Shawn Teresa Flanigan, Ph.D. 

Books:

Flanigan, Shawn (2010). For the Love of God: NGOs and Religious Identity in a Violent World. Sterling, VA: Kumarian Press. 

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

Accepted for publication: Flanigan, Shawn. “Terrorists Next Door? A Comparison of Mexican Drug Cartels and Middle Eastern Insurgent Organizations.” Terrorism and Political Violence.

Flanigan, Shawn. (2011). “Barriers to Immigrant Engagement with Government: Perceptions from Immigrant Nonprofit Organizations in California and New York State.” Journal of Public Management and Social Policy. 17(2), pp. 63-80.

Flanigan, Shawn (2010). “Factors influencing nonprofit career choice in faith-based and secular NGOs in three developing countries." Nonprofit Management and Leadership. 21(1), pp. 59-75.

Flanigan, Shawn (2009). "Staff Perceptions of the Benefits of Religion in Health and Human Services Nonprofits: Evidence from International Development." Journal of Health and Human Servces Administration. 32(2), pp. 164-194.

Flanigan, Shawn and Abdel-Samad, Mounah (2009). “Social Jihad: Hizballah’s Nonprofits as Resistance Organizations.”  Middle East Policy. 16(2).

Flanigan, Shawn. (2008). “Nonprofit Service Provision by Insurgent Organizations –  The Cases  of Hizballah and the Tamil Tigers.” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 31(6).

Allison, Lisa; Chen, Xiaolei; Flanigan, Shawn; Keyes-Williams, Joyce; Vasavada, Triparna; and Saidel, Judith. (2007).  “Toward Doctoral Education in Nonprofit and Philanthropic Studies.” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 36(4), pp. 51S-63S.

Flanigan, Shawn.(2007). “Paying for God's Work: a Rights-Based Examination of Faith-Based NGOs in Romania.” VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations.18(2), pp. 156-175 

Flanigan, Shawn, (2006). “Charity as Resistance: Connections between Charity, Contentious Politics, and Terror.” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 29(7).

Flanigan, Shawn & Varma, Roli. (2006). “Promoting Community Gardening Among Low-Income Women in the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program in New Mexico.” Journal of Community, Work and Family, 9(1). 

Revise and Resubmit: Flanigan, Shawn. "“Violent Providers: Motivations and Implications of Public Goods Provision by Middle Eastern Terrorist Organizations and Mexican Drug Cartels.”

Other Publications:

Forthcoming: Flanigan, Shawn (2012). “Conflict and Peace Building” in Handbook of Research on Development and Religion. Edited by Matthew Clarke. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Flanigan, Shawn (2011). “Religious and Ethnic Motivations for Serving Others in the Arab World: Evidence from Lebanon” in The First Volume of Takaful: First Annual Conference on Arab Philanthropy and Civic Engagement.  Edited by Sherine El Traboulsi. Cairo, Egypt: American University of Cairo John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement.

Flanigan, Shawn (2010). “The Role of Community Services in Radicalization and Deradicalization: The Potential Power of Aid to Marginalized Communities” in Protecting the Homeland from International and Domestic Terrorism Threats: Current Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives on Root Causes, the Role of Ideology, and Programs for Counter-radicalization and Disengagement. Washington, D.C.: Topical Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment (SMA) Multi-Agency and Air Force Research Laboratory. pp. 313-317.

Flanigan, Shawn (2008). Review of Dita Vogel (ed.), Highly Active Immigrants: A resource for European civil societies. , Peter Lang, 2008 in VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 19(3), pp. 316-324.

Flanigan, Shawn (2005). “Albania,” in Governments of the World: A Global Guide to Citizens' Rights and Responsibilities.Macmillan Reference USA.

Flanigan, Shawn (2005). “Macedonia,” in Governments of the World: A Global Guide to Citizens' Rights and Responsibilities.Macmillan Reference USA.