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Most cited papers in Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts

Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts

What are the most cited papers in Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts?

The most cited paper in Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts is "Speechless Emissaries: Refugees, Humanitarianism, and Dehistoricization" (Liisa H. Malkki, 1996), with 1,675 citations. Next come "Purity and Danger: An analysis of concepts of pollution and taboo" (1,279) and "Opening Closed Regimes: What Was the Role of Social Media During the Arab Spring?" (714).

Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 167 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 Speechless Emissaries: Refugees, Humanitarianism, and Dehistoricization Liisa H. Malkki · Cultural Anthropology Open access Aug 1996 1,675
2 Purity and Danger: An analysis of concepts of pollution and taboo Charles Madge · Sociology May 1967 1,279
3 Opening Closed Regimes: What Was the Role of Social Media During the Arab Spring? Philip N. Howard, Aiden Duffy, Deen Freelon et al. · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2015 714
4 Language and Identity: National, Ethnic, Religious John E. Joseph 28 May 2004 632
5 Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa Stephen Ellis · American Anthropologist 25 May 2006 567
6 Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors: Symbolic Action in Human Society Anthony J. Blasi, Victor W. Turner, Barbara G. Myerhoff · Sociological Analysis 1974 561
7 Dramas of Nationhood: The Politics of Television in Egypt Mark Allen Peterson · Visual Anthropology Review Mar 2005 543
8 A critical look at Chinese ‘debt-trap diplomacy’: the rise of a meme Deborah Bräutigam · Area Development and Policy 6 Dec 2019 520
9 Developmental patrimonialism? The case of Rwanda David Booth, Frederick Golooba‐Mutebi · African Affairs Open access 16 May 2012 500
10 Cognitive systems for revenge and forgiveness Michael E. McCullough, Robert Kurzban, Benjamin A. Tabak · Behavioral and Brain Sciences 5 Dec 2012 490
11 Rwanda, ten years on: From genocide to dictatorship Filip Reyntjens · African Affairs Apr 2004 487
12 Bloody Revenge: Emotions, Nationalism, and War. Robin M. Williams, Thomas J. Scheff · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews 1995 441
13 Case Selection for Case‐Study Analysis: Qualitative and Quantitative Techniques John Gerring · Oxford University Press eBooks Book chapter 2 Sep 2009 417
14 Trauma and PTSD Symptoms in Rwanda Phuong Pham, Harvey M. Weinstein, Timothy Longman · JAMA 3 Aug 2004 375
15 Reconciliation after Genocide, Mass Killing, or Intractable Conflict: Understanding the Roots of Violence, Psychological Recovery, and Steps toward a General Theory Ervin Staub · Political Psychology 22 Nov 2006 371
16 Does contact work in protracted asymmetrical conflict? Appraising 20 years of reconciliation-aimed encounters between Israeli Jews and Palestinians Ifat Maoz · Journal of Peace Research 2011 371
17 Discourses of the Environment Christiane Keller · ISLE Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment Jul 2000 360
18 Deference, Dissent, and Dispute Resolution: An Experimental Intervention Using Mass Media to Change Norms and Behavior in Rwanda Elizabeth Levy Paluck, DONALD PHILIP GREEN · American Political Science Review 14 Oct 2009 350
19 Women and Education in Saudi Arabia: Challenges and Achievements. Amani K. Hamdan Alghamdi · International education journal Mar 2005 342
20 Oil and Politics in the Gulf: Rulers and Merchants in Kuwait and Qatar. Rodney Wilson, Jill Crystal · The Economic History Review May 1991 336
21 Repression and popular collective action: Evidence from the West Bank Marwan Khawaja · Sociological Forum Mar 1993 334
22 Memory Frictions: Localizing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Sierra Leone Robert Keith Shaw · International Journal of Transitional Justice 10 Aug 2007 331
23 Saviors and Survivors; Darfur, Politics and the War on Terror Bill Freund · Review of African Political Economy Open access 2009 321
