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- Melani Cammett: Dimension of Healthcare Quality in LebanonEpisode 30: This month, we are joined by Melani Cammett, Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs in the Department of Government, and chair of the Harvard Academy of International and Area Studies at Harvard. Melani also holds a secondary faculty appointment in the Harvard Chan School of Public Health. In this episode, we discuss Health Care quality in Lebanon, both within the Lebanese population and health care received by Syrian refugees. We also discuss social and political factors that regulate where citizens choose to seek care and what role international partnerships play in healthcare quality in Lebanon. Selected work: Cammett, Melani and Sasmaz, Aytug. (2021). "Equity with Prejudice: International NGOs and Healthcare Delivery Refugee Crises," The Program on Governance and Local Development Working Paper No. 44, University of Gothenburg.
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35 min - Taima Al Jayoush: The rights of married women in SyriaEpisode 29: This month, we were joined by Taima Al Jayoush - a lawyer specializing in human rights and international law. Taima is a member of the Barreau du Quebec, a legal councel in Syrian legislation based in Montreal. She has defended and helped dozens of women and children in Syrian and European courts and was the first woman to defend political prisoners in Syria's supreme state security court. Taima was also the first woman to be a board member of the "Human Rights Organization of Syria" in early 2001 and has represented many opposition leaders. In this episode, we discuss women's rights in Syria and the impact of the civil war, more specifically regarding the new family law and the role of Sharia in marriage contracts. Taima explains the complex issues that women face from both family and society and highlights the importance of acknowledging women's dignity and recognition as a matter of human rights.
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38 min - Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner: The Politics of Citizens’ Complaints in Rural India
Episode 28: This month, we talk to Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner, Assistant Professor of Politics and Global Studies at the University of Virginia. Gabrielle’s research examines citizenship practices and local governance, with a regional focus on India. In this episode, we discuss the problems that citizens face in Northern rural India, a setting noted for variable public administration and often callous treatment of citizens by officials.
Selected work: Kruks-Wisner, Gabrielle.(2021). "Great Expectations, Great Grievances: The Politics of Citizens’ Complaints in India." Comparative Politics.
Kruks-Wisner, Gabrielle. (2018). "Claiming the State: Active Citizenship and Social Welfare in Rural India." Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kruks-Wisner, Gabrielle. (2017). "The Pursuit of Social Welfare - Citizen Claim-Making in Rural India." World Politics.
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31 min - Adam Auerbach and Tariq Thachil: Covid-19 Challenges in India's "Slum Settlements"Episode 27: This month, we talk to Adam Auerbach (American University) and Tariq Thachil (University of Pennsylvania) about COVID-19 challenges in India’s so-called “slum settlements”. They argue that the landscape of service delivery is increasingly centralizing, and the lack of property rights in the slum settlements shape relations between the citizens and the state. Most residents feel that the state is dismissive in their response to COVID-19 in the urban slums of India. They further analyze and how settlement leaders cope with COVID-19 in the slums, where it is very difficult to socially distance. Selected work: Auerbach, Adam Michael and Tariq Thachil. 2020. “How Does COVID-19 Affect Urban Slums? Evidence from Settlement Leaders in India.” World Development.
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36 min - Isabell Schierenbeck and Jannis Grimm: Safer Field Research in the Social SciencesEpisode 26: This month, we discuss the handbook on Safer Field Research in the Social Sciences with two of its authors Isabell Schierenbeck (University of Gothenburg) and Jannis Grimm (Freie Universität Berlin). We discuss the need for available guidance on preparing and conducting safe research within the social sciences and the new challenges to conducting safe research that Covid-19 has brought. Selected work: Grimm, Jannis; Koehler, Kevin; Lust, Ellen; Saliba, Ilyas; and Schierenbeck, Isabell. (2020). Safer Research in the Social Sciences: A Systematic Handbook for Human and Digital Security. London: SAGE Publications Inc.
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31 min - Ahmed al Mukhaini: Governance and Politics of OmanEpisode 25: This month, we talk to Ahmed al-Mukhaini, Independent Scholar and GLD Collaborating Researcher, about the recent political changes in Oman. In January 2021, Oman’s Sultan Haitham declared an end to the former succession system and proclaimed a new crown prince and Basic Law of the State to allow for the modernization and transformation of the Gulf nation’s economic, political, and social structures. Ahmed explains Oman’s political system and gives us unique insights into the New Basic Law and what it means for Oman. This podcast is part of the larger GLD in the MENA project, funded by the Hicham Alaoui Foundation.
