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Members of the Political Science Department
MEMBERS OF THE POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT FACULTY PROFILES Vera Achvarina B.A. (Moscow), M.A., Ph.D. (Pittsburgh) Primary research interests: international relations, human security, mobilization of people for armed conflict, recruitment of children in wars. Secondary research interests: international norms (promotion, diffusion, effectiveness, commitment and compliance), and research methodology. In 2006 she was a visiting researcher at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, Norway. She has published several articles, including in the journal International Security. She is currently working on a book based on her dissertation. Emanuel Adler B.A., M.A. (Hebrew), Ph.D. (Berkeley) Andrea and Charles Bronfman Chair of Israeli Studies and editor of International Organization. Research interests: The international politics of identity and peace, rationality and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a constructivist reconsideration of strategic logic, including deterrence, in post-Cold War international security, the role of practice in international relations, European security institutions, and international relations theory, in particular, constructivism, epistemic communities, and security communities. Publications include: The Power of Ideology (1987); Progress in Postwar International Relations (with Beverly Crawford) (ed.) (1991); Security Communities (with Michael Barnett) (ed.) (1998); Communitarian International Relations (2005); Convergence of Civilizations (2006), ed. with Federica Bicchi, Beverly Crawford, and Raffaella Del Sarto, and articles in International Organization, the European Journal of International Relations, and the Review of International Studies. Current projects include a study of rationality and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a constructivist reconsideration of strategic logic, including deterrence, in post-Cold War international security, a project on a turn to practice in international relations, and a study of Europe as a civilizational state. -
Genopolitics and the Science of Genetics
American Political Science Review Page 1 of 14 May 2013 doi:10.1017/S0003055413000099 Genopolitics and the Science of Genetics EVAN CHARNEY Duke University WILLIAM ENGLISH Harvard University nanearlierarticlewechallengedthefindingsofFowlerandDawes(FD)thattwogenespredictvoter turnout as part of a more general critique of “genopolitics.” FD now acknowledge that their finding I of a “significant” direct association between MAOA and voting was incorrect, but claim to have replicated their finding of an “indirect” association between 5HTT, self-reported church attendance, and self-reported voting. We show that this finding is likely driven by population stratification and omitted variable bias. We then explain why, from the standpoints of genetics, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology, genopolitics is a fundamentally misguided undertaking; we also respond to FD’s charge that some of our previous statements concerning genetics are “highly misleading,” “extremely disingenuous,” and “even incorrect.” We show that their criticisms demonstrate a lack of awareness of some basic principles in genetics and of discoveries in molecular genetics over the past 50 years. ewouldliketothanktheeditorsofThe Amer- STATISTICS ican Political Science Review for inviting us Wto participate in this Forum by writing a re- Population Stratification sponse (or “rejoinder”) to the articles of Fowler and Dawes and of Deppe, Stoltenberg, Smith, and Hibbing. Fowler and Dawes (FD) acknowledge that their previ- We view this as a welcome and important opportu- ous, highly publicized finding that a polymorphism of nity. Although we address both articles, our emphasis the MAOA gene showed a “significant” direct associ- throughout is on the contribution of Fowler and Dawes, ation with (self-reported) voter turnout was incorrect, which itself is intended, in part, as a rejoinder to our inasmuch as they failed to replicate it using new data earlier article in this journal, “Candidate Genes and from Wave IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Political Behavior” (Charney and English 2012). -
Panchayati Raj in India. the Evolution Between 1947 and 1992
RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG FAKULTÄT FÜR WIRTSCHAFTS-UND SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTEN Panchayati Raj in India The Evolution between 1947 and 1992 Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Dr. rer. pol. an der Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg vorgelegt von: Kai Fabian Fürstenberg Februar 2015 Erstgutachter: Professor Subrata K. Mitra, PhD (Rochester) Zweitgutachter: Professor Dr. Dietmar Rothermund Content List of Figures and Tables iv 1. Introduction 1 1.1 State of Research 10 1.2. Why Evolutionary Institutionalism? 13 2. Theory 16 2.1. Rational Choice Institutionalism 17 2.1.1. The Role of the Equilibrium 19 2.1.2. Structured and Unstructured Institutions 21 2.2. Historical Institutionalism 23 2.2.1. Path Dependence and Critical Junctures 25 2.2.2. Critique on Path Dependency 29 2.3. Sociological Institutionalism 30 2.3.1. Isomorphism 31 2.3.2. Change and Legitimacy 34 2.4. Three Institutionalisms – A Critique 35 2.4.1. Oversimplifying Reality: Rational Choice Institutionalism 35 2.4.2. No Change from Within: Historical Institutionalism 36 2.4.3. What are Institutions Exactly? Sociological Institutionalism 38 2.5. Evolution and the Origins of Universal Darwinism 40 2.5.1. Evolutionary Thought: An Overview 41 2.5.2. What is Darwinian Evolution? 44 2.5.3. A Short History of Evolutionary Theory in the Social Sciences 47 2.5.4. Sociobiology and Meme-Theory 48 2.5.4.1. Sociobiology 49 2.5.4.2. Meme-Theory 54 i 2.6. Evolutionary Institutionalism 58 2.6.1. Change: The Analogy between Genes and Institutions 59 2.6.2. -
