Research & Publications

Table of Content

Participation in Research Projects

Publications

Recent Op-Ed Publications

Recent Conferences and Other Presentations

Earlier Conference Papers

Recent Professional Presentations and Lectures

Media Feedback -- Interviews

Refereed Manuscripts

Participation in Research Projects:

The Rockefeller "Greater Voice for Africa Survey", 1990-1991.

The State of Corporatism and Welfare Policy in Central Europe, Vienna 1994-1996.

Cross-National Analysis of Basic Human Rights Performance, 1992-1995.

Pension Reform in Germany and Austria, 1998 (with Dept. of Economics, FU Berlin).

Brussels Sprouts/Consortium Project: Interactions of EU Level and National Level Policy Making, 1998-present (coordinator Drake University).

Scholarly Publications (all single-authored except noted by *)

1) “Structure and Agency Populism in Austria – Its Causes and Repercussions.” In Twenty-first Century Populism: Structure and Agency of the Unwelcome Guest of Western European Democracy ed. Daniele Albertazzi, Duncan McDonnell et al. Palgrave. Forthcoming.

2) “Adapting American Political Process.” Branche, J., Cohn, E.R., & Mullennix, J.W. (Eds.), Diversity Across the curriculum: a Guide for Faculty in Higher Education. Boston, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc. Accepted & Forthcoming

3) On Edward Moxon-Browne ed. Who Are Europeans Now? In The European Legacy: Journal of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas 2. Forthcoming

4) COREPER—EU Powerhouse; Informal Decision-Making in the EU’s Committee of Permanent Representatives. Research Europe, (December) 2005: 8-17.

5) “Salvation and Villain -- The Role of ‘Europe’ in Austrian Politics and The Rise of Right-wing Populism.” Politique Européenne, No. 14 (Automne) Sciences Po–Paris 2004: 123-51.

6) “Die FPÖ--Ein Phänomen im Internationalen Vergleich Erfolg und Misserfolg des Identitären Rechtspopulismus” Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft 33 (3) 2004: 247-61.

7) “The State of the Discipline: Comparing Theoretical Trends in American and Austrian Political Science.” In Demokratisierung und Emanzipation. 40 Jahre Politikwissenschaft in Österreich ed. Helmut Kramer Vienna: Peter-Lang-Verlag 2004.

8) “Success in Opposition -- Failure in Government: Exploring the Performance of the Austrian Freedom Party and other European Right-wing Populist Parties in Public Office.” West European Politics 2003 26(3) 2003: 91-130.

9) “Austria: Exceptionalism, Myth, and Pariah.” In Frank Columbus (ed.) European Economic and Political Issues (Vol. 7) (Nova Science Publishing , New York, Huntington 2002).

10) Populism, Proporz and Pariah - Austria Turns Right: Austrian Political Change, Its Causes and Repercussions (Nova Science Publishing, Huntington NY, 2002).

11) “Political Explanations of Basic Human Rights Performance.” In David Weissbrodt, Fredrickson and Byron, (University of Minnesota Law School)

12) International Human Rights: Law, Policy, and Process (Anderson Publishing OH 2001: 983ff).

13) “The Austrian Political System and the Long Road to Europe.” In Bogomil Ferfila (ed.). The States and the World: Comparative Political Systems and Comparative Politics. (FDV Ljubljana, Slovenia 2001).

14) “The Great Realignment: Explaining Austrian Politics in the 1990s and Beyond.” In Frank Columbus (ed.) European Economic and Political Issues, II (Nova Science Publishers Huntington, NY 2001).

15) “Defying Neo-Liberal Convergence: Austria=s Successful Supply-Side Corporatism in the 1990s.” In Journal of Government and Policy: 19(1) 2001: 29-44.

16) “Austria: Arrived in Europe?”And APolicy Case Study: Transalpine Traffic Jams -- Transport Policy Disputes between Austria and the EU.”Zeff, Eleanor & Ellen Pirro (eds.). The European Member States: Cooperation, Coordination and Compromise (Lynne Rienner. Bolder 2001).

17) “Coping with Economic Integration: Corporatist Strategies in Germany and Austria in the 1990s.” West European Politics 23(3) 2000: 67-96.

18) “Modernization Brokers B Austrian Corporatism in Search of a New Legitimacy,” Current Politics and Economics of Europe 9 (1) 1999: 65-94.

