@article {27476,
	title = {Third Space and Spontaneous Contact in a Divided City: Evidence from Jerusalem},
	journal = {Peacebuilding},
	year = {2024},
	month = {19 Nov, 2024},
	abstract = {This study examines the impact of spontaneous interactions between Jewish and Palestinian students in a divided city, focusing on how these interactions influence attitudes, feelings, and perceptions. Drawing on the contact hypothesis and third-place theory, which posit that interactions in neutral spaces can reduce prejudice, we contribute to ongoing debates surrounding these theories. Our research incorporates critical perspectives, acknowledging the potential for depoliticization of space and conflict suppression in settler-colonial and divided cities. Using an online survey administered to 1,951 university students, we found that Jewish and Palestinian students who engage in spontaneous interactions with the other group during their studies exhibit more positive attitudes towards them. These findings highlight the importance of re-evaluating the concept of third places in divided cities, particularly in contexts marked by conflict and asymmetry. We conclude by offering practical recommendations based on our results.},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/21647259.2024.2430863},
	author = {Nitzan Faibish and Noam Brenner and Miodownik, Dan}
}
@article {27416,
	title = {Flexible Compliance: Utility and Legitimacy in Jerusalem},
	journal = {Territory, Politics, Governance},
	year = {2024},
	abstract = {Disadvantaged residents in contested cities often mistrust and resist official authorities due to historical deprivation. However, their urgent needs compel them to approach municipal bodies, both formally and informally, exhibiting "flexible compliance." Through interviews with Palestinians and a public opinion survey in Jerusalem, we analyzed the preferences of Jewish- Israeli and Palestinian residents for public goods provision. Results indicate that Palestinian residents prefer unofficial institutions, but this varies by location. Inner-city and outer-city East Jerusalem residents prefer the municipal government, while those beyond the separation wall favor the community councils. We elucidate flexible compliance and propose municipal tools to address it.\&nbsp;},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2024.2401434},
	author = {Noam Brenner and Nufar Avni and Gillad Rosen and Miodownik, Dan}
}
@article {27243,
	title = {Urban Identity VS. National Identity in the Global City: Evidence from Six European Cities},
	journal = {European Journal of Political Research},
	year = {2024},
	abstract = {\&nbsp;This study explores the prioritization of urban identity over national identity in the context of the global city. Scholars have extensively discussed the fragmentation of national identity among individuals in the globalized world, and the relative proliferation of other communal identities, whether more cosmopolitan or place-based. As globalization gradually erodes the cultural distinctiveness of nation states, cities are revealed as arenas within which inhabitants nurture a particular collective character, which is used as an attractive source of local, communal belonging. Global cities, in particular, are a compelling case to inquire into the interplay between national and urban identity. Due to their relative independence vis-{\`a}-vis the state, the global city can promote the values shared by inhabitants while constituting significant competition for nation-based self-determination and providing a unique source of urban identity that is simultaneously cosmopolitan and place-based.In this paper we ask whether city-zens living in highly globalized cities are more likely to prioritize their urban identity over their national identity. Utilizing the GaWC Index of cities{\textquoteright} globalization levels, we analyze the results of an original survey conducted among residents of six European cities: Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Berlin, Utrecht and Glasgow. Our empirical evidence supports the hypothesis that in globalized cities a higher level of globalism accords with a more explicit tendency to prioritize urban identity over national identity. In conclusion, we interpret this evidence as an identities trade-off that challenges the coexistence of urban and national identities within globalized cities, discussing its implications for future studies of contemporary politics.\&nbsp;},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12700},
