Debra JavelineDebra Javeline

Associate Professor of Political Science
(PhD, Harvard University, 1997)
217 O’Shaughnessy Hall
574-631-2793
email: javeline@nd.edu
http://politicalscience.nd.edu/faculty/profiles/debra-javeline/

Geographic focus: Russia; Eastern Europe

Thematic interests: Comparative politics; mass political behavior; survey research; the politics of post-Soviet and other post-communist regimes; the politics of adapting to climate change.

Selected publications: “The Health Implications of Civic Association in Russia,” Social Science and Medicine 74, 9 (with Elizabeth Brooks, 2012); “The Surprisingly Nonviolent Aftermath of the Beslan School Hostage Taking,” Problems of Post-Communism 58, 4–5 (with Vanessa A. Baird, 2011); “The Effects of National and Local Funding on Judicial Performance: Perceptions of Russia’s Lawyers,” Law & Society Review (coauthor, 2010); “Balancing Russia’s Civil Society Report,” Journal of International Affairs (coauthor, 2010); “Who Sues Government? Evidence from the Moscow Theater Hostage Case,” Comparative Political Studies (coauthor, July 2007); "The Persuasive Power of Russian Courts,” Political Research Quarterly (coauthor, 2007); Protest and the Politics of Blame: The Russian Response to Unpaid Wages (2003); “The Role of Blame in Collective Action: Evidence from Russia,” American Political Science Review (February 2003); “Response Effects in Polite Cultures: A Test of Acquiescence in Kazakhstan,” Public Opinion Quarterly (Spring 1999); “Suffering Without Protest in Kazakhstan,” Central Asia Monitor (1998).