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Defying Convention: The US, the UN, and the Treaty on Women's Rights, Cambridge University Press, 2014.
2015 Victoria Schuck Award for Best Book on Women in Politics, American Political Science Association
2015 Award for Best book on Human Rights, American Political Science Association
Barabas, Jason, Benjamin Carter, and Kevin Shan. 2020. “Analogical Framing: How Policy Comparisons Alter Political Support for Health Care Reform.” American Politics Research 48 (5): 596-611.
Kane, John V., and Jason Barabas. 2019. “No Harm in Checking: Using Factual Manipulation Checks to Assess Attentiveness in Experiments.” American Journal of Political Science 63 (1/January): 234-49.
Jerit, Jennifer, and Jason Barabas. 2017. “Revisiting the Gender Gap in Political Knowledge.” Political Behavior 38 (December): 817-38.
Barabas, Jason. 2016. “Democracy’s Denominator: Reassessing Responsiveness with Public Opinion on the National Policy Agenda.” Public Opinion Quarterly 80 (2): 437-59.
Barabas, Jason, Jennifer Jerit, William Pollock, and Carlisle Rainey. 2014. “The Question(s) of Political Knowledge.” American Political Science Review 108 (November): 840-55.
Private Racism (Cambridge University Press 2019)
He Runs, She Runs: Why Gender Stereotypes Do Not Harm Women Candidates (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013). [FULL TEXT AVAILABLE HERE FROM PROJECT MUSE]
Political Economy of Security (Princeton Univeristy Press, 2026).
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Recent Articles
Michelle T. Clarke. Machiavelli's Florentine Republic (Cambridge University Press, 2018).
Mia Costa. 2021. "Citizen Evaluations of Legislator-Constituent Communication."British Journal of Political Science.
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"The Continued Decline of Congressional Oversight of U.S. Foreign Policy", Ed. Ralph G. Carter and James M. Scott. Congress and U.S. Foreign Policy: Activism, Assertiveness and Acquiescence in a Polarized Era. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2021, Chapter 4.
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Herman, M. (2022). Doctors' Perceptions of Multiracial Adolescents. Social Sciences, 11(4), 146. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11040146
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“Ties That Bind? The Rise and Decline of Ethno-Regional Partisanship in Malawi, 1994-2009.” Democratization 17(3): 534-563 (with Karen Ferree)
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"Guerrillas and Civilian Participation: The National Resistance Army in Uganda, 1981-86," Journal of Modern African Studies, vol. 43, no. 2: 271-296, June 2005.
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Lacy, Dean. 2001. A Theory of Nonseparable Preferences in Survey Responses. American Journal of Political Science. 45(2):239-58.
Reflections on International Relations Theory (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, in press).
BOOKS:
Half-Vicious: China's Rise, Authoritarian Adaptation, and the Balance of Power (forthcoming, Cornell University Press)
Sorry States: Apologies in International Politics (Cornell University Press, 2008).
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International Relations Theory and the Consequences of Unipolarity (Cambridge, 2011, co-edited with G.J. Ikenberry and W. Wohlforth).
“Learning to Predict Proliferation,” International Organization, Forthcoming.
“Rival Hierarchies and the Origins of Nuclear Technology Sharing,” with Jeff Colgan, International Studies Quarterly 63, No. 2 (2019): 310-321.
“North Korea Defied the Theoretical Odds: What Can We Learn from its Successful Nuclearization?” With Vipin Narang, Texas National Security Review 1, No. 2 (2018): 58-75.
Stopping the Bomb: The Sources and Effectiveness of U.S. Nonproliferation Policy, Cornell University Press, 2018.
“Why Nuclear Energy Programs Rarely Lead to Proliferation,” International Security 42, No. 2 (2017): 40-77
“Red Lines in Nuclear Nonproliferation,” with Daniel Altman, Nonproliferation Review 24, No. 3-4 (2017): 315-342.
“Keeping the Bombs in the Basement: U.S. Nonproliferation Policy toward Israel, South Africa, and Pakistan,” with Or Rabinowitz, International Security 40, No. 1 (2015): 41-86.
