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VITA
John D. Robertson
PERSONAL DATA
Home Address: Office Address:
1004 Muirfield Village Department of Political Science
College Station, Texas 77845-8936 Texas A&M University
(979) 690-2334 College Station, Texas 77843-4348
(409) 845-2511 Fax: (409)847-8924
email: [email protected]
Web: http://politicalscience.tamu.edu/html/bio--jrobertson.html
Nationality: USA
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS:
Comparative Politics, with research emphasis on cross-national analysis of advanced
industrial societies, principally European democracies; coalition politics in parliamentary
democracies; executive-legislative relations in European democracies; macro-political
economy and political-economic analysis of representation and coalition dynamics in
advanced industrial democracies. Core teaching: West European Politics and Government
(undergraduate and graduate), Comparative Politics (Undergraduate and graduate), Scope
and Methods (undergraduate), Introduction to American Government.
EDUCATION AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
ACADEMIC TRAINING:
Ph.D. University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
October 1979 (Political Science)
Distinctions: FLAS-NDFL Fellowship, 1976-1979
(Russian Language and Area Studies)
Charles E. Merriam Fellowship, 1978-1979
Dissertation: Post-Industrialism and the Changing Contours of Public Policy,
1979.
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M.A. University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
May 1976 (Slavic and Soviet Area Studies)
Distinctions: Jurzykowski Fellowship, 1975-1976
(Polish Language and Area Studies)
B.A. Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois
June 1974 (Political Science)
Positions:
1991-Pres. Professor, Department of Political Science, Texas A&M University
1985-1990 Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Texas A&M
University
5/91 - 7/91 Guest Lecturer on Politics and Economics at the Institute for International
Management Studies at Johannes Kepler Univerität, Linz, Austria.
1988-1989 (Senior Fulbright Professor, Univerität Trier, Federal Republic of
Germany (Fachbereich III, Politikwissenschaft)
9/88- 1/89: Senior Research Fellow, Institut fur Arbeitsrecht und Arbeitsbeziehungen
in der Europaischen Gemeinschaft, Univerität Trier, Federal Republic of
Germany
1979-1985 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Texas A&M
University
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS:
(and Robert Perry) Comparative Analysis of Nations: Quantitative Approaches,
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2002, 554pp., I-xxvi.
EDITED BOOKS:
(and Michael Meimeth), eds. Sustainable Development – An Integrative Paradigm? A
Transatlantic View on Politics, Economy and Society. Frankfurt, Germany: NOMOS,
2011.
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(and Michael Meimeth) eds. Citizenship, Identity and European Integration: Implications
for an expanded Europe. Frankfurt: NOMOS Press, 2008.
(and Winand Gellner) eds.. The Berlin Republic: German Unification and A Decade of
Changes. London: Frank E. Cass, 2003.
ARTICLE PUBLICATIONS:
(and Mi-Kyung Kim) “Analyzing German Politics” . German Politics 11(December
2002): 3-18. Reprinted in Winand Gellner and John D. Robertson, eds.. The Berlin
Republic: German Unification and A Decade of Changes. London: Frank E. Cass,
2003.
(and Robert Perry) “Political Markets, Bond Markets, and the Effects of Uncertainty: A
Cross-National Analysis" International Studies Quarterly 42 (1998):131-60.
(and Robert Perry) "Compact or Compound Republicanism: The Political-Economy of
Europe's Federal Vision" Journal of Theoretical Politics 9:(July):1997:317-45.
"Transaction Cost Economics and Cross-National Patterns of Industrial Conflict: A
Comparative Institutional Analysis." American Journal of Political Science (February
1990):153-180.
(and Marick F. Masters) "Class Compromise in Industrial Democracies." American
Political Science Review (December 1988): 1183-1201.
(and Marick F. Masters) "The Impact of Organized Labor on Public Employment: A
Comparative Analysis." Journal of Labor Research 9 (Fall 1988): 347-362.
(and Sue W. Cutcomb) "Parliamentary Executive-Legislative Relations and the
Implications of Cabinet Stability: 'Ballast' and 'Energy' in Macroeconomic Policy."
Western Political Quarterly 40 (March 1987): 7-27.
"Fiskalne Organiczenia I Rozwiniety Industrializm: Miedzynarodowy Test Dotyczacy
Skutkow Instytucjonalnego Wspolzawodnictwa," [Fiscal Constraints and Advanced
Industrialism: A Cross-National Test of the Effects of Institutional Competition."]
Studia Nauk Politycznych, (Fall 1986): 135-160 [Journal of Political Science Committee
of the Polish Academy of Sciences].
"Economic Polarization and the Contexts of Coalition Cabinet Formation in European
Parliamentary Democracies." Legislative Studies Quarterly 11 (November 1986): 533-
549.
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(and Robert Harmel) "Government Instability and Regime Support: A Cross-National
Analysis." Journal of Politics 48 (November 1986): 1029-1040.
"Post-Industrialism and the Structure of International Trade: Elaborating the Notion of
Government Intervention Into the Economy." Scandinavian Journal of Developing
Alternatives, 4 (December, 1985): 29-53.
(and Robert Harmel) "The Formation and Success of New Parties: A Cross-National
Analysis." International Political Science Review, (October 1985): 501-523.
"Economic Issues and the Probability of Forming Minority Coalition Cabinets." Social
Science Quarterly 66 (September 1985): 687-694.