SOC 585: Racial and Ethnic Politics in the US
Spring 2018 Prof. Andra Gillespie 217E Tarbutton 7-9748 [email protected] Office Hours: Wednesdays 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (12-2 p.m. the first Wednesdays of the month) or by appointment Emory University Department of Political Science SOC 585/POLS 585 Racial and Ethnic Politics in the US This course is designed to introduce graduate students to some of the canonical readings, both historical and contemporary, in racial and ethnic politics. While African American politics will be a central theme of this course, this course intentionally introduces students to key themes in Latino/a and Asian American politics as well. By the end of the course, students should be conversant in the major themes of racial and ethnic politics in the US. Required Readings The following books have been ordered and are available at the Emory Bookstore: Cathy Cohen. 1999. The Boundaries of Blackness. Michael Dawson. 1994. Behind the Mule. Megan Francis. 2014. Civil Rights and the Making of the Modern American State. Lorrie Frasure-Yokeley. 2015. Racial and Ethnic Politics in American Suburbs. Christian Grose. 2011. Congress in Black and White. Ian Haney-Lopez. 1997, 2007. White By Law. Carol Hardy-Fanta et al. 2016. Contested Transformation: Race, Gender and Political Leadership in 21st Century America. Rawn James. 2013. Root and Branch. Donald Kinder and Lynn Sanders. 1994. Divided by Color. Taeku Lee and Zoltan Hajnal. 2011. Why Americans Don’t Join the Party. Michael Minta. 2011. Oversight. Stella Rouse. 2013. Latinos in the Legislative Process Katherine Tate. 2010. What’s Going On? Katherine Tate. -
Endogenous Preferences: the Political Consequences of Economic Institutions
Endogenous Preferences: The Political Consequences of Economic Institutions Jan-Emmanuel De Neve∗y November 5, 2009 Abstract This paper attempts to explain cross-national voting behavior in 18 West- ern democracies over 1960-2003. A new data set for the median voter is intro- duced that corrects for stochastic error in the statistics from the Comparative Manifesto Project. Next, the paper finds that electoral behavior is closely re- lated to the salience of particular economic institutions. Labour organization, skill specificity, and public sector employment are found to influence individual voting behavior. At the country level, this paper suggests that coordinated market economies move the median voter to the left, whereas liberal market economies move the median voter to the right. The empirical analysis employs cross-sectional and panel data that are instrumented with the level of eco- nomic structure circa 1900 to estimate the net effect of economic institutions on the median voter. Significant results show that revealed voter preferences are endogenous to the economic institutions of the political economy. This paper places political economy at the heart of voting behavior and implies the existence of institutional advantages to partisan politics. Keywords: Comparative Political Economy, Median Voter, Voting Behav- ior, Panel Data, Instrumental Variables JEL Classification Numbers: C23, D72, H5, J24, J51, O57, P51 . ∗London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Government, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom (email: [email protected]). yFor their time and generous data sharing, the author would like to thank Simon Hix, Jonathan Hopkin, Peter Hall, Torben Iversen, Lane Kenworthy, Duane Swank, Daniel Gingerich, Pepper Culpepper, Piero Stanig, Slava Mikhaylov, Johannes Spinnewijn, and Richard Fording. -
Volume 19.1 National Political Science Review Caribbeanization of Black Politics May 16 2018
NATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW VOLUME 19.1 Yvette Clarke U.S. Representative (D.-MA) CARIBBEANIZATION OF BLACK POLITICS SHARON D. WRIGHT AUSTIN, GUEST EDITOR A PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BLACK POLITICAL SCIENTISTS A PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BLACK POLITICAL SCIENTISTS NATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW VOLUME 19.1 CARIBBEANIZATION OF BLACK POLITICS SHARON D. WRIGHT AUSTIN, GUEST EDITOR A PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BLACK POLITICAL SCIENTISTS THE NATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW EDITORS Managing Editor Tiffany Willoughby-Herard University of California, Irvine Associate Managing Editor Julia Jordan-Zachery Providence College Duchess Harris Macalester College Sharon D. Wright Austin The University of Florida Angela K. Lewis University of Alabama, Birmingham BOOK REVIEW EDITOR Brandy Thomas Wells Augusta University EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Melina Abdullah—California