Faculty & Research Published Research Research Education Economics Social Psychology Health Policy Social Entrepreneurship Environmental Policy Ethics Leadership Racial Justice and Equity National Security Advocacy Political Science Democracy Domestic Policy & Politics Social Equity International Development Research and Commentary (-) International and Global Affairs Facet Area of Focus - Research Christine Mahoney David Leblang Philip Potter Facet People - Research Global Policy Center National Security Policy Center Facet UVA Partner - Research Published Research International and Global Affairs Labor Market Policy as Immigration Control: The Case of Temporary Protected Status Authors: David Leblang, Benjamin Helms Controlling immigration has become a central political goal in advanced democracies. Politicians across the world have experimented with a range of policies such as foreign aid in the hopes that aid will spur development in migrant origin countries and decrease the demand for emigration. We argue that internal policy tools are more effective, in particular, the use of policies that allow temporary migrants short-term access to host country labor markets. Learn more Published Research National Security International and Global Affairs Honor Among Thieves: Understanding Rhetorical and Material Cooperation Among Violent Nonstate Actors Authors: Philip Potter, Christopher W. Blair, Erica Chenoweth, Michael C. Horowitz, Evan Perkoski We find that when groups share an ideology, and especially a religion, they are more likely to sustain material cooperation in the face of state repression. Learn more Published Research International and Global Affairs Failure and Hope: Fighting for the Rights of the Forcibly Displaced Authors: Christine Mahoney In 2015, 60 million people were displaced by violent conflict globally - the highest since World War II. National and international policy prevents the displaced from working or moving freely outside the camps set up to ‘temporarily’ house them. Learn more
Published Research International and Global Affairs Labor Market Policy as Immigration Control: The Case of Temporary Protected Status Authors: David Leblang, Benjamin Helms Controlling immigration has become a central political goal in advanced democracies. Politicians across the world have experimented with a range of policies such as foreign aid in the hopes that aid will spur development in migrant origin countries and decrease the demand for emigration. We argue that internal policy tools are more effective, in particular, the use of policies that allow temporary migrants short-term access to host country labor markets. Learn more
Published Research National Security International and Global Affairs Honor Among Thieves: Understanding Rhetorical and Material Cooperation Among Violent Nonstate Actors Authors: Philip Potter, Christopher W. Blair, Erica Chenoweth, Michael C. Horowitz, Evan Perkoski We find that when groups share an ideology, and especially a religion, they are more likely to sustain material cooperation in the face of state repression. Learn more
Published Research International and Global Affairs Failure and Hope: Fighting for the Rights of the Forcibly Displaced Authors: Christine Mahoney In 2015, 60 million people were displaced by violent conflict globally - the highest since World War II. National and international policy prevents the displaced from working or moving freely outside the camps set up to ‘temporarily’ house them. Learn more