"Economic Performance and Transient European Cabinet Administrations: Implications
for Consociational Parliamentary Democracies." International Studies Quarterly 28
(December 1984): 447-466.
"Foreign Aid and Political-Economic Change in Advanced Industrial States:
Implications for LDCs." Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives 3
(December 1984): 38-83.
"Toward a Political-Economic Accounting of the Endurance of Cabinet Administrations:
An Empirical Assessment of Eight European Democracies." American Journal of
Political Science 28 (November 1984): 693-709.
"Further Implications of Post-Industrialism: A Cross-National Test of Non-Incremental
Expansion of the Public Economy." Southeastern Political Review 12 (Spring 1984): 237-
260.
"The Political-Economy and Durability of European Coalition Cabinets: New Variations
on a Game-Theoretic Perspective." Journal of Politics 45 (November 1983): 932-957.
"Inflation, Unemployment and Government Collapse: A Poisson Application."
Comparative Political Studies 15 (January 1983): 425-44.
"Economic Policy and Election Cycles: Constraints in Nine OECD Countries."
Comparative Social Research 5 (1982): 129-45.
"An Analysis of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Its Socio-Economic
Environment, 1965-1973." The American Economist 22 (Fall 1978): 40-49.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:
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"The Four Presidencies of the Obama Era: Strategic Narratives Constraining the Obama
Legacy." Die USA am Ende der Präsidentschaft Barack Obamas. Springer Fachmedien
Wiesbaden, 2016. 151-171.
“Conclusion: Is There Reason for Hope for Sustainable Development As An integrative
Paradigm”, in Meimeth and Robertson, eds., Sustainable Development – An Integrative
Paradigm? A Transatlantic View on Politics, Economy and Society, pp. 171 – 175.
“Conclusions and Summary: Immigration, Migration National Identity and the
Challenges to Political Union,” in Michael Meimeth and John D. Robertson, eds.
Citizenship, Identity and European Integration: Implications for an expanded Europe.
Frankfurt: NOMOS Press, 2008.
(and Winand Gellner) “Germany: The Continuing Dominance of Neocorporatism,” in
Clive S. Thomas, Ed., Political Parties and Interest Groups: Shaping Democratic
Governance, Boulder, CO: Lynn Rienner, 2001 (pp. 101-117).
"Coming to Terms: American Foreign Policy and the Constitutional Political-Economy of
the European Community" in William F. Crotty, ed. Post-Cold War Policy: The
International Perspective. Nelson-Hall, 1995: 131-159.
"Coalition Leadership, Government Stability and Macroeconomic Policy in European
Democracies." In Bryan D. Jones, ed., Leadership and Politics: New Perspectives in
Political Science. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 1989: 244-266.
"Guiding and Making Policy: Ideas and Institutions." In Jerold L. Waltman and Donley
Studlar, eds., Political-Economy: Public Policy in the United States and Great Britain.
Hattiesburg: University Press of Mississippi, 1987: 16-42.
"The Interplay of Soviet Strategic Interests in the Middle East and Persian Gulf During
the Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1983: An Interpretive Analysis." In James Brown and William
P. Snyder, eds., The Regionalization of Warfare: The Falkland/Malvinas Islands,
Lebanon, and the Iran-Iraq Conflict. New York: Transaction Books, 1985: 162-192
"Welfare Ideologies and Policy Styles: Soviet, American and British Roads to Equality."
In Daniel N. Nelson, Communism and the Politics of Inequalities. Lexington: Lexington
Books, 1983: 57-72.
(and Roger E. Kanet) "The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe." In Stephen F. Cohen,
Alexander Rabinowitch, and Robert Sharlet, eds., The Soviet Union Since Stalin
Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1980: 312-323.
BOOK REVIEWS:
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Bruce E. Cain, Russell J. Dalton, and Susan E. Scarrow. Eds. Democracy Transformed?
Expanding Political Opportunities in Advanced Industrial Democracies. Perspectives on
Politics (March 2005): 174-175.
Liesbet Hooghe, The European Commission and the Integration of Europe. Images of
Governance. 2001. Journal of Politics (February 2003): 265 -267.
Kurzer, Paulette, Political Change and Economic Integration in Western Europe,
1993.; and Hollingsworth, J. Rogers, Phillippe Schmitter and Wolfgang Streeck, eds.,
Governing Capitalist Economies. Performance and Control of Economic Sectors, 1994.
Journal of Politics (May 1995): 588 - 590.
Sartori, Giovanni. Comparative Constitutional Engineering. An Inquiry Into
Structures, Incentives and Outcomes, 1994. American Political Science Review (1995,
forthcoming).
Jackman, Robert W. Power Without Force. The Political Capacity of Nation-States.
1993.Mershon International Review, 1995 (forthcoming).
Kaare, Storm, Minority Government and Majority Rule. 1990. Journal of Politics (July
1991)
Jerry F. Hough, Opening Up the Soviet Economy. 1988. Policy Studies Journal 16
(Summer, 1988): 866-867.
Norman J. Vig and Steven E. Shier, eds., Political Economy in Western Democracies.
1985. Newsletter of the British Politics Group, 44 (Spring 1986): 26-27.
Bogdan Harasymiw, Political Elite Recruitment in the Soviet Union; and Ronald H.