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43 min - Intissar Kherigi: Tunisia's Municipal Boundary Reform Process
Episode 24: This month, we talk to Intissar Kherigi, a Ph.D. student at Sciences Po Paris and GLD Collaborating Researcher, about Tunisia’s 2015-17 municipal boundary reforms. After the Arab uprisings in 2011, Tunisia saw changes in local governance and the adoption of a new constitution mandating the decentralization of power, leading the government to reorganize the country's municipal boundaries. Intissar analyses the ways in which local populations are challenging central state-driven municipal boundary reforms and the implications for local governance. She situates this within the historical processes of boundary formation in modern Tunisia and highlights the difficulties in breaking with colonial legacies.
Selected work: Kherigi, Intissar. (2021). "Municipal Boundaries and the Politics of Space in Tunisia," The Program on Governance and Local Development Working Paper No. 38, University of Gothenburg.
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36 min - Kristen Kao: Post-Conflict Reconciliation in Iraq
Episode 23: This month we talk to GLD's Senior Research Fellow Kristen Kao about her work on post-conflict reconciliation in Iraq. Kristen tells us about her a study on the drivers of forgiveness versus revenge among diverse groups in Iraq and how her research could help promote long-term peace. Kristen Kao is a Senior Research Fellow with the Program on Governance and Local Development (GLD) at the University of Gothenburg. She holds a PhD and M.A. in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles and is an expert in survey methodology and experimental design in the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa contexts.
Selected work: Kao, Kristen and Revkin, Mara. (2019). "How the Iraqi crackdown on the Islamic State may actually increase support for the Islamic State," The Washington Post Monkey Cage. Kao, Kristen and Revkin, Mara Redlich. (2018). “To punish or to pardon?” The Program on Governance and Local Development Working Paper No. 17, University of Gothenburg
Selected research projects: From Revenge to Forgiveness: Strengthening Durable Peace in Post-Conflict Societies.
To Punish or to Pardon? Attitudes Towards Justice and Reintegration for Europeans who Cooperated with the Islamic State.
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34 min - Jeffrey W. Paller: Rapid Urbanization and Politics in GhanaEpisode 22: This month, we talk to Jeffrey Paller about rapid urbanization and politics in Ghana, Africa. Jeffrey recently published a book on the subject called "Democracy in Ghana: Everyday Politics in Urban Africa" (Cambridge UP, 2019). Jeffrey is an Assistant Professor of Politics at the University of San Francisco and the curator of the weekly news bulletin “This Week in Africa.” He specializes in African politics and sustainable urban development, and his research examines the practice of democracy and accountability in urban Africa. He has conducted fieldwork in Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa.
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34 min - Tugba Bozcaga: Social Proximity among Bureaucrats in TurkeyEpisode 21: This month, we talk to Tuğba Bozçağa, Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Middle East Initiative and Ph.D. student in Political Science at MIT. In 2018, Tugba received a GLD Short Term Grant to study social proximity among bureaucrats in Turkey. Tugba's research has culminated in this month's GLD working paper: The Social Bureaucrat: How Social Proximity among Bureaucrats Affects Local Governance. In this episode of Governance Uncovered, we hear more about her research and her experiences from the field. Tugba also explains the policy implications of her research – namely how it offers an alternative explanation to why the quality of public services may be lower in minority or predominantly immigrant neighborhoods.
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About Everyday Choices by Ellen Lust
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Everyday Choices: The Role of Competing Authorities and Social Institutions in Politics and Development
Scholars and practitioners seek development solutions…
through the engineering and strengthening of state institutions. Yet, the state is not the only or often even the primary arena shaping how citizens, service providers, and state officials engage in actions that constitute politics and development. These individuals are members of religious orders, ethnic communities, and other groups that make claims about them, creating incentives that shape their actions. Recognizing how individuals experience these claims and view the choices before them is essential to understanding political processes and development outcomes. Taking an institutional approach, this Element explains how the salience of arenas of authority associated with various communities and the nature of social institutions within them affect politics and development. It establishes a framework of politics and development that allows for knowledge accumulation, guides future research, and can facilitate effective programming. This title is also available as OpenAccess on Cambridge Core.
Keywords: development, social institutions, political behaviour, authority, service provision
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