Aila M. Matanock

Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

Associate Professor

210 Social Sciences Building #1950

Berkeley, CA 94720

United States

http://ailamatanock.com

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1.

Living in Fear: The Dynamics of Extortion in Mexico’s Drug War

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 25 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2018
Beatriz Magaloni, Gustavo Robles, Aila M. Matanock, Vidal Romero and Alberto Diaz-Cayeros
Stanford University - Department of Political Science, Stanford University, Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and Stanford University
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Crime; drug-trafficking organizations; extortion; civilian abuse; Mexico; list experiments

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How and Why Armed Groups Participate in Elections

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 01 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2018
Aila M. Matanock and Paul Staniland
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley and University of Chicago
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armed groups, armed actors, rebels, terrorists, elections, boycotts, sabotage, electoral violence, election violence

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How Does International Intervention Work to Secure Peace Settlements After Civil Conflicts?

Matanock, Aila M., and Adam G. Lichtenheld. 2022. “How Does International Intervention Work to Secure Peace Settlements after Civil Conflicts?” British Journal of Political Science. First View, pp. 1 - 21.
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 13 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2022
Aila M. Matanock and Adam Lichtenheld
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley
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Civil conflict, intrastate war, peace agreement, settlement, international intervention, peacekeeping, United Nations

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Experiments in Post-Conflict Contexts

Advances in Experimental Political Science. Eds. James N. Druckman and Donald P. Green. New York: Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 09 Mar 2020
Aila M. Matanock
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
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Bullets for Ballots: Electoral Participation Provisions and Enduring Peace after Civil Conflict

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 08 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2017
Aila M. Matanock
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
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Settlements, Peace Agreements, Civil Conflict, Civil War, Post-Conflict Elections, Electoral Participation Provisions, Rebel Participation, Rebel Parties, El Salvador

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The Enemy at Home: Exploring the Social Roots of Criminal Organizations in Mexico

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 04 Aug 2012
Beatriz Magaloni, Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Vidal Romero and Aila M. Matanock
Stanford University - Department of Political Science, Stanford University, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
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Crime, Violence, Mexico

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How International Actors Help Enforce Domestic Deals

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How International Actors Help Enforce Domestic Deals

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2020
Aila M. Matanock
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
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civil war, elections, human rights, international peacekeepers, international observers, conditional aid, reversion problems, Golidlocks condition, systemic spotlights

How International Actors Help Enforce Domestic Deals

Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 23, pp. 357-383, 2020
Posted: 17 May 2020
Aila M. Matanock
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

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Considering Concessions: A Survey Experiment on the Colombian Peace Process

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2018
Aila M. Matanock and Natalia Garbiras-Díaz
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley and European University Institute, Max Weber Programme
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Colombia, FARC, Peace Process, Post-Conflict Elections, Public Support, Survey Experiment

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Does Counterinsurgent Success Match Social Support? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Colombia

APSA 2014 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 25 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2018
Aila M. Matanock, Miguel Garcia-Sanchez and Miguel Garcia-Sanchez
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley and Universidad de los Andes, ColombiaUniversidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Political Science
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Popular support, Military, Preference falsification, List experiment, Colombia

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The Colombian Paradox: Peace Processes, Elite Divisions, and Popular Plebiscites

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 07 Mar 2017
Aila M. Matanock, Miguel Garcia-Sanchez and Miguel Garcia-Sanchez
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley and Universidad de los Andes, ColombiaUniversidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Political Science
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Colombia, Peace Process, Settlement, Plebiscite, Referendum, Survey, Public Opinion, Elite Cues, Santos, Uribe

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Weapons of the Weak State: How Post-Conflict States Shape International Statebuilding

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 08 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2021
Susanna Campbell and Aila M. Matanock
American University - School of International Service and Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
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International Organizations, Statebuilding, Contract Theory, Peacekeeping, United Nations, Post-Conflict Countries

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External Engagement: Explaining the Spread of Electoral Participation Provisions in Civil Conflict Settlements

