Publications

2011 International Politics and the Spread of Quotas for Women in Legislatures Sarah Bush · International Organization 555 2011 Review of Determinants of Democratization: Explaining Regime Change in the World, 1972-2006, by Jan Teorell (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010) Sarah Bush · Comparative Political Studies 0 2012 Are We Repeating Democracy Promotion Mistakes in Tunisia? Sarah Bush · The Middle East Channel on ForeignPolicy.com — 2013 Confront or Conform? Rethinking U.S. Democracy Assistance Sarah Bush · Project on Middle East Democracy — 2014 Does Western Pressure for Gender Equality Help? Sarah Bush · The Monkey Cage on WashingtonPost.com — 2015 Anti-Americanism, Authoritarianism, and Attitudes about Women in Politics: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Jordan Sarah Bush · International Studies Quarterly 131 2015 Democracy Promotion is Failing. Here’s Why Sarah Bush · The Monkey Cage on WashingtonPost.com — 2015 Forms of International Pressure in the Middle East Sarah Bush · International Relations Theory in a New Middle East, POMEPS Studies Vol. 16 — 2015 Joint review of The Conceptual Politics of Democracy Promotion, edited by Christopher Hobson and Milja Kurki (London: Routledge, 2012), and Social Movements and the New State: The Fate of Pro-Democracy Organizations When Democracy Is Won, by Brian K. Grodsky (Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2012) Sarah Bush · Perspectives on Politics 0 2015 Review of Political Aid and Arab Activism: Democracy Promotion, Justice, and Representation, by Sheila Carapico (New York, Cambridge University Press, 2014) Sarah Bush · International Journal of Middle East Studies 0 2015 The Taming of Democracy Assistance: Why Democracy Promotion Does Not Confront Dictators Sarah Bush · Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 454 2016 Author’s Response, H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review (8-18) on The Taming of Democracy Assistance: Why Democracy Promotion Does Not Confront Dictators Sarah Bush · H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review — 2016 Review of Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention by Séverine Autesserre (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014) Sarah Bush · H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable — 2016 The Effects of Authoritarian Iconogra- phy: An Experimental Test Sarah Bush · Comparative Political Studies 73 2016 The Promise and Perils of Democracy Assistance in Authoritarian Regimes Sarah Bush · APSA Comparative Democratization Newsletter — 2016 When and Why is Civil Society Support ‘Made-in-America’? Delegation to Non-State Actors in American Democracy Promotion Sarah Bush · The Review of International Organizations 26 2017 Should We Trust Democracy Ratings? New Research Finds Hidden Biases Sarah Bush · The Monkey Cage on WashingtonPost.com — 2017 Small Tribes, Big Gains: The Strategic Uses of Gender Quotas in the Middle East Sarah Bush · Comparative Politics 64 2017 The Politics of Rating Freedom: Ideological Affinity, Private Authority, and the Freedom in the World Ratings Sarah Bush · Perspectives on Politics 105 2017 The Promise and Limits of Election Observers in Building Election Credibility Sarah Bush · The Journal of Politics 86 2017 Three Lessons about Democracy Assistance Effectiveness Sarah Bush · Does Democracy Matter? The United States and Global Democracy Support — 2017 Varieties of International Influence and the Middle East Sarah Bush · Political Science and Politics 13 2017 What Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts Would Mean for Global Democracy Sarah Bush · The Conversation 0 2018 Lessons from Results-Blind Review Sarah Bush · The Political Economist (APSA Political Economy Newsletter) — 2018 Who’s There? Election Observer Identity and the Local Credibility of Elections Sarah Bush · International Organization 110 2019 Budgets, SMS Texts, and Votes in Uganda Sarah Bush · Information, Accountability, and Cumulative Learning: Lessons from Metaketa I — 2019 Democracy and NGOs Sarah Bush · Routledge Handbook of NGOs and International Relations 1 2019 Density and Decline in the Founding of International NGOs in the United States. Sarah Bush · International Studies Quarterly 92 2019 Do Electronic Devices in Face-to-Face Interviews Change Survey Behavior? Evidence from a Developing Country Sarah Bush · Research & Politics 26 2019 Jordan: Quotas and Change in Women’s Representation Sarah Bush · The Palgrave Handbook of Women’s Political Rights 2 2019 National Bias in Quantitative Datasets: A Silver Lining? Sarah Bush · Journal of Global Security Studies 15 2020 Foreign Meddling and Mass Attitudes Towards International Economic Engagement Sarah Bush · International Organization 65 2021 Gender Quotas and International Reputation Sarah Bush · American Journal of Political Science 201 2021 Islam, Gender Segregation, and Political Engagement: Evidence from an Experiment in Tunisia Sarah Bush · Political Science Research and Methods 25 2021 The Uses and Abuses of Democracy Ratings Sarah Bush · MENA Politics Newsletter — 2021 What’s Different about the Environment? Environmental NGOs in Comparative Perspective Sarah Bush · Environmental Politics 30 2022 Healthy Democracy Requires Trust – These 3 Things Could Start to Restore Voters’ Declining Faith in US Elections Sarah Bush · The Conversation 0 2022 Monitors and Meddlers: How Foreign Actors Influence Local Trust in Elections Sarah Bush · Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 49 2022 Participation Incentives in an Elite Survey of International Non-Profit Professionals. Sarah Bush · Research & Politics 18 2023 Facing Change: Gender and Climate Change Attitudes World- wide Sarah Bush · American Political Science Review 275 2023 Protecting Giants: NGO Decision-making for Elephant Conservation Sarah Bush · Yale School of Management, Teaching Case Study. Yale Case 23-014 — 2023 Stay Off My Field: Policing Boundaries in Human Rights and Democracy Promotion Sarah Bush · International Theory 11 2024 External Actors in Democratization: Lessons from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Sarah Bush · Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung — 2024 Gender Equality and Authoritarian Regimes: New Directions for Research Sarah Bush · Politics & Gender 40 2024 International Election Monitors Can Help Boost Peopleâ ˘A´Zs Trust in the Electoral Process – But Not All Work the Same Way Sarah Bush · The Conversation 0 2024 International Rewards for Gender Equality Reforms in Autocracies Sarah Bush · American Political Science Review 49 2025 Crowded Out: The Competitive Landscape of Contemporary International NGOs Sarah Bush · Cambridge University Press 7 2025 National Identity and Democracy Ratings Sarah Bush · Comparative Political Studies 11 2025 The End of Autocratic Norm Adaptation? US Retrenchment and Liberal Norms in Illiberal Regimes Sarah Bush · International Organization · Scholar only 2 2025 The End of the Age of NGOs? How Civil Society Lost Its Post-Cold War Power Sarah Bush · Foreign Affairs —