19) On John Peterson, Europe and America: The Prospects for Partnership. In The European Legacy: Journal of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas 3 1998: 113-116.

20) On Kristin Elizabeth Gager ed. Blood Ties and Fictive Ties. In The European Legacy: Journal of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas 2 1998: 122-127.

21) “The State of Social Corporatism in an Eastern Europe in Transition.” In Welfare States in Transition B East and West, ed. Irwin Collier, Herwig Roggemann, Oliver Scholz and Horst Tomann, . Macmillan, 1998: 50-89.

22) “Economic and Political Explanations of Rights Violations -- A Comparison Human Rights Performance.@ Peace and Change 23 1998: 333-358.

23) “Organized Labor Markets in Transition.@ In Conditions of Economic Development in Central Eastern Europe Vol.6; eds. Anke Jacobsen, Oliver Scholz, Horst Tomann, Hans Weisfeld. Marburg: Metropolis Verlag, 1997: 34-71.

24) “Basic Human Rights -- Does Regime Matter,@ Southeastern Political Review 25 (4) 1997: 571-611.

25) Review of Staffan Zetterholm ed. 1995 National Cultures and European Integration, published in: The European Legacy: Journal of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas 1 (6) 1997: 111-121.

26) Research Note: The Retrenchment Strategies of the Austrian Social Partners, published in West European Studies Center -- Newsletter University of Pittsburgh, September 1996.

27) * “How Africanists View U.S. Policy: Results of a Survey,” Co-authored with Michael Bratton and. David S. Wiley published in Issue 19 (2) 1991: 21-49.

Conference Papers and Presentations 1998-present (11 others are on file)

1) Inscrutability and Stickiness: Explaining the Disconnect between American Political Discourse and Its Perception in Europe. Paper to be presented at the National Communication Association's Mass Communication Division. November 17-20, 2005, in Boston, MA.

2) Change and Continuity: The Adaptation of Austrian Consociationalism to New Realities. Paper presented at the European Union Studies Association Conference in Austin, Texas April 2, 2006.

3) Coreper: Stealthy Power Brokers or Loyal Servants to Their Government Masters? The Role of the Committee Of Permanent Representatives In a Changing Union: Paper presented at the European Union Studies Association Conference in Austin, Texas April 2, 2005

4) The Construction of Identity in Andean and Alpine Populism, Paper presented at the University of Pittsburgh Center for Latin American Studies, Pittsburgh March 23, 2004.

5) Fostering Civic Attitudes and an Appreciation for Diversity through International Service-Learning: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis. Paper presented with Eric Hartman at the Annual American Political Science Association Meeting Philadelphia, August 28, 2003

6) Brain Drain and Brain Gain – Experiences with Research and Innovation Policy in the US and Austria. Presenter and discussant at the 2003 European Forum Alpbach/Section “Technologiegespraeche,” Alpbach, upon invitation by the Austrian government, August 20-24, 2003.

7) Fanning the Flames of Rightwing Populism: The Role of European Integration in National Politics. Paper presented at the International European Unions Studies Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, March 28, 2003.

8) The Role of European Integration in Austrian Politics – The Role of “Europe” in the Rise of the Austrian Right. Paper presented at the European Union Studies Conference, Nashville March 29, 2003.

9) Corporatist Governance in the Single Market: Austria=s Success with Supply-Side Corporatism Versus Germany=s Failure at Meso-Level Governance. Biennial Conference of the Council of European Studies in Chicago March 30- April 01, 2000.

10) Coping with the Single Market: Orderliness versus Joint Government B A Comparison of Economic Governance Models. Paper presented at the European Community Studies Association Conference, Pittsburgh PA, June 5, 1999.

11) Institutional Responses of Organized Market Economies to Economic Integration. Paper presented at the International Studies Association Conference Washington DC, February 20, 1998.

12) Corporatism is Dead! Long live Corporatism. Paper presented at the Third Trilateral Workshop on Property Rights and Institutions in Transition University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, 28-29 March 1998

13) The Resurgence of Austrian Corporatism in the Mid-1990s. Paper presented at Council of European Studies Conference, 28 February Baltimore 1998.

14) East European Trilateralism -- The Premature Establishment of Corporatism. Paper presented at the Inter-University Conference on Welfare States in Transition: East and West, Berlin Germany, 15-16 November 1998.