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 07 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2018
Aila M. Matanock
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
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Settlements, Peace Agreements, Civil Conflict, Civil War, Post-Conflict Elections, Electoral Participation Provisions, Rebel Participation, Rebel Parties, Guatemala

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Using Political Cues for Attitude Formation in Post-Conflict Contexts

Garbiras-Díaz, N, M García-Sánchez, and A Matanock (2020). Using Political Cues for Attitude Formation in Post-Conflict Contexts (ESOC Working Paper No. 19). Empirical Studies of Conflict Project. Retrieved [date], from http://esoc.princeton.edu/wp19.
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2021
Natalia Garbiras-Díaz, Miguel A. Garcia-Sanchez and Aila M. Matanock
European University Institute, Max Weber Programme, Independent and Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
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peace agreements; attitudes; elite cues; FARC; Colombia

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Untouchable Forces: Restoring Trust in Security in Weak States?

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 05 May 2020
Aila M. Matanock and Natalia Garbiras-Díaz
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley and European University Institute, Max Weber Programme
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State-building, Delegation Agreements, Courts, CICIG, Guatemala, UN, Survey Experiment

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How Does Peacekeeping Held Secure Post-Conflict Peace?

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 23 Jul 2018
Aila M. Matanock and Adam Lichtenheld
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley, College of Letters & Science, Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science
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Governance Delegation Agreements: Shared Sovereignty as a Substitute for Limited Statehood

Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions, 6 Jan 2014
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 06 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2014
Aila M. Matanock
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
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Governance Delegation Agreements, Shared Sovereignty, Statebuilding, Melanesia, Guatemala, CICIG

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Third-Party Policymakers and the Limits of the Influence of Indicators

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 23 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2019
Melissa Lee and Aila M. Matanock
Princeton University and Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
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Learning to Share: Explaining the Conditions Under Which States Delegate Governance

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 23 Sep 2009
Aila M. Matanock
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
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weak states, sovereignty, governance, fragile states, Melanesia, external actors, delegation, intervention

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Prospective and Retrospective Approaches: Conflict Exposure and Attitudes on the Peace Agreement in Colombia

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 12 Mar 2022
Aila M. Matanock, Natalia Garbiras-Díaz, Miguel Garcia-Sanchez and Miguel Garcia-Sanchez
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, European University Institute, Max Weber Programme and Universidad de los Andes, ColombiaUniversidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Political Science
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peace agreement, public opinion, conflict exposure

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Using Violence, Seeking Votes: Introducing the Militant Group Electoral Participation (MGEP) Dataset

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 23 Jul 2018
Aila M. Matanock
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
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The Empiricists' Insurgency

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The Empiricists' Insurgency

NBER Working Paper No. w21061
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 06 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2022
Eli Berman and Aila M. Matanock
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics and Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
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The Empiricists' Insurgency

Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 18, pp. 443-464, 2015
Posted: 12 May 2015
Eli Berman and Aila M. Matanock
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics and Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

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Do Citizens’ Preferences Matter? Shaping Legislator Attitudes Towards Peace Agreements

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 12 Mar 2022
Miguel Garcia-Sanchez, Miguel Garcia-Sanchez, Aila M. Matanock and Natalia Garbiras-Díaz
Universidad de los Andes, ColombiaUniversidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley and European University Institute, Max Weber Programme
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peace agreement, elites, public opinion, post-conflict

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How Elections Can Lead to Peace

Posted: 23 Jul 2018
Aila M. Matanock
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

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Candidates and Combatants: Why Do Simultaneous Electoral and Armed Campaigns Occur?

Posted: 18 Jan 2018
Aila M. Matanock and David A. Dow
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley and Duke University - Department of Political Science

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Sharing Sovereignty in State-Building: Explaining “Invited Interventions”

APSA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper, American Political Science Association 2013 Annual Meeting
Posted: 27 Jun 2014
Aila M. Matanock
Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

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