24 Trauma exposure and psychological reactions to genocide among Rwandan children Atle Dyregrov, Leila Gupta, Rolf Gjestad et al. · Journal of Traumatic Stress 2000 308
25 Healing, Reconciliation, Forgiving and the Prevention of Violence after Genocide or Mass Killing: An Intervention and Its Experimental Evaluation in Rwanda Ervin Staub, Laurie Anne Pearlman, Alexandra Gubin et al. · Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology May 2005 307
26 J’accuse! Does Naming and Shaming Perpetrators Reduce the Severity of Genocides or Politicides?1 Matthew Krain · International Studies Quarterly 10 May 2012 307
27 Territoriality: A Neglected Sociological Dimension Stanford Morris Lyman, Marvin B. Scott · Social Problems Oct 1967 292
28 The Gacaca Courts, Post-Genocide Justice and Reconciliation in Rwanda: Justice without Lawyers P. Clark 9 Sep 2010 284
29 Histories of the Hanged: Britain's Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire Richard Reid · The English Historical Review Sep 2005 283
30 Truth-Telling as Talking Cure? Insecurity and Retraumatization in the Rwandan Gacaca Courts Karen Brounéus · Security Dialogue 10 Jan 2008 282
31 Explaining the 1994 genocide in Rwanda Helen M. Hintjens · The Journal of Modern African Studies Jun 1999 280
32 Metaphor and War: The Metaphor System Used to Justify War in the Gulf George P. Lakoff · Cognitive Semiotics Open access 2009 276
33 Language policy, multilingual education, and power in Rwanda Beth Lewis Samuelson, Sarah Warshauer Freedman · Language Policy Open access 7 Jun 2010 270
34 What Is the Relationship between Hate Radio and Violence? Rethinking Rwanda's “Radio Machete” Scott Straus · Politics & Society 13 Nov 2007 268
35 Authoritarian Learning and Authoritarian Resilience: Regime Responses to the ‘Arab Awakening’ Steven Heydemann, Reinoud Leenders · Globalizations Oct 2011 265
36 How images make world politics: International icons and the case of Abu Ghraib Lene Hansen · Review of International Studies Open access 2 Sep 2014 260
37 Terrorism and international business: A research agenda Michael R. Czinkota, Gary Knight, Peter W. Liesch et al. · Journal of International Business Studies 8 Apr 2010 254
38 mass higher education and the religious imagination in contemporary Arab societies Dale F. Eickelman · American Ethnologist Nov 1992 254
39 Overcoming apartheid: can truth reconcile a divided nation? James L. Gibson · Politikon Nov 2004 245
40 Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East Jérome Slater · Political Science Quarterly 2003 244
41 Cross-Cultural Comparisons Joseph G. Jorgensen · Annual Review of Anthropology Oct 1979 244
42 Climates and Constitutions: Health, Race, Environment and British Imperialism in India 1600–1850 Dane Keith Kennedy · Journal of Historical Geography Jul 2001 238
43 Mutiny and nonviolence in the Arab Spring Sharon Erickson Nepstad · Journal of Peace Research May 2013 237
44 ‘Even if I am not here, there are so many eyes’: surveillance and state reach in Rwanda Andrea Purdeková · The Journal of Modern African Studies Open access 5 Aug 2011 236
45 The Interpretivist Research Paradigm: A Subjective Notion of a Social Context Nasrin Pervin, Mahani Mokhtar · International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development Open access 25 Apr 2022 232
46 male gender and rituals of resistance in the Palestinian intifada: a cultural politics of violence Julie M. Peteet · American Ethnologist Feb 1994 230
47 Media and the Arab uprisings of 2011: Research notes Simon Cottle · Journalism Jul 2011 229
48 Cross‐Border Marriages: Gender and Mobility in Transnational Asia Bonnie Adrian · American Anthropologist 25 May 2006 227
49 The Role of Radio in the Rwandan Genocide Christine L. Kellow, H. Leslie Steeves · Journal of Communication Sep 1998 226
50 Saudi women’s work challenges and barriers to career advancement Ahmed A Al-Asfour, Hayfaa A. Tlaiss, Sami A. Khan et al. · Career Development International 31 Mar 2017 224

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