Jessica Maves Braithwaite

Interests

Research

Violent & nonviolent civil conflict, repression, democratization

Teaching

Civil conflict, human rights & repression, African politics

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Journals/Publications

• Braithwaite, J. M., & Earl, J. (2022). Layers of Political Repression: Integrating Research on Social Movement Repression. Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 18(1), 227-248. doi:10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-050520-092713
• Braithwaite, J. M., Butcher, C., Pinckney, J., Haugseth, E., Bakken, I. V., & Wishman, M. S. (2022). Introducing the Anatomy of Resistance Campaigns (ARC) dataset. Journal of Peace Research, 59(3), 449-460. doi:10.1177/00223433211029512
• Braithwaite, J. M., Pinckney, J., & Butcher, C. (2022). Organizations, Resistance, and Democracy: How Civil Society Organizations Impact Democratization. International Studies Quarterly, 66(1). doi:10.1093/isq/sqab094
• Braithwaite, J. M., Rubin, M. A., Jung, D. F., Huddleston, R. J., Huang, R., Cunningham, K. G., & Loyle, C. E. (2022). Revolt and Rule: Learning about Governance from Rebel Groups. International Studies Review, 24(4). doi:10.1093/isr/viac043
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  Abstract Recent work in international relations has problematized state-centric assumptions of governance to explore variations in authority by a range of nonstate actors (e.g., nongovernmental organizations, criminal syndicates, gangs). This forum centers on the phenomenon of rebel group governance during civil wars and leverages the concept to advance our understanding of current theories and conceptualizations of governance. The nature of rebel organizations provides a unique opportunity for researchers to expand the state-centric focus on governance because rebel actors differ from states in their comparative position within the global state system, the contexts in which they operate, and their lack of legitimizing principles that permit consistent membership as a class of political actors. These differences allow for meaningful extensions of how we theorize and conceptualize governance beyond the state. Furthermore, variation across these differences allows our findings in the study rebel governance to speak directly to the broader literature in international relations on governance by state actors. In our introduction to this forum, we detail the ways in which rebel groups have chosen to address the central components of governance through a variety of governance strategies. We then devote three essays in the forum to the concepts of legitimacy, capacity, and territorial control. In each of the three essays, authors discuss the ways in which rebel governance problematizes and advances these concepts for the broader study of governance. In the conclusion, this forum synthesizes extant and emerging work in the field of rebel governance in order to raise new questions of the governance and state building literatures. In this way, we show how investigating governance by rebel groups in particular advances our understanding of governance more broadly.
• Cox, J. M., Braithwaite, J. M., & Farry, M. (2022). Tactics of resistance and post-conflict judicial independence. Journal of Peace Research, 59(6), 779-793. doi:10.1177/00223433221076880
• Braithwaite, A. R., & Maves Braithwaite, J. (2018). Restricting opposition in elections and terrorist violence. Terrorism & Political Violence.
• Braithwaite, J. M., & Licht, A. A. (2019). The Effect of Civil Society Organizations and Democratization Aid on Civil War Onset. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 64(6), 1095-1120. doi:10.1177/0022002719888684
• Braithwaite, A. R., & Maves Braithwaite, J. (2018). Expanding the Empirical Study of Actors and Tactics in Research on Nonviolent Resistance. Journal of Global Security Studies.
• Braithwaite, J. M., & Braithwaite, A. (2018). Restricting Opposition in Elections and Terrorist Violence. Terrorism and Political Violence, 32(7), 1550-1572. doi:10.1080/09546553.2018.1495627
• Braithwaite, J. M., & Liendo, N. (2018). Determinants of Colombian attitudes toward the peace process. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 35(6), 622-636. doi:10.1177/0738894218787783
• Dorff, C. L., & Maves Braithwaite, J. (2018). The Emotional Cost of Nonviolent Resistance in Mexico's Criminal Conflict. Journal of Global and Security Studies.
• Chu, T. S., & Braithwaite, J. M. (2016). The Effect of Sexual Violence on Negotiated Outcomes in Civil Conflicts. Conflict Management and Peace Science.
• Liendo, N., & Braithwaite, J. M. (2017). Determinants of Colombian attitudes toward the peace process. Conflict Management and Peace Science.
• Ryckman, K. L., & Maves Braithwaite, J. (2017). Changing Horses in Midstream: Leadership Changes and the Civil War Peace Process. Conflict Management and Peace Science.
• Braithwaite, J. M., & Sudduth, J. K. (2016). Military Purges and the Recurrence of Civil War. Research and Politics. doi:10.1177/2053168016630730
• Braithwaite, A. R., Braithwaite, J. M., & Kucik, J. (2015). The Conditioning Effect of Protest History on the Emulation of Nonviolent Conflict. Journal of Peace Research.
• Kucik, J., Braithwaite, J. M., & Braithwaite, A. (2015). The conditioning effect of protest history on the emulation of nonviolent conflict. Journal of Peace Research, 52(6), 697-711. doi:10.1177/0022343315593993
• Braithwaite, A. R., Braithwaite, J. M., & Kucik, J. (2014). The Costs of Domestic Political Unrest.. International Studies Quarterly.
• Maves, J., & Braithwaite, A. (2013). Autocratic Institutions and Civil Conflict Contagion. Journal of Politics, 2(75), 478-490.

Others

• Maves Braithwaite, J., Earl, J., & Ryckman, K. L. (2020, June). Teach Police Nonviolence. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/teach-police-nonviolence-scholars-say-and-how-to-work-with-local-residents-141013
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  Ryckman, Kirssa Cline, Jennifer Earl, Jessica Maves Braithwaite. 2020. “Teach police nonviolence.” Published with a creative commons license in The Conversation, available at: https://theconversation.com/teach-police-nonviolence-scholars-say-and-how-to-work-with-local-residents-141013 . Published June 24, 2020.
• Ryckman, K. L., Earl, J., & Maves Braithwaite, J. (2020, June). Why the Generals Should Still be Worried. Political Violence at a Glance. https://politicalviolenceataglance.org/2020/06/26/why-the-generals-should-still-be-worried/
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  Braithwaite, Jessica Maves, Jennifer Earl, Kirssa Cline Ryckman. 2020. “Why the Generals Should Still be Worried.” Published in Political Violence at a Glance, available at https://politicalviolenceataglance.org/2020/06/26/why-the-generals-should-still-be-worried/. Published June 25, 2020 .
• Braithwaite, J. M., & Cunningham, K. G. (2014, January). Foundations of Rebel Groups Database project.
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  Original data collection effort focused on the origins and governance structures of all 488 rebel groups active in civil conflicts occurring globally between 1946 and 2010. Project began in December 2013 and is estimated to be completed sometime in 2016.