COURTENAY R. MONROE (Previously Conrad)
Professor of Political Science
University of California, Merced
Research
Peer-Reviewed Book
Contentious Compliance: Dissent and Repression Under International Human Rights Law (with Emily Hencken Ritter). 2019. Oxford University Press.
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2020 ISA International Law Section Best Book Award Honorable Mention
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Judicial Decisions on Electronic Control Devices and Police Escalation of Force (with Sophia Hatz and Kristine Eck). 2024. Forthcoming at the Journal of Politics.
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Appendix & Replication Files
Using Committee Amendments to Improve Estimates of State Foreign Policy Preferences (with Nathan W. Monroe and Shengkuo Hu). 2024. Forthcoming at Conflict Management and Peace Science.
Detecting Anomalies in Data on Government Violence (with Kanisha D. Bond, Dylan Moses, and Joel W. Simmons). 2022. Political Science Research and Methods 10(3):634-641.
Policing and Political Violence (with Kristine Eck and Charles Crabtree). 2021. Journal of Conflict Resolution 65(10):1641-1656.
Conceptualizing and Measuring Institutional Variation in National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) (with Ryan M. Welch and Jacqueline H.R. DeMeritt). 2021. Journal of Conflict Resolution 65(5):1010-1033.
Monitoring via the Courts: Judicial Oversight and Police Violence in India (with Shengkuo Hu). 2020. International Studies Quarterly 64(3):699–709.
Legislative Process in International Organizations (with Nathan W. Monroe). 2020. International Studies Review. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/isr/viaa060.
The Differential Effect of "Democratic" Institutions on Dissent in Dictatorships (with Ae sil Woo). 2019. Journal of Politics 81(2):456-470.
Repression Substitution: Shifting Human Rights Violations in Response to UN Naming and Shaming (with Jacqueline H.R. DeMeritt). 2019. Civil Wars 21(1):128-152.
Threat Perception and American Support for Torture (with Sarah E. Croco, Brad T. Gomez, and Will H. Moore). 2018. Political Behavior 40(4):989-1009.
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Will H. Moore’s Post at OpenDemocracy
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Matt Krain's Mention at the Duck of Minerva
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Article on UC Merced News
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Article on Discovery News
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My LSE EUROPP Post
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My SSN Brief
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Will H. Moore’s Post at Political Violence @ a Glance
Torture and the Limits of Democratic Institutions (with Daniel W. Hill, Jr. and Will H. Moore). 2018. Journal of Peace Research 55(1):3-17.
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Article on Discovery News
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My LSE EUROPP Post
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My SSN Brief
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Will H. Moore’s Post at Political Violence @ a Glance
Who Tortures the Terrorists? Transnational Terrorism & Military Torture (with Justin Conrad, James Igoe Walsh, and James A. Piazza). 2017. Foreign Policy Analysis 13(4):761-786.
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My Post on OpenGlobalRights
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Article on UNCC News
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Article on UC Merced News
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My Post on the Washington Post's Monkey Cage
Preventing and Responding to Dissent: The Observational Challenges of Explaining Strategic Repression (with Emily Hencken Ritter). 2016. American Political Science Review 110(1): 85-99.
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Appendix & Replication Files
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Christian Davenport’s Mention at Political Violence @ a Glance
Human Rights Treaties and Mobilized Dissent Against the State (with Emily Hencken Ritter). 2016. Review of International Organizations 11(4):449-475.
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Best Paper in International Relations, MPSA 2012
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My Post on the Washington Post's Monkey Cage
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Article by Tim Pfefferle on the Winnower
Divergent Incentives for Dictators: Domestic Institutions and (International Promises Not to) Torture. 2014. Journal of Conflict Resolution 58(1):34-67.
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My Post at The Washington Post's Monkey Cage
Tyrants and Terrorism: Why some Autocrats are Terrorized while Others are Not (with Justin Conrad and Joseph K. Young). 2014. International Studies Quarterly 58:539-549.
Torture Allegations as Events Data: Introducing the Ill-Treatment and Torture (ITT) Specific Allegation Data (with Jillienne Haglund and Will H. Moore). 2014. Journal of Peace Research 51(3):429-438.
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Will Moore's Post on Open Democracy
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Article on the Washington Post
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Chad Clay’s Post at The Quantitative Peace
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Jay Ufelder's Post at the Dart-Throwing Chimp
Treaties, Tenure, and Torture: The Conflicting Domestic Effects of International Law (with Emily Hencken Ritter). 2013. Journal of Politics 75(2): 397-409.
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My Post on the Washington Post's Monkey Cage
Constrained by the Bank and the Ballot: Unearned Revenue, Democracy, and State Incentives to Repress (with Jacqueline H.R. DeMeritt). 2013. Journal of Peace Research 50(1): 105-119.
Disaggregating Torture Allegations: Introducing the Ill-Treatment and Torture (ITT) Country-Year Data (with Jillienne Haglund and Will H. Moore). 2013. International Studies Perspectives 14(2):199-220.
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Article at The Washington Post
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Christian Davenport’s Mention at Political Violence @ a Glance
Constrained Concessions: Dictatorial Responses to Domestic Political Opposition. 2011. International Studies Quarterly (55): 1167-1187.
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Appendix & Replication Files
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My Post at The Washington Post's The Monkey Cage
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Symposium at ISQBlog
What Stops the Torture? (with Will H. Moore). 2010. American Journal of Political Science 54(2): 459-476.
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Article on Discovery News
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Erik Voeten’s Post at The Washington Post's The Monkey Cage
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Christian Davenport's Testimony at the Helsinki Commission's 2007 Hearing on Torture
Measuring Government Duration and Stability in Central Eastern European Democracies (with Sona N. Golder). 2010. European Journal of Political Research. 49(1): 119-150.
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Appendix & Replication Files
Other Publications
Will H. Moore's Enduring Contribution to Peace and Conflict Studies (with Jacqueline H.R. DeMeritt, Daniel W. Hill, Ryan M. Welch, and Joseph K. Young). 2019. Conflict Management and Peace Science doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0738894219881424.
Torture and the War on Terrorism. 2017. The Oxford Handbook of Terrorism. Erica Chenoweth, Richard English, Andreas Gofas, and Stathis Kalyvas, eds. 2019. Oxford University Press.
Why Do Courts Protect Human Rights? Investigating the Mechanisms by Focusing on Police. 2018. Newsletter of the Comparative Politics Section of the American Political Science Association 28(1):19-23.
Introducing the Ill-Treatment and Torture (ITT) Data (with Will H. Moore). 2016. Newsletter of the Comparative Politics Section of the American Political Science Association 26(1): 98-99.
How Opposition Cooptation and Institutional Constraints Affect State Repression
in Autocracies (with Ae sil Woo). 2016. Newsletter of the Comparative Democratization Section of the American Political Science Association 14(1): 2.
Unintended Consequences: The Effect of Advocacy to End Torture on Empowerment Rights Violations (with Jacqueline H.R. DeMeritt). 2014. Examining Torture: Empirical Studies of State Repression. Tracy Lightcap and James Pfiffner, eds. Palgrave MacMillan.