Jesse R. Driscoll
jdriscoll@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 534-7616
Fax: (617) 496-9592
9500 Gilman Dr.
La Jolla, CA 92093-0519
Office: #1427
Personal Website
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2009 (political science)M.A., Georgetown University, 2001 (security studies)
B.S., Georgetown University, 2001 (foreign service)
Biography
Jesse Driscoll's primary area of interest is mapping the processes by which hierarchies emerge after periods of violence. His working hypothesis is that in the modern state system, national governments establish legitimate authority through a process of identifying, labeling, monitoring, and ultimately socializing unruly populations. How (and whether) third-party assistance can aid in these tasks is disputed. Driscoll's work has focused especially on theories that account for both variation in patterns of violence against civilians and variation in settlement strategies by armed groups. His forthcoming book, Exiting Anarchy: Militia Politics after the Post-Soviet Wars, examines mechanisms of civil war settlement after state failure. He is currently managing a number of research projects in Georgia and Tajikistan, mapping social networks, party formation, voter intimidation, and the range of technologies used by semi-authoritarian regimes to stay in power.
