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Tammy A. Smith

Tammy A. Smith

Former Joint Research Fellow, International Security Program and the Women and Public Policy Program, 2006-2007

 

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Former Joint Research Fellow, International Security Program and the Women and Public Policy Program, 2006-2007

Current Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Sociology, State University of New York at Stony Brook

 

 

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2007

February 2007

"Narrative Boundaries and the Dynamics of Ethnic Conflict and Conciliation"

Journal Article, Poetics, issue 1, volume 35

By Tammy A. Smith, Former Joint Research Fellow, International Security Program and the Women and Public Policy Program, 2006-2007

Fiercely competing identity narratives provide the foundation for what often appear to be intractable ethnic conflicts.

 

2006

September 2006

"Why Social Capital Subverts Institution Building in Risky Settings"

Journal Article, Qualitative Sociology, Special Issue on Politics under the Microscope, issue 3, volume 29

By Tammy A. Smith, Former Joint Research Fellow, International Security Program and the Women and Public Policy Program, 2006-2007

This article considers the problem of fostering confidence in institutions in a post-war context.

 

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