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Mark Tessler is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their academic work primarily concentrates on social sciences, with a significant focus on sociology and political science, political science and international relations, and education as subfields of study.

The research topics covered in their publications emphasize Jewish and Middle Eastern studies, electoral systems and political participation, political conflict and governance, socioeconomic development in the MENA region, educator training and historical pedagogy, education and Islamic studies, and religious education and schools.

Notable recent papers by Mark Tessler include:

  • The long-term electoral implications of conflict escalation: Doubtful doves and the breakdown of Israel's left-right dichotomy (2022), Journal of Peace Research
  • After the Uprising: the Intifada-Oslo Generation and Attitudes Toward the Palestinian Police (2022), Middle East Law and Governance
  • Polarized and Demobilized: Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine. Dana El Kurd (London: Hurst, 2019). Pp. 240. £45.00 hardback. ISBN: 9781787382138 (2022), International Journal Middle East Studies
  • Replication Data for: "Survey attitudes, survey burden, and the motives behind motivated misreporting" (2021), Harvard Dataverse

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mark Tessler include Alon Yakter, Diana B. Greenwald, Jonathan Forney, Justin Gengler, and Russell E. Lucas.

The venues where their work is regularly published include the Journal of Peace Research, Middle East Law and Governance, International Journal Middle East Studies, and Harvard Dataverse.

Mark Tessler has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Springer International Publishing:

  • Social Science Research in the Arab World and Beyond (2022)

Best Publications

  • A History of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

    Mark A. Tessler

  • Islam and democracy in the Middle East: The impact of religious orientations on attitudes toward democracy in four Arab countries

    Mark Tessler

  • Attitudes in the Arab World

    Amaney A. Jamal;Mark A. Tessler

  • Gender, Feminism, and Attitudes Toward International Conflict: Exploring Relationships with Survey Data from the Middle East

    Mark Tessler;Ina Warriner

  • Do Islamic Orientations Influence Attitudes Toward Democracy in the Arab World? Evidence from Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Algeria:

    Mark Tessler

  • Public Opinion and Democratic Legitimacy

    Yun-Han-A.-N. Chu;Michael Bratton;Marta Lagos;Sandeep Shastri

  • Gauging Arab Support for Democracy

    Mark A. Tessler;Eleanor Gao

  • New Findings on Arabs and Democracy

    Mark Tessler;Amaney Jamal;Michael Robbins

  • Xenophobia and in-group solidarity in Iraq: A natural experiment on the impact of insecurity

    Ronald Inglehart;Mansoor Moaddel;Mark Tessler

  • Arab and Muslim Political Attitudes: Stereotypes and Evidence from Survey Research

    Mark Tessler

  • What Leads Some Ordinary Arab Men and Women to Approve of Terrorist Acts Against the United States

    Mark Tessler;Michael D. H. Robbins

  • Further Tests of the Women and Peace Hypothesis: Evidence from Cross-National Survey Research in the Middle East

    Mark Tessler;Jodi Nachtwey;Audra Grant

  • How Americans Responded: A Study of Public Reactions to 9/11/01

    Michael Traugott;Ted Brader;Deborah Coral;Richard Curtin

  • Political culture in Turkey: Connections among attitudes toward democracy, the military and Islam

    Mark Tessler;Ebru Altinoglu

  • Islam and Attitudes toward International Conflict: Evidence from Survey Research in the Arab World

    Mark Tessler;Jodi Nachtwey

  • Political Generations in Developing Countries Evidence and Insights from Algeria

    Mark Tessler;Carrie Konold;Megan Reif

  • Democracy, war, and peace in the Middle East

    David Garnham;Mark A. Tessler

  • DETERMINANTS, AND CONSEQUENCES

    Jamal A. Sanad;Mark A. Tessler

  • Political Attitude Research in the Arab World: Emerging Opportunities

    Mark Tessler;Amaney Jamal

  • Area studies and social science : strategies for understanding Middle East politics

    Crawford Young;Mark Tessler;Jodie Nachtwey;Anne Banda

  • Democracy and the political culture orientations of ordinary citizens: a typology for the Arab world and beyond

    Mark Tessler;Eleanor Gao

  • Religion, Religiosity and the Place of Islam in Political Life: Insights from the Arab Barometer Surveys

    Mark Tessler

  • The Political Economy of Attitudes toward Peace among Palestinians and Israelis

    Jodi Nachtwey;Mark Tessler

  • Foreign Occupation and National Pride The Case of Iraq

    Mansoor Moaddel;Mansoor Moaddel;Mark Tessler;Ronald Inglehart

  • A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

    William B. Quandt;Mark Tessler

Frequent Co-Authors

Amaney Jamal
Amaney Jamal Princeton University
Ronald Inglehart
Ronald Inglehart University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael W. Traugott
Michael W. Traugott University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Matthew D. Shapiro
Matthew D. Shapiro University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Robert J. Willis
Robert J. Willis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David L. Featherman
David L. Featherman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Robert L. Kahn
Robert L. Kahn University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Robert M. Groves
Robert M. Groves University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Robert J. Havighurst
Robert J. Havighurst University of Chicago
James S. Jackson
James S. Jackson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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