Working Papers

Papers currently under review or in progress. Where a draft is publicly available, a PDF link is included.

Man Up, Weapons Down: A Survey Experiment on Civil Resistance and Masculinity

Jonathan Pinckney
Under Review

Can participation in civil resistance reduce feelings of precarious masculinity among male participants? I propose an online survey experiment to test whether it can.

Supporting Protest or Repression During a Pandemic: The Suspension of Ideological Preferences in Emergency Situations

Felix Bethke, Jonathan Pinckney, and Jonas Wolff
Under Review

How do public health emergencies affect public support of protest and repression? We show that observers suspend some of their ideological preferences, but still prefer nonviolent over violent protests.

Testing the Locks on the Iron Cage of Liberalism: Western Patronage and Unarmed Revolution

John J. Chin and Jonathan Pinckney
Working Paper, 2025

How does Western patronage affect civil resistance? We show that Western client states are more likely to see civil resistance onset, but that civil resistance campaigns in these states are more likely to fail.

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