Publications

Sarah Brierley, George Kwaku Ofosu (2023). Chiefs’ Endorsements and Voter Behavior. Accepted at Comparative Political Studies.

Sarah Brierley (2023). The Co-opted State: How Politicians Control Bureaucrats’ Careers to Undermine Development. Book manuscript in progress.

Sarah Brierley, Daniel de Kadt (2023). Does increasing transparency in political party funding increase voters' trust? Evidence from South Africa. Fieldwork stage.

Sarah Brierley, Mathias Poertner (2023). Cross-Party Anti-corruption Platforms and Voter Attitudes. Fieldwork stage.

Sarah Brierley, Kenny Lowande, Rachel Augustine Potter, Guillermo Toral (2023). Bureaucratic Politics: Blind Spots and Opportunities in Political Science. Annual Review of Political Science.

Sarah Brierley, Miguel Pereira (2023). Women bureaucrats and petty corruption. Experimental evidence from Ghana. Research and Politics.

Sarah Brierley, Noah Nathan, George Kwaku Ofosu, Tingxuan Zhu (2023). Inside the Colonial Bureaucracy. Data analysis.

Sarah Brierley, Noah Nathan (2022). Motivating the Machine: Which Brokers Do Parties Pay?. Journal of Politics, 84(3).

Sarah Brierley, Noah Nathan (2021). The Connections of Party Brokers: Which Brokers do Parties Select?. Journal of Politics 83(3): 884-901.

Sarah Brierley (2021). Combining Patronage and Merit in Public Sector Recruitment. Journal of Politics 83.1 (2021): 182-197.

Sarah Brierley, Eric Kramon (2020). Party Campaign Strategies in Ghana: Rallies, Canvassing and Handouts. African Affairs 119(477):587-603.

Sarah Brierley (2020). Unprincipled Pricipals: Co-opted Bureaucrats and Corruption in Ghana. American Journal of Political Science 64: 209-222.

Sarah Brierley, Eric Kramon, George Kwaku Ofosu (2020). The Moderating Effect of Debates on Political Attitudes. American Journal of Political Science 64(1):19-37.

Joseph Asunka, Sarah Brierley, Miriam Golden, Eric Kramon, George Ofosu (2019). Electoral Fraud or Violence: The Effect of Observers on Party Manipulation Strategies. British Journal of Political Science 49(1):129-151.

Sarah Brierley, George Kwaku Ofosu (2014). The presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana, December 2012. Electoral Studies 35:382-385.

Sarah Brierley (2012). Party unity and presidential dominance: parliamentary development in the fourth republic of Ghana. Journal of Contemporary African Studies.