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Shawn Flanigan
Shawn Flanigan
Former Investigator
Lead Investigator on START Research Projects
Radicalizing the Poor: Understanding the Influence of Service Provision on Popular Support for and Participation in Violent Political Groups
June 2008
to
May 2011
Selected Publications
Doing Good while Killing: Why Some Insurgent Groups Provide Community Services
(Journal Article)
Advantages of Syrian Diaspora Aid to Refugees in Middle Eastern States of the Global South
(Journal Article)
Service-Seeking Behavior, Perceptions of Armed Actors, and Preferences Regarding Governance: Evidence from the Palestinian Territories
(Journal Article)
Shifts in Perceptions of NGOs with the Creation of the Palestinian National Authority
(Journal Article)
Revolution for Breakfast: Intersections of Activism, Service, and Violence in the Black Panther Party’s Community Service Programs
(Book Chapter)
Terrorists Next Door? A Comparison of Mexican Drug Cartels and Middle Eastern Terrorist Organizations
(Journal Article)
Protecting the Homeland from International and Domestic Terrorism Threats: Current Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives on Root Causes, the Role of Ideology, and Programs for Counter-radicalization and Disengagement
(White Paper)
For the Love of God: NGOs and Religious Identity in a Violent World
(Book)
Hezbollah's Social Jihad: Nonprofits as Resistance Organizations
(Journal Article)
Nonprofit Service Provision by Insurgent Organizations: The Cases of Hizballah and the Tamil Tigers
(Journal Article)
Charity as Resistance: Connections Between Charity, Contentious Politics, and Terror
(Journal Article)
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Researcher spotlight: Anthony Lemieux
(People Spotlight)
START Releases 2011 Research Review
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START Announces 2009 Curriculum Development Grant Recipients
(News)
START Announces 2006-07 Fellowship Awards
(News)