BOOK Manuscripts
Matanock, Aila M. 2017. Electing Peace: From Civil Conflict to Political Participation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2018 Charles H. Levine Memorial Book Prize Winner
2018 Conflict Research Society Book of the Year Prize Runner-Up
Reviewed by Hannah Smidt in Africa Spectrum, Richard Lappin in Democratization, Beth Simmons also in Democratization, Emily Beaulieu in Governance, Sanja Badanjak and Astrid Jamar in International Affairs, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch in Journal of Peace Research’s Book Notes, Daniela Donno in Perspectives on Politics (and also mentioned in another review by Ami Pedahzur in Perspectives on Politics).
Listed Political Violence at a Glance's 2017 Must-Read Pieces on Political Violence
Also see related Washington Post Monkey Cage post here and Political Violence @ a Glance post here. Other media coverage from The Economist on Colombia (2017), The Economist on peace agreements (2018), Council on Hemispheric Affairs, El Espectador, and Ozy.
Matanock, Aila M. In Progress. Inviting Intervention: Statebuilding by Delegating Security.
An early piece of this book project, entitled “Shared Sovereignty in Statebuilding,” was awarded the American Political Science Association’s Foreign Policy Section’s Best Paper Award
Articles and Chapters
Natalia Garbiras-Díaz,* Miguel García-Sánchez, and Aila M. Matanock. 2023. “Political Elite Cues and Attitude Formation in Post-conflict Contexts.” Journal of Peace Research (accepted). [Working version here.]
Miguel García-Sánchez, Aila M. Matanock, and Natalia Garbiras-Díaz.* 2023. “Do Citizens’ Preferences Matter? Shaping Elite Attitudes towards Peace Agreements.” Journal of Conflict Research 67(5):893-922. [Article here.] [Author draft here (ungated).]
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 52(4):1810-1830. [Article here.] [Author draft here (ungated).]
Leonardo R. Arriola, David A. Dow, Aila M. Matanock, and Michaela Mattes. 2021. “Policing Institutions and Post-Conflict Peace.” Journal of Conflict Research 65(10): 1738-1763. [Article here.]
Also see related Political Violence @ a Glance post here.
Matanock, Aila M. 2021. “Experiments in Post-Conflict Contexts.” Advances in Experimental Political Science. Eds. James Druckman and Don Green. New York: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 30: 562-591. [Chapter here.][Author draft here (ungated).]
Matanock, Aila M., and Paul Staniland. 2020. “The Militarization of U.S. Politics: How Trump’s Presidency Opened the Door to Armed Electoral Interference.” Foreign Affairs (online), October 29. [Article here (ungated).]
Also see related Washington Post Monkey Cage post here.
Matanock, Aila M. 2020. “How International Actors Help Enforce Domestic Deals.” Annual Review of Political Science 23(1): 357-383. [Article here (ungated).]
Lee, Melissa M., and Aila M. Matanock. 2020. “Third-Party Policymakers and the Limits of the Influence of Indicators.” The Power of Global Performance Indicators. Ed. Judith Kelley and Beth A. Simmons. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 11: 341-374. [Chapter here.][Author draft here (ungated).]
Beatriz Magaloni, Gustavo Robles, Aila M. Matanock, Vidal Romero, and Alberto Diaz-Cayeros. 2020. “Living in Fear: The Dynamics of Extortion in Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency.” Comparative Political Studies 53(7): 1124-1174. [Article here.][Author draft here (ungated).]
Also see related Political Violence @ a Glance post here.
Matanock, Aila M. 2018. “External Engagement: Explaining the Spread of Electoral Participation Provisions in Civil Conflict Settlements.” International Studies Quarterly 62(3): 656–670. [Article here.][Author draft here (ungated).][Data here.]
Matanock, Aila M., and Paul Staniland. 2018. “How and Why Armed Groups Participate in Elections.” Perspectives on Politics 16(3): 710-727. [Article here (ungated).]
Also see related media coverage from The Print (India) here and Political Violence @ a Glance post here.