“Questioning the Effect of Nuclear Weapons on Conflict,” with Mark Bell, Journal of Conflict Resolution 59, No. 1 (2015): 74-92.
“The Secret Success of Nonproliferation Sanctions,” International Organization 68, No. 4 (2014): 913-944.
“Political Devolution and Resistance to Foreign Rule: A Natural Experiment,” with Jeremy Ferwerda, American Political Science Review 108, No. 3 (2014): 642-660.
“Nuclear Dominoes: A Self-Defeating Prophecy?” Security Studies 23, No. 1 (2014): 33-73.
Ungoverning: The Politics of Chaos and the Attack on the Administrative State (Princeton University Press 2024)
Haunted by Paradise: A Philosopher's Quest for Biblical Answers to Key Moral Questions (Cascade Publishers, forthcoming 2021).
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"Borrowing Regulatory Capacity in Middle-Income Countries during Public Health Crises: Brazil, Regulatory Reliance, and the Politics of COVD-19 Vaccine Regulation," Social Science & Medicine 365, January (2025), 117563, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117563 (with Elize Massard da Fonseca, Kyle Thomson, and Holly Jarman).
"Emergency Regulatory Procedures, Pharmaceutical Regulatory Politics, and the Political Economy of Vaccine Regulation in the COVID-19 Pandemic," Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 49, no. 1 (2024): 73-98, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-10910278 (with Kyle Thomson).
"Alabama Realtors, Biden v. Missouri, and NFIB v. OSHA on the Pandemic Regulations," in SCOTUS 2022: Major Decisions and Developments of the U.S. Supreme Court, ed. Morgan Marietta (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022).
Review of Deborah Stone, Counting: How We Use Numbers to Decide What Matters, Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law 47, no. 5 (2022), DOI: 10.1215/03616878-9978145.
"The Supreme Court faces more pandemic questions this term. Here are 4 takeaways from last year's rulings," The Washington Post / Monkey Cage, September 24, 2021 (with Kyle Thomson, Amy Park, and Annika Begley).
"Watch this FDA hearing on Thursday. It'll help ease your Covid-19 anxieties," STAT, October 21, 2020.
"The FDA's Evolving COVID-19 Emergency Use Authorizations: How The Convalescent Plasma Authorization Can Inform Future Vaccine and Therapeutic EUAs," Health Affairs Forefront, October 20, 2020, DOI: 10.1377/forefront.20201016.659416.
"Emergency Use Authorizations During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons From Hydroxychloroquine for Vaccine Authorization and Approval," JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 324, no. 13 (2020): 1282-1283 (with Kyle Thomson).
"Crisis Governance, COVID-19, and American Policy History," Clio 29, no. 2 (2020): 6, 19-24.
"This is why the federal government has a hard time regulating prescription opioids," The Washington Post / Monkey Cage, January 13, 2019.
"Pockets of Weakness in Strong Institutions: Post-Marketing Regulation, Psychopharmaceutical Drugs, and Medical Autonomy, 1938-1982," Studies in American Political Development 32, no. 2 (2018): 257-291.
Review of David Vogel, The Politics of Precaution: Regulating Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks in Europe and the United States (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012), Law and Politics Book Review 23, no. 3 (2014): 135-140.
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Book
Kathleen E. Powers (2022). Nationalisms in International Politics, Princeton University Press.
Articles
Kathleen E. Powers and Brian C. Rathbun. 2023. "When the Rich get Richer: Class, Globalization and the Sociotropic Determinants of Populism," International Studies Quarterly, 60(4).
Kathleen E. Powersand Dan Altman. 2023. "The Psychology of Coercion Failure: How Reactance Explains Resistance to Threats," American Journal of Political Science, 67(1), 221-238.
Kathleen E. Powers, Joshua D. Kertzer, Deborah J. Brooks, and Stephen G. Brooks, Forthcoming. "What's Fair in International Politics? Equity, Equality, and Foreign Policy Attitudes," Journal of Conflict Resolution.
Kathleen E. Powers, Jason Reifler, and Thomas J. Scotto, 2021. "Going Nativist: How Nativism and Economic Ideology Interact to Shape Beliefs about Global Trade," Foreign Policy Analysis, 17 (3).