Linden and Bert A. Rockman, eds., Elite Studies and Communist Politics: Essays in
Memory of Carl Beck. American Political Science Review 80 (March 1986): 348-349.
Susan Gross Solomon, ed., Pluralism in the Soviet Union. Essays in Honour of H.
Gordon Skilling. 1983. American Political Science Review 78 (December 1984): 1158-
1159.
Jim Seroka and Maurice D. Simon, eds., Developed Socialism in the Soviet Bloc:
Political Theory and Political Reality. 1982; and F. Gelbuch and P. Lopata, Developed
Socialist Society: Basic Features and Place in History. 1976. Slavic Review, 43:1 (Spring
1984): 124-125.
"Recent Perspectives on Soviet Foreign Policy: A Review Essay." Military Affairs 47
(April 1983): 78-80.
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Erik P. Hoffman and Robbin F. Laird, The Politics of Economic Modernization in the
Soviet Union. 1982. American Political Science Review, 77:2 (June 1983): 500.
Richard F. Staar, ed., Yearbook and International Communist Affairs. 1983. Slavic
Review, 42:2 (Summer 1982): 296-297.
Robert H. Donaldson, ed., The Soviet Union in the Third World: Successes and Failures.
1980. Journal of Developing Areas,17:1 (October 1982): 111-113.
Morris Bornstein, ed., The Soviet Economy: Continuity and Change. 1981. American
Political Science Review, 76:1 (March 1982): 160.
George Ginsburg and Alvin Rubinstein, eds., Soviet Foreign Policy Toward Western
Europe. 1978. Slavic Review, 39:4 (December 1980): 690-91.
Lyman H. Legters, The German Democratic Republic: A Developed Socialist Society.
1978. Slavic Review, 39:4 (June 1980):333-334.
CONVENTION PAPERS:
2005: “Post-National Belonging, Identity, and the Search for Constitutional Order in the
EU”, with Sibel McGee, Midwest political Science Association, April 2005.
2003: (with Robert Perry) “The Basics: Teaching the What, How, and Why of Cross-
National Research”, Midwest Political Science Association, April, Chicago.
2001: “Europe, the United States, and the New Republican Messianic: Implications for
Trans-Atlantic Security Relations”, Third Annual German-French Dialogue,
Saarbrücken, Germany, ASKO Europa Stiftung, June. Published in the
proceedings, 2001.
2000: (with Robert Perry): "The Changing Contours of British Party Support for the
European Union: Tendencies, Prospects and the Frame, 1976-1996" Midwest
Political Science Association, April, Chicago.
1998 (and Winand Gellner). "Party-Interest Group Relations in Unified Germany."
American Political Science Association, September, Boston, MA.
(and Robert Perry) "Comparative Risk, Political Uncertainty and Institutional
Design: The Logic of Market Convergence Among Advanced Industrial Society”.
Midwest Political Science Association, April, Chicago.
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1997 (and Robert Perry). "Market Equitableness, Market Efficiency and Alternative
Paths to Democratic Prosperity: A Cross-National Analysis of Advanced
Industrial Democracies". Midwest Political Science Association, April, Chicago.
1996 (and Robert Perry) “ Equity, Efficiency and the Limits of Democratic Politics:
Cross-national Applications” American Political Science Association, August,
San Francisco
1994 "Fairness Preferred and Fairness Assured: Stochastic Political Markets and
Capital Risk." Midwest Political Science Association, April, Chicago.
"Compact or Compound Republicanism: Scale, Scope and the Allocation of
General Property Rights in Europe's Federal Vision." September, American
Political Science Association.
1992 "Coming to Terms: European Constitutionalism in an Era of Transnationalism."
American Political Science Association, August, Chicago, Illinois.
1991: "The Constitutional Political-Economy of Europe's Would-Be Community."
American Political Science Association, Aught, Washington, DC.
1990: "Transaction Cost Structures in Advanced Market Economics: Implications, for
Labor-Management Relations." Wilton Park Symposium, "International Business
and Economic Management: Trade, Investment and Financial Flows in a World of
Fluctuating Exchange and Interest Rates", November, London, England.
(and Robert Harmel) "Societal Scale and Patterns of Authority Relations: A
Cross National Analysis." The American Political Science Association, August,
San Francisco, California.
1987: (and Marick F. Masters) "The Impact of Organized Labor on Public Employment:
A Comparative Analysis." The Academy of Management Proceedings, August,
New Orleans, Louisiana.
"Political-Economic Conflict and Contemporary Democracies: Specifying the
Constraints on Class Consensus Within a Cross-National Design." American
Political Science Association, September, Chicago, Illinois.
(and Marick F. Masters) "The Impact of Labor and Capital on Public Policies: A
Comparative Empirical Analysis." American Political Science Association,
September, Chicago, Illinois.
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"Cabinet Formation and Styles of Coalition Leadership in European Parliamentary
Democracies: A Cross-National Analysis."Western Political Science Association,
March, Anaheim, California; and Midwest Political Science Association, April,
Chicago, Illinois.
1986: (and Marick F. Masters) "Organized Labour and the Political Economy: The
Case of Public Employment." American Political Science Association, August,
Washington, D.C.
1985: "Administration Durability, Environmental Certainty, and the Variability of
Macro-Economic Policy in Eighteen Parliamentary Democracies." American
Political Science Association, August, New Orleans, Louisiana.