	author = {Gil Shaham-Maymon, Noam Brenner, Paz Yaacov, Dan Miodownik}
}
@article {27045,
	title = {Legacies of Survival: Historical Violence and Ethnic Minority Behavior},
	journal = {Journal of Conflict Resolution},
	volume = {68},
	number = {7-8},
	year = {2024},
	pages = {1636-1670},
	abstract = {\&nbsp;How is the electoral behavior of minorities shaped by past violence? Recent studies found that displacement increases hostility between perpetrators and displaced individuals, but there has been paltry research on members of surviving communities. We argue that the latter exhibit the opposite pattern because of their different condition. Violence will cause cross-generational vulnerability, fear and risk-aversion{\textemdash} leading the surviving communities to seek protection and avoid conflict by signalling loyalty and rejecting nationalist movements. In their situation as an excluded minority in the perpetrators{\textquoteright} state, they will be more likely to vote for out-group parties. Exploiting exogenous battlefield dynamics that created inter-regional variation in the Palestinian exodus (1947-1949), microlevel measurements that capture the damage of violence, and an original longitudinal data set, we show that Palestinian villages in Israel more severely impacted by the 1948 war have a much higher vote share to Jewish parties even seventy years later. Survey evidence further supports our theory, revealing that this pattern exists only for members of the surviving communities, and not among displaced individuals. The findings shed new light on the complex social relations that guide political decision-making in post-war settings and divided societies that suffer from protracted conflicts.\&nbsp;},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/00220027231195384},
	author = {Harran-Diman, Amiad and Miodownik, Dan}
}
@article {27019,
	title = {Bloody Pasts and Current Politics: The Political Legacies of Violent Resettlement},
	journal = {Comparative Political Studies},
	volume = {57},
	number = {9},
	year = {2024},
	pages = {1506-1551},
	abstract = {\&nbsp;How does living on property taken from others affect voting behavior? Recent studies argued that benefiting from historical violence leads to support for the far right. We extend this literature with new theoretical insights and data from Israel, using case-specific variation in the nature of displacement to uncover heterogeneous treatment effects. Exploiting the coercion during the settlement of Jewish migrants on rural lands following the 1948 war, we show that living on lands taken from Palestinians consistently led to hawkish right-wing voting in the following 70 years. We also show that exposure to the ruins of the displaced villages increased right-wing voting and that the impact of intergroup contact is divergent: it decreased intolerant voting in most villages but increased it among Jewish communities that reside on violently taken land. Our results are robust when matching is used to account for several controls and spatiotemporal dependencies.\&nbsp;},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/00104140231194066},
	author = {Harran-Diman, Amiad and Miodownik, Dan}
}
@article {26935,
	title = {Leadership repertoire and political engagement in a divided city: the case of East Jerusalem},
	journal = {Urban Studies},
	volume = {61},
	number = {1},
	year = {2024},
	pages = {58-77},
	abstract = {\&nbsp;Do the leaders of minority communities in divided cities influence group members{\textquoteright}\&nbsp;expressed willingness to engage politically with rival groups? Studies typically \&nbsp;link group members{\textquoteright} willingness\&nbsp;to\&nbsp;engage\&nbsp;with rival\&nbsp;groups\&nbsp;to direct contact between individuals\&nbsp;from opposing groups. However,\&nbsp;such\&nbsp;contact\&nbsp;is\&nbsp;problematic\&nbsp;in\&nbsp;divided\&nbsp;cities,\&nbsp;wherein opportunities\&nbsp;to\&nbsp;interact\&nbsp;are scarce and\&nbsp;frowned\&nbsp;upon.\&nbsp;Focusing\&nbsp;on the\&nbsp;contested\&nbsp;urban space of\&nbsp;Jerusalem,\&nbsp;we find\&nbsp;indications\&nbsp;that the\&nbsp;diverse\&nbsp;nature of\&nbsp;community leadership\&nbsp;in East\&nbsp;Jerusalem\&nbsp;can\&nbsp;influence Palestinian residents{\textquoteright} attitudes toward political engagement\&nbsp;with Israeli\&nbsp;Authorities\&nbsp;via The\&nbsp;{\textquoteleft}middlemen{\textquoteright}\&nbsp;role can\&nbsp;explain\&nbsp;the\&nbsp;influence\&nbsp;that have in\&nbsp;divided\&nbsp;cities. They their\&nbsp;constituents\&nbsp;and the other\&nbsp;group{\textquoteright}s members\&nbsp;or\&nbsp;institutions.\&nbsp;Our\&nbsp;analysis employs original\&nbsp;data from a public of East\&nbsp;Jerusalem\&nbsp;immediately\&nbsp;prior to the\&nbsp;Jerusalem\&nbsp;2018 It has ramifications regarding\&nbsp;urban\&nbsp;governance\&nbsp;for other\&nbsp;divided\&nbsp;cities.\&nbsp;\&nbsp;\&nbsp;},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980231175262},
