Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Inata, Kana. forthcoming. "Why Do Opposition Parties Boycott Elections?" Journal of Theoretical Politics.
Mitchell, Austin, Kana Inata, and Masaaki Higashijima. 2025. "Political and Economic Protests in Authoritarian Regimes." Public Choice. (journal website)
Inata, Kana and Wakako Maekawa. 2025. "Do Aid Punishments Work Forever? Recipients' Incentives for Partial Democratization and Timing of Aid Punishments after Coups." Democratization, 32(8), 2137-2163. (Journal website)
Maekawa, Wakako and Kana Inata. 2024. "Consequences of Civilian Victimization: Does Pro-Victimization Sponsorship Affect the Survival of Intervening Leaders?" Contemporary Politics, 31(5), 785-812. (Journal website)
Inata, Kana and Wakako Maekawa. 2024. "Violence or Nonviolence: The Impact of Public Opinion on Campaign Onset and Tactics.” Peace and Conflict Studies, 30(2), Article 3. (Journal website)
Inata, Kana. 2022. "Is Political Engagement by Constitutional Monarchs Compatible with Democracy?" Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, 7(4), 1127-1142. (Journal website)
Inata, Kana. 2021. "Power-Sharing Negotiation and Commitment in Monarchies." Public Choice, 187, 501-518. (Journal website) (Correction)
Inata, Kana. 2021. "Protest, Counter-Protest, and Organizational Diversification of Protest Groups." Conflict Management and Peace Science, 38(4), 434-456. (Journal website) (awarded the 2021 Glenn Palmer Prize by the Peace Science Society)
Book chapters
Inata, Kana. "Monarchy." In Netina Tan and Yuko Kasuya (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Autocratization in Southeast Asia. (Publisher website)
Other Publications
Inata, Kana. 19 January 2022. "Why Do Mass Protests Fail?" Political Violence at a Glance.
Inata, Kana. 18 May 2021. "Thai protesters don't like what the king and government are doing. Can they make them change?" Washington Post, Monkey Cage.