"Scourge of the West: Economic Malaise, Political Polarization and the
Formation of Coalition Governments in Western Europe." XIII World Congress of
The International Political Science Association, July, Paris, France.
(and Robert Harmel) "Political Parties: Cross-National Analysis of Formation
and Success." International Studies Association, March, Washington, D.C.
1984: (and Robert Harmel) "Government Stability and Regime Support: An Empirical
Analysis." Southern Political Science Association, November, Savannah,
Georgia.
"Transient Cabinets, Economic Performance, and European Consociational
Parliamentary Democracies." Midwest Political Science Association, April,
Chicago, Illinois.
1983: (and Robert Harmel) "The Birth of a Party: Framework for Cross-National
Studies of New Parties." International Studies Association, April, Mexico City,
Mexico.
"The Interplay of Soviet Strategic Interests in Middle East and the Persian Gulf
during the Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1983: An Interpretive Analysis." Southwest
National Security Conference, April, Dallas, Texas.
1982: "Jobs, Prices and the Endurance of Cabinet Coalitions in European Democracies:
A Comparative Analysis." Midwest Political Science Association, April,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1981: "Inflation, Unemployment and Government Stability: A Poisson Application."
American Political Science Association, August, New York, New York.
"Constraints on Economic Policy and the Election Cycle: A Cross-National
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Analysis." Midwest Political Science Association, April, Cincinnati, Ohio.
"Foreign Aid and Domestic Structural Changes in Advanced Industrial States: A
Cross-National Analysis." International Studies Association, April, Cincinnati,
Ohio.
1980: "Politics and the General Contours of Public Policies in Advanced Industrial
Societies." American Political Science Association, August, Chicago, Illinois.
"Post-Industrial Development, Public Authority, and the Contours of Public
Policy." Midwest Political Science Association, April, Chicago, IL.
"Post-Industrial Development and the Implications for International Trade and
Public Authority." International Studies Association, March, Los Angeles,
California.
1976: "The Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Environment." Central Slavic
Association, April, Lawrence, Kansas.
"The CPSU and Its Socio-Economic Environment, 1965-1973." Midwest
Economic Association, April, St. Louis, Missouri.
MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS/RESEARCH REPORTS:
2001: Principal author and co-designer of, “A Survey of Assessments of Principal
Investigators About the Importance and Performance of Services and Activities of
the Texas A&M University Research Foundation”, conducted for the Policy
Research Institute of Texas A&M University on behalf of the Texas A&M
University Research Foundation, May, 2001.
1999: 19 comparative essays (avg. Length: 1000 words), “American Democracy in
Comparative Perceptive”, in Benjamin Ginsberg, Theodore J. Lowi, and Margaret
Weir, 2001, We the People: An Introduction to American Politics. Third Edition.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
“Evaluation of New Technologies”, Principal Investigator for Research Report
conducted for the City of College Station, TX, contracted by Public Policy
Research Institute, Texas A&M University, July.
“College Station Citizen Survey,” Principal Investigator for Research Report
conducted for the City of College Station, TX, contracted by Public Policy
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Research Institute, Texas A&M University, June.
1988: "West German and American National Electoral Systems: A Brief Comparison."
The Funnel, Newsletter of the German Fulbright-Kommission, 2(1988):
11-23.
1984: "How It Came to be Chernenko." Opinion-Editorial Article, Houston Chronicle,
February 14, 1984, Sec. 4, p. 7.
1981: "Using ICPSR Provided Data in an Introductory Comparative Politics Course,"
Newsletter of the Southwest Federation of the Inter-University Consortium for
Political and Social Research (October 1981).
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE/GUEST LECTURES, AND SYMPOSIA
PARTICIPATION:
2015: Paper and Presentation, “The Four Presidencies of the Obama Era: Themes,
Narratives and Strategies Shaping the Legacy of Barak Obama”, paper in progress
for edited volume, “The USA and the End of the Obama Era: A First
Assessment” [Die USA am Ende der Präsidentschaft Obamas – eine erste Bilanz],
Symposium University of Passau, Political Science, January 23 – 24, 2015.
2015: Guest Professor, Block Seminar, Political Science, University of Passau, by
distance (Nov 2014 – December 2014, on sight January 11 – January 18, 2015),
“The Contemporary Logic and Foundations of American Politics and Implications
for Transatlantic Relations”.
2011: “Sustainable Development – An orphaned child in the world of policy priorities?”
Presentation at the 2011 Fall Symposium, Global Economic Crisis and the
Challenges for Sustainable Development, November 02 and 03, 2011, The
European Academy Otzenhausen (Saarland): A joint international symposium of
the ASKO EUROPA-STIFTUNG, the College of Liberal Arts,Texas A&M
University and the Centre International de Formation Européenne.
2011: Organizer, Co-Chair and Moderator (with Michael Meimeth) Transatlantic Fall
Symposium, Global Economic Crisis and the Challenges for Sustainable
Development, November 02 and 03, 2011, The European Academy Otzenhausen
(Saarland): A joint international symposium of the ASKO EUROPA-STIFTUNG,
the College of Liberal Arts,Texas A&M University and the Centre International
de Formation Européenne.