Matanock, Aila M., and Natalia Garbiras-Díaz.* 2018. “Considering Concessions: A Survey Experiment on the Colombian Peace Process” Conflict Processes and Peace Science: 35(6): 637-655. [Special Issue on Colombia.] [Article here.][Author draft here (ungated).][Online appendix here.]
Also see related Political Violence @ a Glance post here.
Matanock, Aila M., and Miguel García-Sánchez. 2018. “Does Counterinsurgent Success Match Social Support? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Colombia.” The Journal of Politics 80(3): 800-814. [Article here] [Author draft here (ungated).] [Data here.]
Also see related Political Violence @ a Glance post here.
Aila M. Matanock. 2018. “How Elections Can Lead to Peace.” Foreign Affairs (online). April 25. [Article here.][Author draft here (ungated).]
Gary LaFree, Min Xie, and Aila M. Matanock. 2018. “Contagious Diffusion of World-Wide Terrorism: It is Less Common than We Might Think.” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 41(4): 261-280. [Article here (ungated).]
Matanock, Aila M., and Miguel García-Sánchez. 2017. “The Colombian Paradox: Peace Processes, Elite Divisions, and Popular Plebiscites” Daedalus 146(4): 152-166 [Special Issue on Civil Wars]. [Article here (ungated).] [Online appendix here.]
Matanock, Aila M. 2017. “Bullets for Ballots: Electoral Participation Provisions and Enduring Peace after Civil Conflict.” International Security 41(4): 93-132. [Article here.] [Author draft here (ungated).] [Data here.]
Also Runner Up for the International Studies Association’s Peace Studies’ Kenneth E. Boulding Award
Matanock, Aila M. 2016. “Using Violence, Seeking Votes: Introducing the Militant Group Electoral Participation (MGEP) Dataset.” Journal of Peace Research 53(6): 845-853. [Article here.] [Author draft here (ungated).] [Data here.]
Also see related Political Violence @ a Glance post here.
Berman, Eli, and Aila M. Matanock. 2015. “The Empiricists’ Insurgency.” Annual Review of Political Science 18(1): 443-464. [Article here.] [Author draft here (ungated).]
Also see related Political Violence @ a Glance post here.
Matanock, Aila M. 2014. “Governance Delegation Agreements: Shared Sovereignty as a Substitute for Limited Statehood.” Governance 27(4): 589-612. [Special Issue Edited by Krasner and Risse]. [Article here.][Author draft here (ungated).]
Also see related Monkey Cage post here.
Articles invited to Revise and resubmit
“Weapons of the Weak State” (w. Susanna P. Campbell) [Working version here.]
“Prospective and Retrospective Approaches: Conflict Exposure and Attitudes on the Peace Agreement in Colombia” (w. Natalia Garbiras-Díaz* and Miguel García-Sánchez) [Working version here.]
“Does Social Media Drive Hate? Facebook Usage and Outgroup Intolerance in Myanmar” (with Leonardo R. Arriola and Oren Samet*)
PAPERS and Projects (in progress and under Review)
“Untouchable Forces: Restoring Security in Weak States?” (with Natalia Garbiras-Díaz*) [Working version here.]
“Civic Education and Election Observation in Violent Elections” (w. Leonardo R. Arriola, Manuela Travaglianti, and Justine M. Davis*)
“Statebuilding and U.S. Reservations” (w. Andrew Bertoli*)
“Candidates & Combatants: Why Simultaneous Electoral and Armed Campaigns Occur” (w. David Dow*)
“Examining Effects of U.S. Military Aid” (w. Leonardo R. Arriola and Michaela Mattes)
Also see related project here.
ADDITIONAL PAPERS
“Learning to Share: Explaining the Conditions under Which States Delegate Governance,” Center for Global Development’s Working Paper Series, 181 (September 2009): 1-48.
* denotes a current or former UC-Berkeley student co-author.
Please email me (matanock@berkeley.edu) to see book chapters or additional papers.