Randall Calvert

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Calvert, a specialist in American politics and in positive political theory, joined the faculty as a professor of political science in October 1999. He also taught at WUSTL as assistant professor from 1979-1985 and as associate professor from 1985-87. In 1984-85, he was a postdoctoral fellow in political ...

Davis

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Davis, an expert on defense and public policy, health care policy, presidential campaigns and party platforms, is a close follower of current issues in politics. Davis has taught courses focusing on the presidency, military history and political literacy and is a frequent commentator on news events, ...

James Gibson

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Gibson has research interests comparative politics (especially processes of democratization), American politics (including political parties, public opinion, and especially courts and legal processes), and all areas of quantitative research methods (especially survey research). He currently is working ...

Nathan Jensen

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Jensen's general research interests are international political economy (international finance, international economic institutions), comparative political economy (political business cycles, economic voting, economic reform, federalism) and international relations (civil conflict, international relations ...

Knight's research interest are modern social and political theory; law and legal theory; political economy; and philosophy of social science. Publications include Institutions and Social Conflict (Cambridge University Press, 1992) and Explaining Social Institutions (with Itai Sened) (The University ...

Le Vine

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Victor Le Vine is an expert on hostages, terrorism, guerrilla warfare and political problems of the Middle East and Northern Africa. Other areas of interest include international law and politics and ethnic politics. He has followed the situation in Iraq closely since well before the Gulf War and can ...

William Lowry

William Lowry studies American politics, public policy and political institutions with a special emphasis on natural resources, public lands and related environmental policiy issues. In recent years, Congressional Quarterly has called upon Lowry to write an updated chapter for the annual CQ Press ...

Andrew Mertha

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Mertha's research interests include international trade, policy implementatoin policy enforcement, and bureaucratic politics, political institutions, particularly within the context of contemporary China. A member of the Washington University faculty since 2001, Mertha received his Ph.D. from the University ...

Miller

Miller's primary interest has been decision-making in bureaucracies, committees and small groups. His teaching assignments include a graduate seminar in the politics of the U.S. bureaucracy, a graduate course on mathematical modeling and the undergraduate introduction to American politics. He has done ...

Parikh, an expert on political issues in India and Pakistan, conducts research on comparative politics, institutions and race, and ethnicity. She has published a book on the institutional development of affirmative action in the United States and India, using comparative historical and rational-choice ...

Steven Smith

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Steven S. Smith is director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy at Washington University. He has worked on Capitol Hill in several capacities and has served as a senior fellow at the Brooking Institution. Smith has also authored or co-authored six books on congressional ...

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Sobel

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Sobel specializes in the politics of international finance with a focus upon domestic explanations of international behavior. His books include Domestic Choices, International Markets (1994), which examines the politics underpinning the liberalization and globalization of national securities markets ...