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Das US Generalkonsulat Hamburg in Kooperation mit der Universität Bremen lädt zum Vortrag von Prof. Jack Gladstone ein.
Redner: Prof. Jack Goldstone, George Mason University
Vortrag: “2011 Arab Revolts – Implications for Democracy and for Europe”
Wo: Universität Bremen, Institut für Interkulturelle und Internationale Studien (InIIS), Raum 2210
Wann: Monday June 27, 2011 14:15 (2:15 pm)
Biosketch
Jack A. Goldstone is the Virginia E. and John T. Hazel Jr. Professor at the George Mason School of Public Policy and an Eminent Scholar. His work on issues such as social movements, revolutions, and international politics has won him global acclaim and tens of thousands of dollars in research grants. The author or co-author of 9 books, Professor Goldstone is a leading authority on regional conflicts, has served on a U.S. Vice-Presidential Task Force on State Failure, and is a consultant to the U.S. State Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Areas of Research
• Comparative Economic Development
• Democratization
• Long-term Social Change
• Political and Civil Conflict
• Revolutions and Social Movements
• Sources of Economic Growth
• State Failure and Reconstruction
Education
Harvard University. B.A. magna cum laude 1976, M.A. 1979, Ph.D. 1981.
Academic Positions
• George Mason University. Hazel Professor of Public Policy, Mercatus Scholar, and Director, Center for Global Policy (http://globalpolicy.gmu.edu/), 2004-
• U. of California, San Diego. Visiting Scholar, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, 2002-2003.
• U. of California, Davis. Director, Center for Comparative Research in History, Society and Culture, 1989-91; Professor of Sociology and International Relations, 1989-2004.
• California Institute of Technology. Visiting Professor of Political Science, 1989.
• Northwestern University. Associate Professor of Sociology and Political Science, 1985-1988; Assistant Professor of Sociology, 1981-84. |
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