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2010: “US as a failed State: The Case for An Alternative Perspective”, paper presented
at the" Symposium series with the College of Liberal Arts and the ASKO
EUROPA STIFTUNG of Germany: Transatlantic Fall Symposium 2009: Failed
States and International Stability – US and European Approaches to State-
Building" Otzenhausen, Germany , Oct 11 – 13, 2010.
2010: Organizer, Co-Chair and Moderator (with Michael Meimeth) for symposium
Failed States and International Stability – US and European Approaches to State-
Building Transatlantic Fall Symposium 2009: Otzenhausen, Germany , Oct 11 –
13, 2010. Symposium series with The European Academy Otzenhausen
(Saarland), ASKO EUROPA-STIFTUNG, the College of Liberal Arts,Texas
A&M University and the Centre International de Formation Européenne.
2009: Organizer, Co-Chair and Moderator (with Michael Meimeth) for symposium
Transatlantic Fall Symposium 2009: “Sustainable Development – Part II: How to
Bridge the Knowledge-Action Gap? Exploring the Added Value of Social and
Cultural Perspectives”. Oct 14 - 16, 2009. Transatlantic Fall Symposium with The
European Academy Otzenhausen (Saarland), ASKO EUROPA-STIFTUNG, the
College of Liberal Arts,Texas A&M University and the Centre International de
Formation Européenne.
2008: “The 2008 Presidential Elections: Implications for Europe and Transatlantic
Community”, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Department of Microeconomics,
October 16, 2008.
2008: Organizer, Co-Chair and Moderator (with Michael Meimeth) for symposium
Sustainable Development – Part I An integrative Paradigm? A Transatlantic View
on Politics, Economy and Society, Otzenhausen, Germany, European Academy
Otzenhausen, Oct. 12 - 16, 2008. 9 panelist. Co-sponsored by ASKO EUROPA
STIFTUNG, Saarbruecken, Germany, and the College of Liberal Arts, Texas
A&M University.
2007: Organizer, Co-Chair and Moderator (with Michael Meimeth) for symposium
Constitutional Experiences in Federal Polities – Problems of Political Legitimacy
in a Transatlantic Perspective, College Station, Texas A&M, Oct. 18 - Oct. 20,
2007. Moderator and co-chair. 9 panelists. Co-sponsored by ASKO EUROPA
STIFTUNG, Saarbruecken, Germany, and the College of Liberal Arts, Texas
A&M University.
2006: Organizer, Co-Chair and Moderator (with Michael Meimeth) for symposium
Immigration and (Citizen) Identity in the EU and the USA, Otzenhausen Germany
(European Academy Otzenhausen), Oct. 9 - 12, 2006. 9 panelists. Co-sponsored
by ASKO EUROPA STIFTUNG, Saarbruecken, Germany, and the College of
Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University.
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“American Globalism Through American and European Eyes. Guest lecture,
University of Passau, Germany, July.
Co-chair (with Michael Meimeth) for symposium Immigration and National
Identity in the EU and USA, Otzenhausen, Germany, October 9 -12. Moderator
and Co-Chair. Eight panelist, four German and four US panelists.
2005: Moderator for panel, “Rise of the European Union”, Texas A&M University
Wiley Lecture Series, March 9.
2004: “Elections in the European Union from the Perspective of the United States” .
Guest lecture to university-wide audience, University of Passau, Germany, June
30.
“Tarnished Ideals: The European Dilemma of Turkish Application for
Membership in the Europan Union. Guest lecture to the Consulate of the
Republic of Netherlands, Houston, Texas, September.
2003: “The Ties That Bind: Trans-Atlantic Security and Economic Links and the
Constraints on Unilateralism in an Era of Preemption” Guest lecture to Institute
for European Law and Labor Relations in the European Union, University of
Trier, Trier, Germany, June.
“The Future of the European Union” Guest lecture George Bush Presidential
Library Issues Forum, Texas A&M University, September.
2002: Chair and Organizer, German Unification: A Decade Hence, held at Texas A&M
University, February 10 -12, 2002, 10 participants (8 German scholars, 2
American). Supported by International Programs of Texas A&M University, The
European Union Center of Texas A&M University, and its Director, The
German Trans-Atlantic Program, The Political Science Department of Texas
A&M University, and The Program in the Cross-National Study of Politics of the
Department of Political Science at Texas A&M. Papers revised and subsequently
published as special issue in German Politics, and edited book with Frank E. Cass.
2001: “Europe, the United States, and the New Republican Messianic: Thoughts on the
Implications for trans-Atlantic Security Relations” , Guest Lecture to German-
French Dialogue, Saarbrücken, Germany, June.
1998: "Globalism and the American Political-Economy" Guest lecture to Seminar on
International Political Economy, Univerität Köln, July.
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1997: "Capital Markets and the Challenge to Democracy" Organizer and Chairperson,
Midwest Political Science Association, April, Chicago.
1994: "Re-inventing Europe: Competing Visions of Political Authority in European
Democracies." Organizer and Chairperson, American Political Science
Association, August, San Francisco.
"Institutions, Choice and Change: Diverging National Interests Within Widening
Political-Economic Systems". Organizer and Chairperson, Midwest Political
Science Association, April, Chicago.
1992: "The Mathematics of American Regionalism: The Electoral College and
Presidential Elections." Guest lecture to Linz International Management Center,
Linz, Austria, June.
"The 1992 Presidential Elections: The Changing Structural Dynamics." Johannes
Kepler University. Guest lecture to the Institute for International Management
Studies, June.