State University, Los Angeles Keisha Lindsey—University of Wisconsin Anthony Affigne—Providence College Clarence Lusane—American University Nikol Alexander-Floyd—Rutgers University Maruice Mangum—Alabama State University Russell Benjamin—Northeastern Illinois University Lorenzo Morris—Howard University Nadia Brown—Purdue University Richard T. Middleton IV—University of Missouri, St. Louis Niambi Carter—Howard University Byron D’Andra Orey—Jackson State University Cathy Cohen—University of Chicago Marion Brown—Brown University Dewey Clayton—University of Louisville Dianne Pinderhughes—University of Notre Dame Nyron Crawford—Temple University Matt Platt—Morehouse College Heath Fogg-Davis—Temple University H.L.T. Quan—Arizona State University Pearl Ford Dowe—University of Arkansas Boris Ricks—California State University, Northridge Kamille Gentles Peart—Roger Williams University Christina Rivers—DePaul University Daniel Gillion—University of Pennsylvania Neil Roberts—Williams College Ricky Green—California State University, Sacramento Fatemeh Shafiei—Spelman College Jean-Germain Gros—University of Missouri, St. -
Nominating Committee Welcomes Suggestions Judith N. Shklar
Association News Francovic, CBS News; Peter A. Goure- vitch, University of California, San Diego; Ted Robert Gurr, University of Colorado; Ronald Kahn, Oberlin College; Barbara Nelson, University of Minnesota; Adolph Reed, Jr., Yale University; and Donald Searing, University of North Carolina. Continuing their 1987-89 terms are: William Bacchus, U.S. Department of State; Donald Kinder, University of Mich- igan; Jane Mansbridge, Northwestern Uni- versity; Dianne Pinderhughes, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Margaret E. Scranton, University of Arkansas- Little Rock; Mary L. Shanley, Vassar Col- Fred Holborn and Judith N. Shklar at APSA Council reception honoring the IPSA Executive lege; Richard A. Watson, University of Committee. Missouri; and Aristide Zolberg, The New School for Social Research. German Marshall Fund Travel Grantees Wolfgang Reinicke, West Germany; Yale University Thomas Faist, West Germany; The New Nominating Committee School for Social Research Welcomes Suggestions Judith N. Shklar APSA's Nominating Committee, chaired by Bernard C. Cohen, University of Wis- Elected consin-Madison, seeks suggestions for President-Elect nominees to APSA offices. The Committee will make nominations for eight Council persons, as well as the Judith N. Shklar of Harvard University offices of secretary, treasurer, vice presi- has been elected to serve as president- dents (three positions), and president- elect of the APSA for 1988-89 and will elect. The Committee will meet in late assume the office of president in 1989-90. February in Washington and report to the Shklar was elected by acclamation at the President no later than April 15. Annual APSA Business Meeting on Sep- 'Members of the nominating committee tember 3 in Washington, DC, thus set- are: ting the stage for her to become the first Lucius Barker, Department of Govern- woman president in the 86-year history of ment, Littauer Center, Rm. -
Social and Psychological Influences on Political Behavior
Settle – GOVT 401 – S17 Government 401 Professor Jaime Settle Spring Semester, 2017 Tyler Hall 368 T/Th 12:30-1:50 p.m. [email protected] Tyler Hall 113 http://jsettle.blogs.wm.edu/teaching/govt401_s17/ Office Hours: Tuesdays, 2:30- Blackboard Course Website 4:30 p.m., or by appointment Social and Psychological Influences on Political Behavior In this seminar, we will explore in depth the contributions to political behavior stemming from innate differences in biology, exposure to the immediate social environment, and the interaction between these influences. Much of the reading you encounter in this class has been published in the last five years and reflects the new directions—and consequently off-the-beaten-path approaches— undertaken by scholars on the cutting edge of political behavior research. A scan of the reading schedule in this syllabus will give you an idea of the range of topics we will encounter. Our work will be to synthesize the readings to understand the points of consensus, contention, and uncertainty in what we think we know about why and how people think, feel, and act in the political realm. Teaching Philosophy The subject matter of a course serves as a tool to help you develop skills to become a better thinker and communicator. The goals for this course are for you to: Ask good questions. Learning necessitates curiosity. Assess and synthesize information. Use the course material to arrive at informed opinions. Engage in analytical reasoning. Respectfully discuss and deliberate ideas. Communicate effectively. Continue to improve the skills necessary to write or present a clearly argued and well-developed discourse. -
Political Psychology Dr
