Publications
Below is a collection, many with full-text and/or web links, of my published monographs and journal articles. Also available are working papers, book chapters, think pieces, and presentations.
Books
Barriers to Democracy: The Other
Side of Social Capital in Palestine and the Arab World.
Princeton: Princeton University Press (2007). 
- Award Statement:
Winner Best Book 2008 Comparative Democratization.
- Review by Clement
Henry, Perspectives on Politics (2008)
- Review by
Steven Heydemann, Middle East Journal (2008)
- Review by Rob
Jenkins, Democratiya (2007)
- Review by
Brian Su-Jen Chung, Journal
of Ethnic and Migration Studies
- Review by Gregory
Orfalea, Journal
of American Ethnic History
Citizenship and Crisis: Arab
Detroit After 9-11. New York: Russell Sage Foundation (2009).
Of Empires and Citizens: Authoritarian Persistance in the Arab World. (Working Manuscript).
Journal Articles
“Democratic
Utility of Trust: A Cross-National Analysis” (with
Irfan Nooruddin). Forthcoming. Journal of Politics,
Winter 2010. [Web Appendix
]
“Dimensions
of Democratic Support in the Arab World” (with Mark
Tessler). Journal of Democracy, January 2008. Also
in Larry Diamond and Marc Plattner, eds. How People View
Democracy. John Hopkins University Press, October 2008.
“When is
Social Trust a Desirable Outcome? Evidence from the Arab
World.” Comparative Political Studies,
November 2007.
“The
Prospects of Democratic and Economic Reform in the Arab
World.” Perspectives on Politics,
Fall 2005.
“Regimes
and Rules: Reassessing the Influence of Regime Type on Electoral Law
Formation” (with Ellen Lust-Okar). Comparative
Political Studies, 35.3 (April 2002).
"Assimilating to
a White Identity: The Case of Arab Americans" (with Kristine
Ajrouch). International Migration Review, Fall
2007.
"The Political
Participation and Engagement of Muslim Americans: Mosque Involvement
and Group Consciousness." American Politics Research,
May 2005.
“Mosques,
Collective Identity, and Gender Differences among Arab-American
Muslims.” Journal of Middle East
Women’s Studies, Winter 2005.
“Muslim
Americans, Islam and the "War on Terrorism" at Home and
Abroad” (review article, with Sunaina Maira). Middle
East Journal, Summer 2005.
“Symposium:
The Methodologies of Field Research in the Middle East.”
PS, July 2006.
Also available are working papers, book chapters, think pieces, and presentations.