	author = {Noam Brenner and Miodownik, Dan and Shenhav, Shaul}
}
@article {26679,
	title = {Atypical Violence and Conflict Dynamics: Evidence from Jerusalem},
	journal = {Political Science Research and Methods},
	volume = {12},
	number = {2},
	year = {2024},
	month = {2022},
	pages = {399-406},
	abstract = {\&nbsp;What is the impact of uncommon but notable violent acts on conflict dynamics? We analyze the impact of the murder of a Palestinian child on the broader dynamics of Israeli-Palestinian violence in Jerusalem. By using novel micro-level event data and utilizing Discrete Furrier Transform and Bayesian Poisson Change Point Analysis, we compare the impact of the murder to that of two other lethal but more typical Israeli-Palestinian events. We demonstrate that the murder had a large and durable effect that altered the broader conflict dynamics, whereas the other events caused smaller, short-term effects. We demonstrate that scholars should devote more attention to the analysis of atypical violent acts and present a set of tools for conducting such analysis.\&nbsp;},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2022.39},
	author = {Chagai Weiss and Tsur, Neal and Miodownik, Dan and Lupu, Yonatan and Finkel, Evgeny}
}
@article {26676,
	title = {Social navigation of asylum seekers: Journeying through host/transit countries amid changing political conditions},
	journal = {Journal of Immigrant \& Refugee Studies},
	volume = {22},
	number = {4},
	year = {2024},
	pages = {714-726},
	abstract = {This study explores one of the least studied components of forced migrants{\textquoteright} journeys{\textemdash}the internal political conditions of the host/transit countries. Using the social navigation approach, we demonstrate how these conditions influence the progress or halt of migration journeys of asylum seekers. We interviewed asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan about their journey from their country of origin. Based on these life stories, we derived three salient political themes affecting their journeys: state political instability, the state of freedoms, and lasting persecution. We conclude with insights into the influence of the political component along the journey.},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2022.2106004},
	author = {Moshe, Netta and Miodownik, Dan}
}
@article {26534,
	title = {Social Cohesion and Violence: Explaining Riots in East Jerusalem},
	journal = {Studies in Conflict \& Terrorism},
	volume = {47},
	number = {12},
	year = {2024},
	pages = {1772-1799},
	abstract = {\&nbsp;Does social cohesion explain variation in violence within divided cities? In line with\&nbsp;insights drawn\&nbsp;from the ethnic politics, criminology and urban geography literature we\&nbsp;suggest that explaining variation in inter-group violence is not possible by relying on\&nbsp;motivational elements alone, and attention to social cohesion is required as well. While\&nbsp;cohesion can facilitate collective action that aids\&nbsp;violent mobilization, it can also\&nbsp;strengthen social order that contributes to the group{\textquoteright}s capability to control and prevent\&nbsp;unrest. We test these relationships using an application of a latent variable model to an\&nbsp;integration of crime data, survey results and expert-coded data in order to measure\&nbsp;cohesion in East Jerusalem neighborhoods. We then analyze its impact on riots using\&nbsp;three original geo-located datasets recording violence in the neighborhoods between\&nbsp;the years 2013-2015. Our results reveal that even with controls for economic and\&nbsp;political\&nbsp;determinants of violence, as well as for spatial clustering and temporal\&nbsp;explanations, neighborhood-level social cohesion is a robust explanatory variable - it\&nbsp;negatively correlates with riots.\&nbsp;},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2022.2074394},
	author = {Harran-Diman, Amiad and Miodownik, Dan}
}
