Dr Eleanor Gao
Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern Politics
Overview
I am a Senior Lecturer of Middle East Politics at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter. My research examines how identity politics affects the provision of public goods, the continuing influence of tribal politics on the politics of the Arab world, and the impact of elections in nondemocratic contexts. My articles have appeared in Comparative Political Studies and Comparative Politics.
I received my PhD in Political Science from the University of Michigan. I teach modules on the politics of nondemocratic countries, ethnic politics, and state and society in the Middle East.
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Research
My research interests are elections in nondemocratic countries, good governance, local government, identity (especially tribal) politics, politics of the Arab world, and more broadly the politics of semidemocratic and authoritarian countries.
Supervision
I am happy to supervise or co-supervise students working on my research interests (see above), regardless of whether the research will focus on the Arab world.
Research students
Christopher Cox, influence of the Arab Uprising on informal and formal political participation in Morocco
Sahar Alnaas, Libyan women's political participation and social media
Publications
Copyright Notice: Any articles made available for download are for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the copyright holder.
| 2023 | 2020 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2012 | 2009 | 2005 |
2023
- Gao E, Templeman K. (2023) When do elections help autocrats? The plight of Palestinians under SNTV in Jordan, Electoral Studies, volume 86, DOI:10.1016/j.electstud.2023.102627.
2020
- Gao E. (2020) Tribes and political parties in the contemporary Arab world, Routledge Handbook on Political Parties in the Middle East and North Africa, 243-254.
2017
- Caprotti F, Cowley R, Datta A, Castan Broto V, Gao E, Herrick C, Georgeson L, Odenaal N, Joss S. (2017) The New Urban Agenda: Key opportunities and challenges for policy and practice, Urban Research and Practice, DOI:10.1080/17535069.2016.1275618.
- Bush SS, Gao E. (2017) Small Tribes, Big Gains: The Strategic Uses of Gender Quotas in the Middle East, Comparative Politics, volume 49, no. 2, pages 149-167, DOI:10.5129/001041517820201323.
2016
- Gao E. (2016) The Arab world: The challenges of political Islam, Growing up democratic: Does it make a difference, Lynne Rienner, 207-232.
- Gao E. (2016) Tribal Mobilization, Fragmented Groups, and Public Goods Provision in Jordan, Comparative Political Studies, volume 49, no. 10, pages 1372-1403, DOI:10.1177/0010414015621075. [PDF]
2015
- Gao EX. (2015) They're here to stay: Tribes and power in contemporary Jordan, Power and identity, Psychology Press, 50-70.
2012
- Gao E, Caprotti F. (2012) Static imaginations and the possibilities of radical change: Reflecting on the Arab Spring, Area, volume 44, no. 4, pages 510-512.
2009
- Gao E, Tessler M. (2009) Democracy and the political culture orientations of ordinary citizens: A typology for the Arab world and perhaps beyond, with Mark Tessler, International Social Science Journal, volume 59, no. 192, pages 197-207.
2005
- Gao E, Tessler M. (2005) Gauging Arab support for democracy, volume 16, no. 3, pages 83-97.
Biography
I am a graduate of Wellesley College (USA) where I received a BA in Political Science. I received my PhD in Political Science from the University of Michigan (USA).
