and economic problems. While the Foundation endeavors to assure the accuracy and objectivity of each book it publishes, the conclusions and interpretations in Russell Sage Foundation publications are those of the authors and not of the Foundation, its Trustees, or its staff. Publication by Russell Sage, therefore, does not imply Foundation endorsement.
Are FDI and Islam in conflict with one another in the eyes of Tunisians? Does support for global... more Are FDI and Islam in conflict with one another in the eyes of Tunisians? Does support for globalization fall or increase when it embraces or challenges Islamic dress, prayer, and other practices? We examine through different experimental tests how Tunisians react to foreign direct investment when it accommodates or conflicts with Islamic norms. Using three original sources of data, including a large representative survey (N = 4,986), a conjoint survey experiment (N = 1,502), and an original survey experiment with experimental social vignettes (N = 504), we examine how threats (and non-threats) from FDI to Islamic norms affect support for FDI. We find strong support for FDI, but these levels of support are not stable. We find the support for FDI falls by almost 32% if it is seen to clash with female Islamic dress. Support is highest when it accommodates Islamic practices, especially the female hijab and lowest when it is perceived to disregard these practices.
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