POLI 369 Political Psychology Dr. Drew Kurlowski [email protected] Semester and Year. Building And Room Meeting Dates and Times Office Hours ‐ Brittain Hall 348; Dates and Times Or By Appointment COURSE DESCRIPTION POLI 369 Political Psychology (3) (Prereq: POLI 201; or permission of the instructor) This course will cover selected topics in political psychology. We will introduce basic concepts related to the study of psychology before turning our attention to an examination of competing theories within the field of political psychology. These topics include psychobiography, personality, cognition, affect, and neuropolitics. We will end the semester by applying these approaches to the study of political behavior – specifically participation, voting, and communication. F, S, Su COURSE INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES: Course objectives are as follows: . Provide an introduction to basic psychological concepts . Describe the links between the fields of psychology and political science . Provide an overview of the various schools of thought within the field of political psychology . Discuss and evaluate various contemporary issues and current research in political psychology . Improve critical thinking and analytical skills; STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon successful completion of this course, students are able to . Demonstrate an understanding of the basic tenets of political psychology . Describe and explain situational theories of political psychology . Describe and explain dispositional theories of political psychology . Describe and explain how political psychology approaches the study of voting behavior, media political communication, race and tolerance, genocide, and terrorism . Analyze, discuss, and write critically about contemporary debates surrounding political psychology 1 POLI XXX Semester Year REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS There is one required text for this course, however, I will post readings on Moodle from time to time. -
Institutional Decolonization: Toward a Comprehensive Black Politics
NATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW VOLUME 20.1 INSTITUTIONAL DECOLONIZATION: TOWARD A COMPREHENSIVE BLACK POLITICS A PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BLACK POLITICAL SCIENTISTS A PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BLACK POLITICAL SCIENTISTS NATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW VOLUME 20.1 INSTITUTIONAL DECOLONIZATION: TOWARD A COMPREHENSIVE BLACK POLITICS A PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BLACK POLITICAL SCIENTISTS National Political Science Review | ii THE NATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW EDITORS Managing Editor Tiffany Willoughby-Herard University of California, Irvine Duchess Harris Macalester College Sharon D. Wright Austin The University of Florida Angela K. Lewis University of Alabama, Birmingham BOOK REVIEW EDITOR Brandy Thomas Wells Oklahoma State University EDITORIAL RESEARCH ASSISTANTS Lisa Beard Armand Demirchyan LaShonda Carter Amber Gordon Ashley Daniels Deshanda Edwards EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Melina Abdullah—California State University, Los Angeles Keisha Lindsey—University of Wisconsin Anthony Affigne—Providence College Clarence Lusane—American University Nikol Alexander-Floyd—Rutgers University Maruice Mangum—Alabama State University Russell Benjamin—Northeastern Illinois University Lorenzo Morris—Howard University Nadia Brown—Purdue University Richard T. Middleton IV—University of Missouri, Niambi Carter—Howard University St. Louis Cathy Cohen—University of Chicago Byron D’Andra Orey—Jackson State University Dewey Clayton—University of Louisville Marion Orr—Brown University Nyron Crawford—Temple University Dianne Pinderhughes—University of Notre Dame Heath Fogg Davis—Temple University Matt Platt—Morehouse College Pearl Ford Dowe—University of Arkansas H.L.T. Quan—Arizona State University Kamille Gentles Peart—Roger Williams University Boris Ricks—California State University, Northridge Daniel Gillion—University of Pennsylvania Christina Rivers—DePaul University Ricky Green—California State University, Sacramento Neil Roberts—Williams College Jean-Germain Gros—University of Missouri, St. -
Black Power and the Transformation from Protest to Policies Robert C
Black Power and the Transformation from Protest to Policies STOR Robert C. Smith Political Science Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 3 (Autumn, 1981), 431-443. Your use of the JSTOR database indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use. A copy of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use is available at http://wwwjstor.org/about/terms.html, by contacting JSTOR [email protected], or by calling JSTOR at (888)388-3574, (734)998-9101 or (FAX) (734)998-9113 . No part of a JSTOR transmission may be copied, downloaded, stored, further transmitted, transferred, distributed, altered, or otherwise used, in any form or by any means, except: (1) one stored electronic and one paper copy of any article solely for your personal, non-commercial use, or (2) with prior written permission of JSTOR and the publisher of the article or other text. Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission. Political Science Quarterly is published by Academy of Political Science. Please contact the publisher for further permissions regarding the use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at http://wwwjstor.org/journals/aps .html. Political Science Quarterly @1981 Academy of Political Science JSTOR and the JSTOR logo are trademarks of JSTOR, and are Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. For more information on JSTOR contact [email protected]. ©1999 JSTOR http://wwwjstor.org/ Sat Dec 25 11:03:56 1999 Black Power and the Transformation from Protest to Politics ROBERT C .