Todd Landman
University of Essex, Department of Government, Faculty Member
- Social Sciences, International Studies, Human Rights, Comparative Politics, Qualitative methodology, Qualitative Research, and 11 moreDemocratization, Quantitative Methods, Democracy, Research Design, Mixed Methods, Social Movements (Political Science), Political Methodology, Latin American Politics (Political Science), The Theory and practice of democracy, Content Analysis (Research Methodology), and Macrocomparative Analysisedit
- I am the Director of the Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution at the University of Essex, which is a flags... moreI am the Director of the Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution at the University of Essex, which is a flagship project within the larger Knowledge Gateway at the University.
See www.idcr.org.uk
I have been working on the systematic study of development, democracy, and human rights, and my current projects are:
The International Political Economy of Human Rights
The Quality of Democracy
Principals, Agents, and Atrocities: The Case of Peru 1980-2000
Real Social Science, edited volume for Cambridge University Press
Please visit my website for more details and other information:
www.todd-landman.com
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One of the hallmarks of the Arab Spring uprisings has been the role of social media in articulating demands of the popular protesters and broadcasting dramatic events as they unfolded, but it is less clear whether social media... more
One of the hallmarks of the Arab Spring uprisings has been the role of social media in articulating demands of the popular protesters and broadcasting dramatic events as they unfolded, but it is less clear whether social media acted as a catalyst for many of the movements in the region. Using evidence from the popular protests in Tunisia between December 2010 and January 2011, this paper argues that social media acted as an important resource for popular mobilization against the regime of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Drawing on the insights from ‘resource mobilization theory’ (RMT), we show that social media (1) allowed a ‘digital elite’ to break the national media blackout through brokering information for mainstream media; (2) provided the basis for intergroup collaboration that facilitated a large ‘cycle of protest’ to develop; (3) overcame the collective action problem through reporting event magnitudes that raised the perception of success for potential free riders, and (4) led to an additional element of ‘emotional mobilization’ through depicting the worst atrocities associated with the regime’s response to the protests. These findings are based on expert interviews with Tunisian bloggers and digital activists conducted in October 2011 and a revealed preference survey conducted among a sample of Tunisian internet users between February and May 2012.
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Building on the strengths of the second edition, this highly regarded textbook continues to provide the best introduction to the strategies of comparative research in political science. Divided into three parts, the book begins by... more
Building on the strengths of the second edition, this highly regarded textbook continues to provide the best introduction to the strategies of comparative research in political science. Divided into three parts, the book begins by examining different methods, applying these ...
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Copyright © Joe Foweraker, Todd Landman and Neil Harvey 2003 The rights of Joe Foweraker, Todd Landman and Neil Harvey to be identified as Authors of this Work have been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents... more
Copyright © Joe Foweraker, Todd Landman and Neil Harvey 2003 The rights of Joe Foweraker, Todd Landman and Neil Harvey to be identified as Authors of this Work have been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First ...
... Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkey Islamic influence ... than federal ones by measures of participation, and of property rights and minority rights; and that PR systems perform better than plurality systems by measures of representation,... more
... Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkey Islamic influence ... than federal ones by measures of participation, and of property rights and minority rights; and that PR systems perform better than plurality systems by measures of representation, participation and minority rights, but ...
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Human rights have long been a direct or indirect substantive topic in modern political science1 and, in particular, the study of human rights represents an important nexus between traditional concerns within comparative politics and those... more
Human rights have long been a direct or indirect substantive topic in modern political science1 and, in particular, the study of human rights represents an important nexus between traditional concerns within comparative politics and those in international relations. On the one ...
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It is generally accepted that there is a relationship between economic development and democracy which can be demonstrated by quantitative empirical evidence. The difficulties of validating the empirical claims derive not so much from the... more
It is generally accepted that there is a relationship between economic development and democracy which can be demonstrated by quantitative empirical evidence. The difficulties of validating the empirical claims derive not so much from the measures of economic development as from ...
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The SAGE Handbook of Comparative Politics presents in one volume an authoritative overview of the theoretical, methodological, and substantive elements of comparative political science. The 28 specially commissioned chapters, written by... more
The SAGE Handbook of Comparative Politics presents in one volume an authoritative overview of the theoretical, methodological, and substantive elements of comparative political science. The 28 specially commissioned chapters, written by renowned comparative scholars, guide the reader through the central issues and debates, presenting a state-of-the-art guide to the past, present, and possible futures of the field.
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ABSTRACT Report prepared for UNDP Oslo Governance Centre and presented at the Seminar on Governance Assessments and the Paris Declaration: Opportunities for Inclusive Participation and National Ownership, Bergen
