Political Science Faculty
Lauren Honig
Associate Professor
Lauren Honig
Ph.D.
Contact
McGuinn Hall Room 324
Email: lauren.honig@bc.edu
Education
- B.A., Northwestern Univiersity
- Ph.D., Cornell Univeristy
Research Interests
African politics, State Building, natural resource governance, and the political economy of development.
Book
2022.聽Land聽Politics: How Customary Institutions Shape State Building in Zambia and Senegal. Cambridge聽University Press.
Publications
Forthcoming "State Reach and Gender Norms: Examining the Uptake of Equitable Land Rights" (with Adam Harris and Ellen Lust). World Politics.聽
2025 鈥淐ustomary Courts, State Institutions, or Opting Out: Patterns of Forum Pluralism in Three African Countries鈥� (with Patricia Funjika). World Development.
2024 鈥淟egitimising Regimes and Legalising Self-Defence Groups: the Case of Burkina Faso鈥檚 VDPs鈥� (with Abdoul Karim Saidou). Journal of Modern African Studies 62, 3: 269-289.
2023. 鈥淟and and Legibility: When Do Citizens Expect Secure聽Property Rights in Weak States?鈥� (with Karen E. Ferree, Ellen Lust and Melanie聽Phillips).聽American Political Science Review, 117 (1), pp. 42-58.聽
2023. 鈥淢utual Dependence and Expectations of Cooperation鈥� (with Adam Harris).聽Journal of Politics, 85 (1), pp. 192-208.聽
2022. 鈥淭he Power of the Pen: Informal Property Rights聽Documents in Zambia.鈥澛�African Affairs,聽121 (482), 81-107.
2021. 鈥淲hat Stymies Action on Climate Change? Religious聽Institutions, Marginalization, and Efficacy in Kenya.鈥� (with Amy Erica Smith聽and Jaimie Bleck).聽Perspectives on Politics, 1-18.
2019. 鈥淭raditional Leaders and Development in Africa.鈥澛�Oxford聽Research Encyclopedia of Politics.聽2019.
2019. 鈥淓lite Defection and Grassroots Democracy Under聽Competitive Authoritarianism: Evidence from Burkina Faso.鈥澛�顿别尘辞肠谤补迟颈锄补迟颈辞苍听26 (4), 626-644. (with Sarah Andrews).
2017. 鈥淪electing the State or Choosing the Chief? The聽Political Determinants of Smallholder Land Titling.鈥澛�World Development聽100, 94-107.