Daniel P. Brown, PhD Political Scientist

Research and Publications

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Research Interests

My research focuses broadly on contentious politics and the interaction between autocratic Middle Eastern regimes and the public sphere. I am a scholar of Middle East politics, but also of social mobilization, democratization, nationalism, culture and identity, and of the constantly changing faces of nondemocratic and hybrid regimes including the battle over discursive space through propaganda, framing, and social construction. My specific regional focus is in Levantine Politics, especially Jordan, but my expertise extends throughout the Middle East and North Africa.

My work crosses the boundaries of comparative politics and international relations and spans theoretical boundaries therein, focusing on international security international law, organizations, and norms. I am focused on regime reactions to dissent and the securitization of internal threats as well as the development of international norms and how states internalize norms and operate inside and outside of normative boundaries. My research agenda has produced several publications in both Comparative Politics and International Relations, with several projects in various stages and a sustainable multi-arc research program for the future.

Publications

Book
Book Chapters
- Brown, Daniel P., and Ariel I. Ahram.(2015) “Jordan and the United Arab Emirates: Arab Partners in Afghanistan.” In The War in Afghanistan: Commitments, Capabilities, and Coalition, edited by Gale Mattox and Steve Grenier. Security Studies Series. Stanford University Press, 201–13.
- Brown, Daniel P. (2018) “Above the Fray: Initial Research and Hypotheses Connected to the Monarchical Advantage in the Arab Uprisings,” in Arab Revolutions: The Dilemma of Democratic Transformation and Its Mechanisms (Doha: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies), https://bookstore.dohainstitute.org/p-1398.aspx ISBN: 978-614-445-207-3 (Arabic)
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Brown, Daniel P. (2022). “Barricade the King’s Highway: Deteriorating Core-Periphery Relations, Mobilization, and Repression in Ma’an” (June/July 2022) Journal of the Middle East and Africa, Special Issue “100 Years of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan”
- Brown, Daniel P. (2017). “How Far ‘Above the Fray’? Jordan and the Mechanisms of Monarchical Advantage in the Arab Uprisings.” The Journal of the Middle East and Africa 8, no. 1: 97–112.
Working Papers
- “Baudrillard in Gaza: Modern Warfare Created In Situ”
- “Masterclass in Radical Empathy: The Symposium that Did Not, Probably Will Not, But Definitely Should, Happen”
- “‘My Government Did This’: Comparing the Negative Case of Lebanon’s Antifragile Regime” (Presented at Annual Conference, Middle East Studies Association (MESA) 2023, Montreal, Ontario, Canada)
- “Bottles of Water & Grenades of Gas: Repression-Dissent Nexus and Monarchies in the Arab Uprisings” (Presented at Annual Conference, Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Society (SERMEISS) 2023).
- “Lebanon’s Elite Still Stink. So Does Fertilizer”
- “Prevention and Control, Persuasion and Coercion: The Relationship Between Regime Type and Protest Policing in Authoritarian Regimes”
- “ ‘Remember, Remember…How I Got These Scars?' ” Guy Fawkes, The Joker and Shifting Framing Devices in the Arab Spring Protest Waves"
- “‘Rash...Weakly Organized...and Especially Susceptible’? Comparing the Nineteenth Century European Spring to the Arab Spring Waves”
- “ ‘Walls of Lightning Powered by Demon Blood…’ : Mixing Online Activist Resources and Tabletop Roleplaying Games in Teaching Contentious Politics”
Other
- "Fragile State Fugue State" on Substack

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