"American Politics: The Constitutional Logic." Week-long seminar in Institute
for International Management Studies, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria,
June.
"The Logic of Inquiry Committees in the European Constitutional System."
Comments presented before public hearings of the Institutional Affairs Committee
of the European Parliament, Strasbourg, France, September.
1991: "The Transaction-Cost Structure of the European Community." Linz International
Management Center, Linz, Austria, June.
1989: "Europe in Transition." Leadership Seminar sponsored by the Robert Bosch
Foundation and the Atlantic Council of the United States. Hamburg and Berlin,
West Germany, September 27-October 5, 1989.
"German-American Relations in the Gorbachev Era." Presentation delivered to
the Ramstein Council on International Relations, Ramstein Air Base, West
Germany, January 26.
"American Political Institutions in a Comparative Perspective." Presentation to
Symposium on American Politics and Society sponsored by the United State
Information Agency and Hessen Land Government, Frankfurt, West Germany,
January 22.
"Implications of Post-Reagan America for Europeans." Presentation to Institute of
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Economics, University of the Saarland, Saarbrucken, West Germany, January 19.
1988: "Transaction Cost-Economics and Class Coalitions in Industrial Democracies."
Presentation delivered to the Institute of Sociology and Political Science,
University of the Federal Armed Forces, Munich, West Germany, November 28.
"Industrial Conflict Within a Comparative Institutional Framework." Presentation
delivered to the Institute of Economics, University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt,
Austria, November 21.
"Reagonomics and the Implications for Class Coalitions in the United States."
Presentation to the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies, Free
University, Berlin, November 14.
"Implications of the 1988 Presidential Elections." Presentation to the Friedrich
Ebert Stiftung, Saarbrucken, West Germany, November 9.
"The Geography of American Presidential Elections." Presentation to the German-
American Society, Trier, West Germany, November 4.
"The Political-Economic Implications of the American Electoral College."
Presentation to the German-American Institute, Saarbrucken, West Germany,
October 11.
"Teaching in a German University." Presentation to Germany Fulbright
Kommission Scholar Orientation Conference, Bonn, West Germany, October 4.
1987: "Comparative Democratic Representation," Organizer and Chairperson, American
Political Science Association, September, Chicago, Illinois.
Invited participant to Austrian College's 1987 Dialouge Congress, "Western
Europe and the United States," July 7 - July 11, Alpach, Austria.
Invited participant to Atlantic Council's (USA) Academic Associate NATO
Discussion Series in Brussels, Belgium and Middleburg, The Netherlands, June 13
- June 20, 1987.
Roundtable participant, "Soviet Arms Control and Security Issues." Southwest
Social Science Association, March, Dallas, Texas.
1986: Invited Participant to the Austrian College's Annual European Forum, entitled
"Autonomy and Control: Central Crises of the Modern World," August, Alpach,
Austria.
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"Factors Affecting National Executive Roles, Tenure and Support." Panel
Discussant, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April.
1985: "New Strategies and Paths to Theory Building in Comparative Politics."
Organizer and Chairperson, American Political Science Association, August, New
Orleans, Louisiana.
"The Economic Context of Executive Stability in Parliamentary Democracies."
Organizer, Chairperson and Panel Discussant, Midwest Political Science
Association, April, Chicago, Illinois.
"United States Defense Policy," Roundtable Discussant, Organized by
International Studies/Southwest, Southwestern Social Science Association,
March, Houston, Texas.
1984: "The US and USSR Strategic Nuclear Policy in Contrast." Presentation delivered
as part of Symposium on Strategic Nuclear Policy and Arms Control, the Sperry
and Hutchinson Foundation Lectureship Program, Texas A&I University,
Kingsville, Texas, October 31.
"Perspectives on U.S. Foreign Policy," Panelist, co-sponsored by the United States
Department of State and the Dallas Council on World Affairs, April, Dallas,
Texas.
"The Interaction of Political and Economic Cycles," Panel Discussant,
International Studies Association, March, Atlanta, Georgia.
1983: "Soviet Politics Under Andropov," Panel Discussant, Southwest Regional
Program on National Security Affairs, March, Houston, Texas.
"Authoritarian Politics," Panel Discussant, Midwest Political Science Association,
April, Chicago, Illinois.
1981: Participant at the First National Seminar on the Study of Intelligence, Bowdoin
College, Brunswick, Maine, July-August. Sponsored by the Consortium for the
Study of Intelligence.
1980: "Socialist Inequality and Politics," Panel Discussant, American Association for the
Advancement of Slavic Studies, November, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1979: Soviet Perceptions of the Strategic Arms Race," Panel Chairperson and
Discussant, Central Slavic Association, November, Wichita, Kansas.
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TRAVEL AND RESEARCH GRANTS
1991: Texas A&M Center for Teaching Excellence Grant ($2,000)
Texas A&M University Honors Program Grant ($2,000)
1990: College of Liberal Arts Research Grant ($750)
1988: TAMU International Enhancement Grant for Travel related to Fulbright Award.
1987: Atlantic Council and German Marshall Scholar Research Enhancement Grant
1986: (and Marick F. Masters) TAMU minigrant for data collection and data coding
associated with "Specter of Unemployment" project
1985: American Political Science Association Travel Grant (IPSA, Paris, France).
