Kai M. Thaler

534 total citations
27 papers, 221 citations indexed

About

Kai M. Thaler is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai M. Thaler has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 221 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 5 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Kai M. Thaler's work include Political Conflict and Governance (11 papers), Peacebuilding and International Security (5 papers) and Intimate Partner and Family Violence (5 papers). Kai M. Thaler is often cited by papers focused on Political Conflict and Governance (11 papers), Peacebuilding and International Security (5 papers) and Intimate Partner and Family Violence (5 papers). Kai M. Thaler collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Iran. Kai M. Thaler's co-authors include Jeremy Seekings, Max Abrahms, Jonathan Leader Maynard and Jason Warner and has published in prestigious journals such as World Development, The Journal of Politics and Political Science Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Kai M. Thaler

24 papers receiving 187 citations

Peers

Kai M. Thaler
Peace A. Medie Ghana
Oliver Jütersonke Switzerland
Gunhild Hoogensen Norway
Bina D’Costa Australia
Joanna R. Quinn Canada
Nicole George Australia
Anna Macdonald United Kingdom
Ruth Blakeley United Kingdom
Douglas Sanders Canada
Livia Schubiger United States
Peace A. Medie Ghana
Kai M. Thaler
Citations per year, relative to Kai M. Thaler Kai M. Thaler (= 1×) peers Peace A. Medie

Countries citing papers authored by Kai M. Thaler

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai M. Thaler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai M. Thaler

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thaler, Kai M.. (2024). Civil wars as critical junctures: Conceptual grounding and empirical potential. Review of International Studies. 1–18. 1 indexed citations
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Thaler, Kai M., et al.. (2024). From snapshots to panoramas: navigating power, space, and time in the study of armed groups. Conflict Security and Development. 24(6). 725–755. 2 indexed citations
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Thaler, Kai M., et al.. (2023). Statebuilding and indigenous rights implementation: Political incentives, social movement pressure, and autonomy policy in Central America. World Development. 175. 106468–106468. 5 indexed citations
4.
Thaler, Kai M., et al.. (2023). Framing Police Violence: Repression, Reform, and the Power of History in Chile. The Journal of Politics. 85(4). 1198–1213. 1 indexed citations
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Thaler, Kai M.. (2022). Rebel Mobilization through Pandering: Insincere Leaders, Framing, and Exploitation of Popular Grievances. Security Studies. 31(3). 351–380. 6 indexed citations
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Thaler, Kai M., et al.. (2022). Nicaragua: Doubling Down on Dictatorship. Journal of democracy. 33(2). 133–146. 12 indexed citations
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Thaler, Kai M., et al.. (2021). Civil Resistance in the Shadow of the Revolution: Historical Framing in Nicaragua's Sudden Uprising. Comparative Politics. 54(2). 253–296. 5 indexed citations
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Thaler, Kai M.. (2021). Gambling with Violence: State Outsourcing of War in Pakistan and India. Political Science Quarterly. 136(3). 588–589. 1 indexed citations
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Abrahms, Max, Jonathan Leader Maynard, & Kai M. Thaler. (2018). Correspondence: Ideological Extremism in Armed Conflict. International Security. 43(1). 186–190. 5 indexed citations
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Thaler, Kai M.. (2017). Nicaragua: A Return to Caudillismo. Journal of democracy. 28(2). 157–169. 31 indexed citations
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Thaler, Kai M.. (2015). Mixed Methods Research in the Study of Political and Social Violence and Conflict. Journal of Mixed Methods Research. 11(1). 59–76. 27 indexed citations
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Seekings, Jeremy & Kai M. Thaler. (2014). Violence and socioeconomic conditions in Cape Town. The Economics of Peace and Security Journal. 9(2). 1 indexed citations
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Thaler, Kai M.. (2012). Norms about intimate partner violence among urban South Africans: A quantitative and qualitative vignette analysis. Open University of Cape Town (University of Cape Town). 11 indexed citations
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Thaler, Kai M.. (2012). Foreshadowing Future Slaughter: From the Indonesian Killings of 1965–1966 to the 1974–1999 Genocide in East Timor. Genocide Studies and Prevention. 7(2/3). 204–222. 1 indexed citations
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Thaler, Kai M.. (2012). Foreshadowing Future Slaughter: From the Indonesian Killings of 1965–1966 to the 1974–1999 Genocide in East Timor. Genocide Studies and Prevention. 7(2-3). 204–222.
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Thaler, Kai M.. (2012). The Utility of Mixed Methods in the Study of Violence. Open University of Cape Town (University of Cape Town). 5 indexed citations
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Thaler, Kai M. & Jeremy Seekings. (2011). Socio-Economic Conditions, Young Men and Violence in Cape Town. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations
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Thaler, Kai M.. (2011). Weapons, Violence and the Perpetrator-Victim Nexus in South Africa. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Thaler, Kai M.. (2009). Avoiding the Abyss: Finding a Way Forward in Guinea-Bissau. 1(2). 3 indexed citations

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