Global Politics and Policy
The Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy seeks outstanding graduate students to apply for the Dean’s Scholar Award in Global Politics and Policy. This field includes research and coursework on topics such as international security, international political economy, international organization, human rights, ethnic conflict, democratization, economic development, global health policy, and global environmental policy.
The University at Albany has a dynamic group of faculty members researching critical issues in the field of Global Politics and Policy:
Victor Asal
Terrorism, ethnic conflict, minority rights, democratization |
Cheng Chen
Post-communist politics, nationalism, democratization, Chinese politics |
Helen R. Desfosses
Public policy, legislative politics, Africa |
Erik Hoffmann
Russia, state society relations, democratization, marketization |
Rey Koslowski
Migration, identity, homeland security, information security |
Greg Nowell
International political economy, oil, technological transformation |
R. Karl Rethemeyer
Policy networks, public management, social networks, terrorism |
David L. Rousseau
Military conflicts, threat perception, democracy, identity |
Holly Sims
Development, environmental policy, public management |
Janet P. Stamatel
School of Criminology: cross-national crime and social change |
Jeffrey D. Straussman
Public finance, political economy of transition, management |
Thomas C. Walker
Peace, military conflict, alliances, realism, militarization |
Selected Publications in Global Politics and Policy:
Victor Asal (with Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Kathleen Young, and David Quinn). 2003. “Mediating International Crises: Cross-National and Experimental Perspectives.” Journal of Conflict Resolution, 47/3 (July): 279-301.
Cheng Chen. 2005. “Institutional Legitimacy of an Authoritarian State: China in the Mirror of Eastern Europe.” Problems of Post-Communism,52/4 (July/August): 3-13.
Erik Hoffmann. 2006. “Modernity, Modernization, and Management: Comparative, Historical, Theoretical, and Policy Perspectives.” Slavic Review 65/1 (Spring), 138-151.
Rey Koslowski (with David Kyle). 2001. Global Human Smuggling: Comparative Perspectives. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press.
David L. Rousseau. 2006. Identifying Threats and Threatening Identities: The Social Construction of Realism and Liberalism. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Janet P. Stamatel. 2002. “Changes in Crime and Criminal Justice in Post-Socialist Central Eastern Europe,” In David Levison, ed., Encyclopedia of Crime & Punishment. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Jeffrey D. Straussman (with William C. Banks). 2005. “Peacekeeping in Bosnia.” In Volker C. Franke, ed., Terrorism and Peacekeeping. Westport, CT: Praeger. |
