Social mobilization, labor activism, and authoritarian repression
Book Manuscript
Book Manuscript, “From Hegemony to Mobilization: Activism under Authoritarianism in Neoliberal Jordan”
Peer-Reviewed
Lacouture, Matthew. “Claiming a ‘Right’ to State Space: Building Social Movements Under Authoritarian Rule” Comparative Political Studies, (2024) (online first)
Lacouture, Matthew. “Spatio-Temporal Dimensions of Hegemony and Social Resistance in Neoliberal Jordan.” (forthcoming, Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies)
Lacouture, Matthew. “Privatizing the Commons: Protest and the Moral Economy of National Resources in Jordan.” International Review of Social History 66, no. S29 (2021): 113-137.
Interview, Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) Podcast.
Working Papers and Under Review
“US Hegemony, Regime Coalitions, and Foreign Policy in Jordan” (book chapter) In Neal Jesse, Steven Lobell, and Kristen Williams (eds.), Small States, Big World. (in production, Georgetown University Press)
“Reinforcing the Boundaries of the Political: Labor Activism Spillover and the Concession-Repression Dilemma in Jordan.” (Working paper available upon request)
Winner: APSA Labor Politics, A. Philip Randolph Award for best paper by a graduate student presented at the 2020 APSA annual meeting
Public Scholarship
Lacouture, Matthew. “The Landscape of Labor Protest in Jordan: Between State Repression and Popular Solidarity.” The Project on Middle East Political Science (2022).
Lacouture, Matthew. “The Prince’s Speech and Activist Grievances in Jordan.” Middle East Report Online (2021).
In Preparation
“Economic Insecurity and Support for Protests: Evidence from the Middle East and North Africa”
“Heroes, Villains, and Red-Lines: Character Work in Authoritarian Jordan” (with Rosalie Rubio).
Gender, labor, and democratization
Peer-Reviewed
Lean, Sharon, F., Stine Eckert, Kyu-Nahm Jun, Nicole Gerring, Matthew Lacouture, Juan Liu, and Amanda Walter. “Strengthening Women’s Civic and Political Participation in the Developing World: A Synthesis of the Scholarly Literature.” Journal of International Women's Studies 22, no. 9 (2021).
Research Reports
Lacouture, Matthew. “Barriers to Balance: Overcoming Obstacles to Women’s Economic Participation in Jordan.” Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD) (2018).
Eckert, Stine, Nicole Gerring, Kyu-Nahm Jun, Matthew Lacouture, Sharon F. Lean, Juan Liu, and Amanda Walter. “Strengthening women’s civic and political participation: A synthesis of the scholarly literature.” USAID (2017).
In Preparation
“Resources, Repertoires, and Context: Domestic Election Monitoring in Latin America” (with Sharon Lean)
Book reviews
Lacouture, Matthew. “The Arab World Upended.” The Journal of North African Studies (2017).
Lacouture, Matthew. “Nation-building in Turkey and Morocco: Governing Kurdish and Berber Dissent.” The Journal of North African Studies (2015).