Brian C. Rathbun, Kathleen E. Powers, and Therese Anders, 2019. "Moral Hazard: German Public Opinion on the Greek Debt Crisis", Political Psychology, 40(3), 523-541.
Joshua D. Kertzer, Kathleen E. Powers, Brian C. Rathbun, and Ravi Iyer. 2014. "Moral Support: How Moral Values Shape Foreign Policy Attitudes." The Journal of Politics, 7(3), 825-840.
"Access Denied? U.S. Airpower vs. China's A2/AD in Maritime East Asia," International Security (2025) (with N. Anderson)
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Free Time. (Princeton University Press, 2016).
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"'Homeless in Tahrir': From Hope to Anguish in the Middle East," review essay, International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 47, No. 1 (January 2015), pp. 153-168.
Ethical Autonomy: The Rise of Self-Rule (New York: Oxford University Press, 2020).
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Final Solutions: Mass Killing and Genocide in the Twentieth Century (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2004).
"Just War and Unjust Soldiers: American Public Opinion on the Moral Equality of Combatants," Ethics in International Affairs, Vol. 33, No. 4 (Winter 2019), pp. 411-444. With Scott Sagan. The same issue includes a symposium on the article with reactions by Michael Walzer, Jeff McMahon and Robert Keohane.
"Animals Are People Too: Explaining Variation in Respect for Animal Rights," Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 41, No. 1 (February 2019), pp. 39-65. With Yon Soo Park.
"Not Just a War Theory: American Public Opinion on Ethics in Military Combat," International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 62, Issue 3 (September 2018), pp. 548–561. With Scott Sagan.
"Revisiting Hiroshima in Iran: American Attitudes about Nuclear Weapons and Non-Combatant Immunity," International Security, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Summer 2017), pp. 41–79. With Scott Sagan.
"Atomic Aversion: Experimental Evidence on Taboos, Traditions, and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons." With Scott Sagan and Daryl Press. American Political Science Review, vol. 107, no. 1 (Winter 2013).
"The True Costs of Humanitarian Intervention: The Hard Truth Behind a Noble Notion." Foreign Affairs, vol. 90, no. 6 (November/December 2011), pp. 60-73.
A History of Modern Libya, Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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"The Politics of Taxing and Spending," in Politics in the American States , H. Jacobs, V. Gray and R. Hanson (eds.), (1999).
S. G. Brooks and William C. Wohlforth "The Myth of Multipolarity: American Power's Staying Power," Foreign Affairs May/June 2023: 76-91
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Zhou, Yang-Yang and Jason Lyall. 2025. "Prolonged contact does not reshape locals' attitudes toward migrants in wartime settings." American Journal of Political Science, 69 (1): 210–222.
Zhou, Yang-Yang, Daniel Rojas, and Margaret E. Peters. 2025. "When Pandemic Threat Does Not Stoke Xenophobia: Evidence from a Panel Survey around COVID-19." Politics, Groups, and Identities, 13 (3): 648–67.
Holland, Alisha, Margaret E. Peters, and Yang-Yang Zhou. 2024. "Left Out: How Political Ideology Affects Support for Migrants in Colombia." Journal of Politics, 86 (4): 1291-1303.
Zhou, Yang-Yang, Guy Grossman, and Shuning Ge. 2023. "Inclusive Refugee-Hosting can Improve Local Development and Prevent Public Backlash." World Development, 166: 106-203.
Zhou, Yang-Yang and Andrew Shaver. 2021. "Reexamining the Effect of Refugees on Civil Conflict: A Global Subnational Analysis." American Political Science Review, 115 (4): 1175-1196.
Rosenzweig, Leah and Yang-Yang Zhou. 2021. "Team and Nation: Sports, Nationalism, and Attitudes toward Refugees." Comparative Political Studies, 54 (12): 2123-2154.
Lyall, Jason, Yang-Yang Zhou, and Kosuke Imai. 2020. "Can Economic Assistance Shape Combatant Support in Wartime? Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan." American Political Science Review, 114 (1): 126-143.