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Results for Comparative Politics. 7 records matched your search request.



Areas of expertise: Comparative Politics, Democracy, Electoral Politics, European Politics, Urban studies, Labor and Social Movements


Biography, Education and Training

PhD Political Science, Columbia University MSc Philosophy, London School of Economics BSc Economics, London School of Economics

Shawn L Nichols

Shawn L Nichols

Visiting Assistant Professor

Politics Department

Areas of expertise: International Development, Politics, Political Economy of Development, Comparative Politics, Critical Theory


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz Committee: Kent Eaton, Daniel Wirls, Ronnie Lipschutz, and Jan Knippers-Black Master of Arts, International Policy Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies Emphasis: International Trade, Conflict Resolution and Negotiations Bachelor of Arts, French and Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC Certificate of European Studies, Universite' de Caen, Caen, France Certificate of French language stu... more »

Kent H Eaton

Kent H Eaton

Distinguished Professor of Politics

Politics Department

Areas of expertise: Latin American and Latino Studies, Comparative Politics, Political Science, Politics


Biography, Education and Training

Stanford University, B.A. International Relations, 1990 Yale University, Ph.D. Political Science, 1998

Alice Yang

Alice Yang

Professor, History Department, Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Pacific War Memories

History Department, Stevenson College, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies

Areas of expertise: History, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Asian American Pacific Islander History, Comparative Politics, California History, Colonialism, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies, Labor and Social Movements, Oral History


Biography, Education and Training

B.A., M.A.T. Brown University M.A., Ph.D. Stanford University


Areas of expertise: International and Global Affairs, Environmental Policy, Urban studies, Climate Change, Comparative Politics


Biography, Education and Training

PhD University of Toronto, Political Science (2016)                                                                           ... more »


Areas of expertise: Middle East Studies, North Africa, Mediterranean Studies, Sociology, Comparative Politics, Critical Theory, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies


Biography, Education and Training

My research spans the field of Middle Eastern studies, critical security studies, critical race and ethnic studies, and comparative politics, combining an ethnographic approach with a conceptual apparatus inspired by critical theory. I am particularly interested in the effects of protracted and entangled crises (popular uprisings, “war on terror,” refugee crisis, neoliberalization) in North Africa and beyond. My first book, The Suspended Disaster: Governance by Catastrophization in B... more »

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