1983: (and Robert Harmel) Liberal Arts Research and Development grant for research
on the cross-national study of new political parties
1980: TAMU minigrant for data collection and computer analysis of cross-national,
macro-economic data
1979: TAMU mini grant for computer analysis
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS
International Excellence Award, TAMU/College of Liberal Arts. For services toward
enhancing the excellence of TAMU international programs. 1994.
Academic Associate, Atlantic Council of the United States (1985-present). In this role,
have sponsored over 15 Texas A&M undergraduate students for international symposia in
Europe dealing with NATO and trans-Atlantic relations.
Fulbright-Hayes Senior Professor of Political Science, Univerität Trier, Federal Republic
of Germany, February 1988-February 1989. Award to lecture on the theoretical
foundations of American polity, institutional dynamics of the American polity, Political-
Economy of Coalitions in Parliamentary Democracies, Public Choice and Political
Leadership, and Comparative Labor Politics, and to conduct research in field of
comparative politics. Courses offered in both Politikwissenschaft, Fachbereich III
(Political Science) and Betriebswirtschaft, Fachbereich IV, (Management Science).
Research Associate, Mosher Defense Institute, Texas A&M University, 1989-1993
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NATO Senior Research Fellowship For the Study of Democratic Institutions (1990-
1991).
European Community Visitors Program Grant, June 1992.
SERVICE
2015: Director, Undergraduate Programs, Political Science
2014
-- pres: Director, Study Abroad Programs, Political Science
2012-
2014: College of Liberal arts Representative, TAMU International programs Committee,
advisory body of the TAMU Faculty senate advising TAMU Provost Office
1992-
Pres: Chair, Dissertation Committee: Robert Perry (1995), Robert Bohrer (1999); Mi-
Kyung Kim (2003); Sibel McGee, (2005); Joon Park (co-chair), Benjamin
Freeman, 2012 (chair)
2004 - pres Member, Executive Committee, Brazos Valley Fulbright Association.
2007: Earned Certificate of Completion, Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory
Certification Training, January 11 - 12.
2006: Member, Advisory Panel, National Security Education Program Committee,
Texas A&M University, January.
2005 -
2006: Member, Recruitment Committee for College of Liberal Arts International
Program Coordinator, December 2005 - March 2006.
Developed and lead the Danube Summer Institute, a summer study abroad
programs with Texas A&M University. The program specializes in on-site study
of the European Union, with particular focus on the cultural and political
challenges associated with the expansion of the EU to include former members of
the Soviet- bloc within Central and East Europe. The program is cooperation and
partnership with the Department of Political Science, Univerität Passau, Passau,
Germany, and (for 2006) the Europan Academy Nordrhein Westphelen. In the
inaugural year, 2006, 27 Texas A&M students participated, and 20 students from
the University of Passau participated in a two-week joint A&M/Passau seminar at
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the University of Passau. In the first two years of the program, $20,000
scholarships were dedicated exclusively to the program by the Gene and Donna
Kornegay Family, through the College of Liberal Arts Development Council.
2005: Assisted in negotiation and coordination with ASKO EUROPA STIFTUNG and
Texas A&M College of Liberal Arts for a 5 year, $100,000 scholarship fund for
Texas A&M students attending the Summer European Academy, and creating a
five year $200,000 joint-commitment to a annual European Studies Symposium
sponsored by Texas A&M University’s College of Liberal Arts and the ASKO
EUROPA STIFTUNG.
Member, Advisory Panel, NSF Dissertation Grants, Washington, D.C. May.
2004: Assisted in negotiation and coordination of Memorandum of Agreement and
Reciprocal Educational Exchange Program with Technical University of the
Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany, and Texas A&M University, December.
Assisted in the planning, coordination and (each year since 2004) execution of the
American Spring Academy, a program of cross-cultural education in partnership
with Texas A&M University’s College of Liberal Arts, the Technical University
of the Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany, and ASKO EUROPA STIFTUNG,
Saarland, Saarbrücken. The program brings approximately 15-20 undergraduate
student from the Technical University of the Saarland for one week of study at
Texas A&M University, focusing on the political, culture, economic and
educational aspects of Texas multi-cultural society, and a one-week tour
throughout the major urban centers of Texas to meet with various officials and
representatives of higher education, government, arts, and business to learn about
the multi-cultural depth of Texas.
2002: Developed and organized the Summer European Academy study abroad program
in affiliation with Texas A&M University’s College of Liberal Arts, the ASKO
EUROPA STIFTUNG (Saarbrücken, Germany) and the Saar University,
Saarbrücken, Germany. Since 2002, 130 Texas A&M undergraduates have taken
part in the program, with approximately 75 German students from the Technical
university of the Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany participating as well. Since
2002, helped raise $90,000 in scholarship support for Texas A&M students
through Political Science and College Development Foundations. Since 2002 as
part of broader agreements with the ASKO EUROPA STIFTUNG and Texas
A&M University in conjunction with the Summer European Academy, have
placed three Texas A&M students in research internships (2002, 2004, 2004) with
the Franco-Deutsche Institut in Ludwigsburg, Germany, and three Texas A&M
students in internships with the Robert Schuman Foundation, Paris, France (2003,
2005, 2007).
