Prof. Julia Azari is currently working several projects. One is an article manuscript on mandates and landslide presidential elections. The second is an article on divisive primary elections. The third is an article on the vice presidential selection process. The final is a book manuscript on presidential rhetoric.
Prof. Lowell Barrington is currently working on three projects. The first examines the stability of causal relationships affecting mass attitudes before and after the Orange Revolution (in Ukraine) and the Rose Revolution (in Georgia). The second is a revision of the first edition of his introductory comparative politics textbook, Comparative Politics: Structures and Choices. The third is the manuscript for an introduction to political science textbook. The latter two projects are both under contract with Wadsworth/Cengage.
Prof. Janet Boles is currently working on several projects related to the women’s movement. The first examines the use of alternative media. The second examines how the covers of Ms. Magazine reflect feminist agenda shifts. The third looks at the actors, targets, and messages of the agenda of NOW.
Prof. Darrell Dobbs is currently studying the classical trivium and quadrivium in search of a foundational art of learning.
Prof. Jeffrey Drope is currently working on a number of projects. They include a co-authored article on privatization and export growth in developing countries, a single-author conference paper on the trade preferences of elites in developing countries, and a book manuscript titled The Political Economy of Trade Policies in Developing Countries.
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Stephen Engel is currently working on three projects. First, he is completing a book manuscript that examines how and why presidential and congressional hostilities toward judicial authority have changed over time. It is currently under review with Cambridge University Press. Second, he is examining the normative implications of a new model of jurisprudence known as democratic constitutionalism, particularly focusing on its ironic implications for same-sex marriage. Third, he is beginning a large-scale project, which is an attempt to bring an American political development (APD) perspectives to bear on the rise of sexuality politics and the state’s management of sexuality across various political and legal sites since the 1890s. It is currently titled, “The Schizophrenic Citizen: An APD Account of Sexuality Politics in the United States.”
Prof. Michael Fleet is currently working on two book manuscripts. The first is titled The Political Influence of the Catholic Church in an Era of Secularization. The second is on the Catholic Church and politics in Spain.
Prof. H. Richard Friman is currently working on two book manuscripts. The first is titled Crime by Foreigners: Migrants and the Politics of Internal Security. The second is a textbook titled Liberals and Criminals: IPE in the New Millennium. Prof. Friman also has contributed chapters to three edited volumes currently under review: Cooking the Books: The Politics of Numbers in Crime and Conflict, The Global Political Economy of Migration, and Global Human Smuggling.
Prof. Ryan Hanley is currently at work on a book entitled Altruism's Wisdom, research on which is being supported by a grant from the University of Chicago's Arete Initiative. In addition, he is at work on an article on education in the Scottish Enlightenment, multiple single-author articles on Adam Smith and David Hume, and two co-authored articles.
Prof. Lawrence LeBlanc is currently working on two projects. The first is a co-authored article, “Compliance with the Reporting Requirements of the United Nations Human Rights Conventions.” The second is a single-authored book chapter, “The United States and the Genocide Convention: The Sovereignty Package in Perspective.”
Prof. John McAdams is currently working on a book titled JFK Assassination Logic: How to Think About Claims of Conspiracy (under contract with Potomac Books).
Prof. Barrett McCormick is currently working on several projects, including a book manuscript titled Media Markets and the Transformation of China's Public Sphere, a book chapter comparing the development of media markets in China with other countries, and an early-stage project on the consequences of China's growing role in Africa.
Prof. Duane Swank is currently working on a co-authored article titled “Institutional Change and the Politics of Social Solidarity in Capitalist Democracies”; additional articles and a book project on the origins, evolution, and consequences of varieties of capitalism; a book manuscript on the spread of neoliberal policies and institutions; and a collaborative project on understanding change and continuity in coordinated market economies.
Prof. McGee Young is currently working on several projects. The first is a book manuscript titled Developing Interests: Interest Groups and American Political Development. The second is a book chapter on advocacy organizations. The third is an article on constructing advocacy coalitions. The fourth is a co-authored article titled “Political Parties and Changing Patterns of Associationalism.”
