Michael E. Allison
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You can access copies of publications and research in progress by browsing the links below.

Publications

“The Legacy of Violence on Post-Civil War Elections in Central America: El Salvador.” Forthcoming in Studies in Comparative International Development.

"Territorial Integrity Treaties and Armed Conflict over Territory."  With Paul Hensel and Ahmed Khanani.  Conflict Management and Peace Science, 26 (April 2009): 120.143.

"Opportunity Lost: The Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unit (URNG)." In Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding: Moving from Violence to Sustainable Peace (London: Routledge, 2009), Bruce W. Dayton and Louis Kriesberg, eds.

"The Transition from Armed Opposition to Electoral Opposition in Central America." Latin American Politics and Society 48, 4 (Winter 2006): 137-162.

"Corrupted Perceptions: The Effect of Corruption on Political Support in Latin American Democracies" with Damarys Canache.  Latin American Politics and Society 47,3 (Fall 2005): 91-111.

Book Review of Insurgent Collective Action in El Salvador by Elisabeth Jean Wood. Published in Latin American Politics and Society 46,3 (Fall 2004): 144-49.

"Transiciones Guerrilleras al Sistema Politico-Electoral" in Enciclopedia Social y Politica de America Latina published by the Instituto Di Tella.

Working Papers / Under Review

Armed Opposition Groups and Political Parties: A Little Help, Please.” Presented at the International Colloquium: “Intelectuales, movimientos radicales y revolucionarios en la América Contemporánea” in Colima, Mexico, September 2008.  Under review with Plaza y Valdés in Mexico City.

"Colonial Legacies and Territorial Conflict." with Paul R. Hensel. Book prospectus.

Presentations at Academic Conferences

"Extended Endogenous Protection and the Evolution of Trade Rivalries: The Case of the EU-US Banana Trade Disputes." with Christina Fattore. Pending acceptance, this we will present at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association in New Orleans, LA, February 2010.

"Credible Commitments and Negotiations over Territory." with Paul R. Hensel and John Tures. Presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Toronto, Canada, September 2009.

"Guatemala's 2007 Elections." Presented at the Annual Conference of the International Studies Association - Northeast in Philadelphia, November 2007.
 
"Unity within Latin America's Former Insurgent Groups." Presented at the Latin American Studies Association XXVII International Congress in Montreal, Canada, September 2007.
 
“The Legacy of Violence on Post-Civil War Elections in Central America: El Salvador.” Presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 2005.

 

"Leaving the Past Behind? A Study of the URNG and FMLN Transitions to Political Parties."  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association in New Orleans, LA., January 2005.
 
"Where Have All the Guerrillas Gone? A Study of the Transitions from Guerrilla Party to Political Party in Central America." Presented at the Latin American Studies Association XXV International Congress in Las Vegas, NV, October 2004 and the Annual Conference of the International Studies Association - South in Columbia, SC, October 2004.
 

"The Transition from Armed Opposition to Electoral Opposition in Central America.”  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2004.
 
"Territorial Integrity Treaties, Uti Possidetis, and Armed Conflict over Territory." with Paul Hensel and Ahmed Khanani. Hensel and I presented ath the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Peace Science Society (International), Ann Arbor, MI.  Hensel also presented updated version at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Montreal and the 2006 Shambaugh Conference "Building Synergies: Institutions and Cooperation in World Politics" in Iowa City.
 
"New Party Emergence in Central America." Presented at the Annual Conference of the International Studies Association - South in Gainesville, FL, October 2003.
 
"Guerrilla Politics in Latin America." Presented at the Latin American Studies Association XXIV Congress, Dallas, TX, March 2003.
 
"Corrupted Perceptions: The Effect of Corruption on Political Support in Latin American Democracies." with Damarys Canache.  Presented at the Latin American Studies Association XXIV Congress, Dallas, TX, March 2003.
 
"Guerrillas and Elections: Colombia's M-19 and Venezuela's MAS." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association -  South, October 2002.
 
"Who Cares? Comestic Politics and the Management of Territorial Claims." with Paul Hensel. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Assocaition in New Orleans, LA, March 2002.
 
"Political Corruption and Support for Democracy." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association - South, October 2001.

Invited Presentations

"Democracy in Post-Civil War Central America." Presented at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT, October 2008.
 
"Armed Opposition Groups and Political Parties: A Little Help, Please." Presented at the International Colloquium "Intelectuales, movimientos radicales y revolucionarios en la America Contemporanea" at the Universidad de Colima in Colima, Mexico, September 2008.
 
Opportunity Lost: The Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unit (URNG).”  Presented at the Workshop on Constructive Transformation: Studying Cases of Political Incorporation at Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY, October 2007.

 

“Where Have All the Guerrillas Gone?” Presented at the University of Scranton’s Research Seminar Series, March 23, 2007. 

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