Nongovernmental Actors in Politics and Policy [1]

Political processes around the globe are increasingly decentralized. Transnational networks (both criminal and civil), social movements, NGOs, private firms, individuals using social media, scientists and expert groups all engage the state and one another, constraining and enabling political...

Research Members:

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Sonia E. Alvarez [2]

My main areas of specialization are social movements and protest politics, comparative and transnational feminisms, and Latin American politics and cultures, with a focus on Brazil and the Southern Cone. My recent (co-edited) books include Quem São as Mulheres das Políticas para as Mulheres no Brazil? Vol. I, O...Read more [2]

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Brenda K. Bushouse [3]

My research program has two intersecting foci. The first is a lasting interest in the realm of activity that is neither market nor state. I research the politics of nonprofit organizations in the policy process (see my 2017 Policy Studies Journal [4] and (Bushouse and Mosley 2019 [5]). What intrigues me is...Read more [3]

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Charli Carpenter [6]

My teaching and research interests include the politics of war law, transnational advocacy networks, protection of civilians, humanitarian disarmament, and the role of popular culture in global human security policy. I have a particular interest in the gap between intentions and outcomes among advocates of human security. I work with...Read more [6]

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Paul M. Collins, Jr. [7]

My research interests include understanding the democratic nature of the judiciary, interdisciplinary approaches to legal decision making, and social movement litigation.

I have published articles in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Journal of Law and Courts, Journal of Politics, Law & Social Inquiry, Law & Society Review, Notre Dame...Read more [7]

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Barbara Cruikshank [8]

My research interests include modern and contemporary social and political theory, the history of reform, social movements, the politics of sex and sexuality, and relations of power and knowledge.Read more [8]

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Peter M. Haas [9]

My research interests include international relations, international relations theory, international political economy, international environmental politics, international institutions, the science-policy interface, and global governance.

I am currently developing a research project on global issue coupling and global governance. I am currently a member of the editorial boards of Global Environmental Politics,...Read more [9]

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Ray La Raja [10]

Ray La Raja's areas of expertise include political parties, interest groups, campaign finance, elections, political participation, American state and local politics, public policy and political reform. He is co-author with Brian Schaffner and Jesse Rhodes of Hometown Inequality: Race, Class, and Representation in American Local Politics [11] (Cambridge University Press 2020). He...Read more [10]

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Jesse Rhodes [12]

My major areas of scholarly interest are political representation, voting rights policy, economic inequality, and political behavior. My first book, on the development of federal education policy - An Education in Politics: The Origin and Development of No Child Left Behind - was published with Cornell University Press in...Read more [12]

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Jamie Rowen [13]

Dr. Rowen's research focuses on the use of law to redress mass atrocity and aid vulnerable groups. She is the founding director of UMass' Center for Justice, Law, and Societies, www.umasscjls.org [14] and a research affiliate with the UMass Center of Excellence for Specialty Courts. Dr. Rowen's current projects examine the citizen-state relations...Read more [13]