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Member organizing committee, and panel discussant on Symposium on Trans-
Atlantic Relations: A New Look at the EU/US Relations since September 11 --
A Discussion on the European Perspectives, organized as part of the inaugural
program for Texas A&M University’s EU Center, March 20-21.
Member, CLA Committee (Chaired by Dr. J. Blackwelder) which drafted
proposal to National Resource Council of the USDOE for West European Studies
Program within CLA.
2001: Assisted in negotiation and coordination of Memorandum of Agreement with
ASKO EUROPA STIFTUNG and Texas A&M University, and Univerität des
Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany, and Texas A&M University, December.
2001
- 2002: Director, Senior Honors Research Fellow Thesis, ““A Postmodern Union:
Institutions and Identities in the European Union” (Lacy Autumn Nicole Cooper)
2000
- 2001:Director, Senior Honors Research Fellow Thesis, “Money Talks: An Analysis
of the Influence of European Capital Markets on British Tendencies Toward the
European Monetary Union” (Caton Walker)
2000
- 2001:University Committee on the Policy Science and Economics Library Space
Committee
2000
-2005: Summer Study Abroad, Normandy Program (France) Taught European
Democracies Since World War II: The Roots of the “New Europe” (PS306)
1997
-1998: Director, Senior Honors Research Fellow Thesis, "Tendency Separation Among
British Labour and Conservative European Partisans: Implications for Party
Leadership Strategies Toward European Integration, 1978-1995." (Everita Silina).
Awarded Best Paper, Political Science and History Group, 1997-98 Honors
Thesis Program.
1998: Italian Summer Program, TAMU Study Abroad, Santa Chiara. Taught West
European Politics and Government course (45 students) with Raffaello Fornasier
(EU Senior Fulbright Scholar, TAMU 1993), May-July
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1997: Member, CLA International Programs Committee
1996: Italian Summer Program, TAMU Study Abroad, Santa Chiara. Taught West
European Politics and Government course (45 students) with Raffaello Fornasier
(EU Senior Fulbright Scholar, TAMU 1993), May-July
Advisor, Senior Honors Thesis, "A Thermodynamic Framework for the
Measurement of Stability in the International Political System." (Jennings F.
Goodman)
Member, Review Panel, James Madison Fellowship Awards, Washington, D.C.,
April.
1992: Member, Best Paper Award Committee, Southern Political Science Association.
1992-
1995: Director, Department of Political Science Computing Lab
1991
-1992: Member, Working Group on Germany, Atlantic Council of the United States,
Washington, DC.
Vice-President and Program Chair of the Southwest Political Science Association.
Advisor, Senior Honors Thesis, "The Political-Economy of European union
Integration." (Krista Lyons)
1989: Member, International Enhancement Grant Committee, Committee, Office of
International Programs (1989---)
Member, Texas A&M Faculty Senate Executive Committee on the Status of
Women
Chair and Elected Member, College of Liberal Arts Academic Resources
Committee (1989---)
1988: German Student-Fulbright Selection Committee, German Fulbright Kommission,
Bonn, October
1987: College of Liberal Arts Academic Standards Committee
Fulbright Grant Screening Committee, Texas A&M University
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1986: Texas A&M University's Military Studies Institute Grant Review Committee (and
1987)
College of Liberal Arts Women's Studies Committee (through 1988)
1985- Faculty Advisor to Texas A&M University Wiley Lecture Series
1985
-1986: Elected Department Representative, College of Liberal Arts Council
1984
-1985: University Undergraduate Fellows Program Advisor for Sue Cutcomb (Director of
paper entitled: "Does Cabinet Stability Matter: Government Collapse and the of
Macroeconomic Policy in 18 Western Multiparty Democracies, 1974-1981.)"
1982: Panel co-chairperson for TAMU MSC Student Council on National Affairs
(XXVI), "Soviet Foreign Policy," February
1982
-1984: Policy advisor to TAMU MSC Political Forum
1982
-1985: Department Library Representative, College of Liberal Arts Library Committee
1981: Policy Advisor to TAMU MSC Student Conference on National Affairs (XXVI),
"Soviet Foreign Policy." (and 1982)
1979: Consultant to The Center for Strategic Technology (TAMU), September
(nonrenumeration)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Reviewer for:
Journal of Public Policy, National Science Foundation, Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich, Journal
of Politics, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Armed
Forces and Society, St. Martin's Press, Houghton and Miflin, Harper and Row Publishers,
Choice Magazine, Defense Analysis, Dorsey Press, W.W. Norton and Company, International
Studies Quarterly, Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives, Social Science Quarterly,
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Comparative Politics, Policy Studies Journal, Social Science Journal, Cambridge University
Press, Congressional Quarterly, British Journal of Politics, Policy Review
EDITORIAL BOARD
American Journal of Political Science (1994 - 1998)
Journal of Politics (1985 - 1998)
Policy Studies Journal (1986-1993)
Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives (1984-1988)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES
Vice-President and Program Chair, Southwest Political Science Association, 1992.
Member, Nominations Committee, Comparative Politics Organizational Section of the
American Political Science Association, 1990.
Vice President, International Studies Association (Southwest, 1988-)
Consultant to Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey, on constructing test
items for College Board's Advanced Placement Examination in Comparative Politics,
September, 1987
Comparative Politics Section Chair, Southwest Political Science Association, 1986-1987;
1987-1988
Secretary-Treasurer, International Studies Association/Southwest, 1985-1988
