Conceptualizing Election-Related Violence
Conceptualizing Election-Related Violence
Steven C. Rosenzweig Niloufer Siddiqui a Department of Political Science, Boston University, Boston, MA, USAb Department of Political Science, University at Albany–State University of New York, Albany, NY, USASteven C. Rosenzweig is an Assistant Professor in Political Science at Boston University. He studies comparative politics with a focus on democracy, political violence, and electoral accountability. His book–Voter Backlash and Elite Misperception: The Logic of Violence in Electoral Competition (CUP 2023)–analyzes why politicians use violence as an electoral tactic and how it affects voting behavior. He has also written on ethnic politics, electoral accountability, survey research methods, and political polarization.Niloufer Siddiqui is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany-State University of New York (SUNY). Her research interests include political violence, political behavior, the politics of religion and ethnicity, voters and foreign policy, and the politics of South Asia. Her book, Under the Gun: Political Parties & Violence, was published by Cambridge University Press and received the 2024 APSA Robert Dahl Award for scholarship of the highest quality on the subject of democracy, the APSA Leon Epstein Award for best book on political parties and organization, and the APSA Francine Frankel Award for best book on South Asian politics. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in the American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Party Politics, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Experimental Political Science, among other outlets. She also has a co-edited volume on political parties in Pakistan.