RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
Book
2021. Precolonial Legacies in Postcolonial Politics: Representation and Redistribution in Decentralized West Africa. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
Articles
2022. Citizen response to local service provision: Emerging democratic accountability in decentralized West Africa? Electoral Studies 79.
2022. Improving Open-Source Information on African Politics (with Kristin Michelitch). PS: Politics and Society 55(2), pp. 450-455.
2020. The Mechanisms of Direct and Indirect Rule: Colonialism and Economic Development in Africa (with Natalie Letsa). Quarterly Journal of Political Science 15(4), pp. 539-577.
2018. Precolonial Legacies and Institutional Congruence in Public Goods Delivery: Evidence from Decentralized West Africa. World Politics 70(2), pp. 239-274.
2018. The Politics of Local Government Performance: Elite Cohesion and Cross-Village Constraints in Decentralized Senegal
World Development, 103, pp. 149-61.
World Development, 103, pp. 149-61.
2018. Popular Support for Democracy in Autocratic Regimes: A Micro-Level Analysis of Preferences (with Natalie Letsa). Comparative Politics, 50(2), pp. 231-73.
Working Papers
Enumerator Experiences in Survey Data Collection in Sub-Saharan Africa (with Justine Davis) (revise and resubmit)
Demanding Recognition: Citizen Perspectives on Clientelism in Africa (with Kathleen Klaus & Jeffrey Paller) (revise and resubmit)
Judge, Landlord, Broker, Watchman: Assessing Variation in Chiefly Duties in the Ghana-Togo Borderlands (with Natalie Letsa) (revise and resubmit)
Kingdoms, States, and Hierarchies: Concept Formation and Misinformation in the Historical Renaissance
Colonial Legacies, Collective Efficacy, and Rural Development: Evidence from the Togo-Ghana Border (with Natalie Letsa)
Contesting Autocracy: Explaining the Origins of Opposition Strongholds in Africa (with Leonardo Arriola, David Dow & Natalie Letsa)
Demanding Recognition: Citizen Perspectives on Clientelism in Africa (with Kathleen Klaus & Jeffrey Paller) (revise and resubmit)
Judge, Landlord, Broker, Watchman: Assessing Variation in Chiefly Duties in the Ghana-Togo Borderlands (with Natalie Letsa) (revise and resubmit)
Kingdoms, States, and Hierarchies: Concept Formation and Misinformation in the Historical Renaissance
Colonial Legacies, Collective Efficacy, and Rural Development: Evidence from the Togo-Ghana Border (with Natalie Letsa)
Contesting Autocracy: Explaining the Origins of Opposition Strongholds in Africa (with Leonardo Arriola, David Dow & Natalie Letsa)
On-Going Research
Reevaluating Legacies of Direct and Indirect Rule: Evidence from the Ghana-Togo Borderlands (with Natalie Letsa)
The Political Effects of Caste in Senegal (with Leonardo Arriola and Dominika Koter)
Endogenous Decentralization? The Politics of Subnational Boundary Creation
The Political Effects of Caste in Senegal (with Leonardo Arriola and Dominika Koter)
Endogenous Decentralization? The Politics of Subnational Boundary Creation
