Publications

Michelle Benson, Chao Guo, Daniel G. Neely, Gregory D. Saxton. (2025). Dirty air, empty coffers? Nonprofit donations and volunteering in the context of severe air pollution. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, 37, 324-353.

Gregory D. Saxton, Michelle Benson, Chao Guo, Daniel G. Neely, Tahmina Ahmed, Mohammad Maruf Hasan, Shujie Zhang. (2025). Linking environmental health and civic health: An analysis of air pollution and charitable giving. Nonprofit Management & Leadership, online before print, DOI: 10.1002/nml.70029 .

Jacob Kathman, Michelle Benson, Paul Diehl. (2023). Punching Before the Bell Rings: United Nations Signaling and Pre-Deployment Violence in Civil Wars. International Studies Quarterly, 67, sqad038.

Michelle Benson, Colin Tucker. (2022). Naming Names: UN Security Council Resolution Sentiment in Civil Wars. In Routledge Handbook on UN Peacekeeping, edited by Han Dorussen.

Michelle Benson, Theodora-Ismene Gizelis. (2022). Militarization and Women’s Empowerment in Post-Conflict Societies. UN Women, June, 1-27.

Michelle Benson, Colin Tucker. (2022). The importance of UN Security Council resolutions in peacekeeping operations. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 66, 473-503.

Michelle Benson, Theodora-Ismene Gizelis. (2020). A Gendered Imperative: Does Sexual Violence Attract UN Attention in Civil Wars? Journal of Conflict Resolution, 64, 167-198.

Jacob Kathman, Michelle Benson. (2019). Cut Short? United Nations Peacekeeping and Civil War Duration to Negotiated Settlements. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 63, 1601-1629.

Theodora-Ismene Gizelis, Michelle Benson. (2019). Advancing the frontier of peacekeeping research. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 63, 1595-1600.

Jacek Kugler, Michelle Benson, Andy Hira, Dimitry Panasevich. (2018). Political Capacity and Violence 1. Political Capacity and Economic Behavior.

Michelle Benson, Jacob D Kathman. (2014). United Nations bias and force commitments in civil conflicts. Journal of Politics, 76, 350-363.

Michelle Benson, Gregory Saxton. (2010). The dynamics of ethnonationalist contention. British Journal of Political Science, 40, 305-331.

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Gregory Saxton, Michelle Benson. (2008). Means, motives and opportunities in ethno-nationalist mobilization. International Interactions, 34, 53-83.

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Michelle Benson, Nil S Satana. (2008). Choosing sides: UN resolutions and non-neutrality. International Conflict Mediation: New Approaches and Findings.

Michelle Benson. (2007). Status quo preferences and disputes short of war. International Interactions, 33, 271-288.

Michelle Benson. (2007). Extending the bounds of power transition theory. International Interactions, 33, 211-215.

Gregory D. Saxton, Michelle Benson. (2006). Structure, Politics, and Action: An Integrated Model of Nationalist Protest and Rebellion. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 12, 137-175.

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Michelle A Benson. (2005). The relevance of politically relevant dyads in the study of interdependence and dyadic disputes. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 22, 113-133.

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Gregory D Saxton, Michelle A Benson. (2005). Social capital and the growth of the nonprofit sector. Social Science Quarterly, 86, 16-35.

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Michelle Benson, Thomas R Rochon. (2004). Interpersonal trust and the magnitude of protest: A micro and macro level approach. Comparative Political Studies, 37, 435-457.

Michelle A Benson. (2004). Dyadic hostility and the ties that bind: State-to-state versus state-to-system security and economic relationships. Journal of Peace Research, 41, 659-676.

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Gregory D Saxton, Michelle Benson. (2003). The origins of socially and politically hostile attitudes toward immigrants and outgroups: economics, ideology, or national context? Journal of Political Science, 31, 101-137.

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Michelle Benson, Jacek Kugler. (1998). Power parity, democracy, and the severity of internal violence. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 42, 196-209.