Victor Asal

State University of New York at Albany

135 Western Ave

Building, Room 109

Albany, NY 12222

United States

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SCHOLARLY PAPERS

16

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Scholarly Papers (16)

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Overcoming Barriers to Peace: Mediating Violent, Ethnic, Intra-State Crises in Africa

APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 13 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2009
David Quinn, Pelin Eralp, Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Victor Asal, Theodore D. McLauchlin and Michael Brecher
University of Maryland, University of Maryland, University of Maryland, State University of New York at Albany, University of Montreal and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 260 (227,567)

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Connections Can Be Toxic: Terrorist Organizational Factors and the Pursuit of CBRN Terrorism

APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 19 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2010
Victor Asal, R. Karl Rethemeyer, Gary Ackerman and Hyun Hee Park
State University of New York at Albany, SUNY University at Albany, University of Maryland - College Park and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 221 (266,409)
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Consenting to a Child's Decision to Join a Jihad: Insights from a Survey of Militant Families in Pakistan

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, November 2008
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 27 May 2010
Victor Asal, C. Christine Fair and Steve Shellman
State University of New York at Albany, Georgetown University and College of William and Mary - Department of Government
Downloads 213 (278,210)
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Corporal Punishment, Social Norms and Norm Cascades: Examining Cross-National Laws and Trends in Homes Across the Globe

26 William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice 1 (2020), Albany Law School Research Paper No. 12 for 2019-2020
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 04 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2020
Melissa L. Breger, Lucy Sorensen, Victor Asal and Charmaine N. Willis
Albany Law School, University at Albany (SUNY), State University of New York at Albany and Skidmore College - Government
Downloads 156 (363,617)

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norms, corporal punishment, children

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A terrible beauty is born: Teaching about Identity Salience and Conflict

APSA 2012 Teaching & Learning Conference Paper
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 02 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2012
Victor Asal
State University of New York at Albany
Downloads 145 (385,914)

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Freedom of Information Laws: Causes and Consequences

APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 13 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2009
Thomas C. Ellington, Victor Asal and Mitchell Brown
Wesleyan College, State University of New York at Albany and Auburn University
Downloads 137 (403,507)

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transparency, freedom of information, democratization

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Teaching About the End of the World

2013 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference Paper
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 27 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2013
Victor Asal, Justin Conrad, Steve Sin, Steve Sin and Paul Harwood
State University of New York at Albany, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte, State University of New York at AlbanyNational Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) and University of North Florida
Downloads 124 (435,912)

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political science pedagogy, nuclear weapons, simulations

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Legal Path Dependence and the Long Arm of the Religious State (Excerpts)

"Legal Path Dependence & The Long Arm of the Religious State: Sodomy Provisions and Gay Rights Across Nations and Over Time", SUNY Press (October 20, 2016)
Number of pages: 136 Posted: 16 Jan 2017
Victor Asal and Udi Sommer
State University of New York at Albany and Columbia University - Department of Political Science
Downloads 112 (470,624)

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lgbt; lgbtiq; sodomy laws; legal equality

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Paths to Social Change: Analyses of Decriminalization of Sodomy

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Aug 2018
Udi Sommer and Victor Asal
Columbia University - Department of Political Science and State University of New York at Albany
Downloads 95 (527,662)

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Original Sin: A Cross-National Study of the Legality of Homosexual Acts

Comparative Political Studies Volume: 46 issue: 3, page(s): 320-351, Article first published online: September 5, 2012; Issue published: March 1, 2013, DOI: doi/10.1177/0010414012453693
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Jan 2017
Victor Asal, Udi Sommer and Paul Harwood
State University of New York at Albany, Columbia University - Department of Political Science and University of North Florida
Downloads 86 (561,635)
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Sodomy laws; homosexuality; common law; civil law

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Exports of Another Type: The Determinants of Interstate Transmission of Terrorism

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 23 Aug 2011
Victor Asal and R. Karl Rethemeyer
State University of New York at Albany and SUNY University at Albany
Downloads 69 (635,955)

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terrorism, exporting terrorism, international terrorism, social network analysis

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Women Hold Up Half the Sky: A Comparative Analysis of Women’s Political Rights and Legal Systems from 1981- 2004

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Jun 2019
Udi Sommer and Victor Asal
Columbia University - Department of Political Science and State University of New York at Albany
Downloads 63 (666,123)

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political rights; women's rights; legal memory; political discontinuity

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Grabbing the Headlines: Diaspora Support for Ethnopolitical Organizations in the Middle East

APSA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper, American Political Science Association 2013 Annual Meeting
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 27 Aug 2013
Victor Asal and R. Ayres
State University of New York at Albany and Wright State University
Downloads 46 (766,045)

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diaspora, Middle East, Ethnic conflict

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A Cross-National Analysis of the Guarantees of Rights

International Political Science Review 2014, Vol. 35(4) 463–481 DOI: 10.1177/0192512112455209
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 12 Jan 2017
Udi Sommer and Victor Asal
Columbia University - Department of Political Science and State University of New York at Albany
Downloads 30 (890,304)

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gay rights; lgbt; lgbtiq; equality under law; comparative law; ilo; international labour organization

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Paddling the Pupils: The Legality (or Not) of Corporal Punishment in Schools

Chapter 1 of CHILDREN'S RIGHTS IN CRISIS (Salvador Santino Regilme, Ed.)  (Manchester University Press 2024)
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 12 Aug 2024
Melissa L. Breger, Victor Asal, Lucy Sorensen and Charmaine N. Willis
Albany Law School, State University of New York at Albany, University at Albany (SUNY) and Skidmore College - Government
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Paddling the Pupils: The Legality (or Not) of Corporal Punishment in the School Setting

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 02 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2024
Lucy Sorensen, Charmaine N. Willis, Victor Asal and Melissa L. Breger
University at Albany (SUNY), Skidmore College - Government, State University of New York at Albany and Albany Law School
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CRC, corporal punishment, children, schools, gender, common law, civil law, child rights, discipline, classroom