Recent Professional Presentations and Lectures (Selection)

1) Success and Failure of Right-wing Populism – Slovenian Academy of Sciences ZASU Ljubljana June 26.2006

2) Transatlantic Relations Revisited—The Foreign Policy of the EU and US after Iraq presented at the International Summer University Brave New Europe, Ljubljana Slovenia, July 14, 2006.

3) Civil Society and Populism, Latin America and Europe in Comparative Perspective presented at the International Summer University Brave New Europe, Ljubljana Slovenia, July 06, 2006.

4) A Comprehensive Overview of Austrian Foreign Policy and The Austrian European Union Presidency, Lectures given at the US Department of State Foreign Service Academy, February 16, 2006.

5) Politics and Economics: What makes Austria Special and Foreign Policy and the EU: Seminar for the US Ambassador-designate Susan McCaw Rasinski in Preparation for her Congressional Testimony October 19 and November 12, Department of State, Washington DC. 2005.

6) The West Virginia University Consortium for Faculty and Course Development in International Studies (FACDIS) Teaching a Faculty Development Seminar on the topics: November 2-4, 2005

Lecture 1: The major events/issues/developments 1980-2004 (in my geographic area of expertise).

Lecture 2: The Present: What communalities or differences are there today among the various world regions?

Lecture 3: Plausible Futures and emerging events/issues/trends over the next 15 years.

7) Rightwing Populism in Austria – From Social Protectionism to Identity Politics, Lecture at American University Washington DC October 26, 2005.

8) Political Development Workshop: The political Environment in 2010. Program Director and Lecturer, Special Seminar at Political Strategy Workshop Peruggia, Umbria, Italy July 18-25 2005.

9) New Frontiers of the European Union – Turkey and other Issues. Lecture series presented at the International Summer University Brave New Europe, Ljubljana Slovenia, July 13-16 2005.

10) The American Experience – Political Trends and Policy Issues. Workshop and Retreat for Austrian Legislators. Program Director and Lecturer. University of Pittsburgh, July 3-11. 2005.

11) Simulating the European Union. Lecture at Candidate Forum – Project Next, Vienna, December 19, 2004.

12) Campaign Issues and Strategic Innovation. Workshop for Austrian Legislators, University of Pittsburgh October 22-November 4, 2004.

13) Die Praesidentschaftswahlen in den USA. Wahlkampfstrategien, Finanzierung, medien und Meinungsforschung The 2004 Presidential Elections – Strategies and Trends. Lecture presented at the Institute of Advanced Studies (IHS) Vienna, 21 October 2004.

14) Plenary Session Presenter and Discussant “Can there be a Global Politics,” European Forum Alpbach, Austria, August 21, 2004.

15) Geopolitics in International Relations. Lecture-Series & Seminar co-taught with Philippe Errera, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France, European Forum Alpbach Austria 17-29 August 2004.

16) “Stuerzt die USA in die Krise? Auswirkung der US-Wirtschafts- und Waehrungspolitik auf Europa..” Lecture given at the Management Club, Wirtschaftskammer Kärnten, Klagenfurt July 22, 2004.

17) El crecimiento del populismo como reacción a la mundialización; las paralelas entre la sociedad andina y Europa central. Universidad de San Simon, Cochabamba, Bolivia, June 30, 2004.

18) The Construction of Identity in Andean and Alpine Populism. Lecture presented at University of Pittsburgh EUC/CWES and Center of Latin American Politics March 29, 2004.

19) The European Populist Right- New Development – Its Performance and Implications. Lecture given at American University, October 29, 2003.

20) European Welfare Policy – Its Myths, its Changes and Challenges. Lecture given at Carnegie Mellon University, October 2, 2003

21) The State of Transatlantic Relations and US Foreign Policy. Lecture (Kamingespräch) 2003 European Forum, Alpbach, Austria, August 18-19, 2003.

22) Rightwing Populist Governance in Europe – Its Performance and Implications, Lecture given at American University, November 9, 2002.

23) Austria and the European Union -- International Sanctions and The Rise of the Right. Lecture given to the members of the Austrian Nationality Room Committee and Austrian Cultural Society, University of Pittsburgh October 1, 2000.

24) European Identity and Myth; The New Europeans, Lectures given as part of “ Core” the University of Pittsburgh/Semester at Sea Program June-Aug., 2000.

25) Austria Turns Right. Colloquium on Austrian Politics, Center for West European Studies, University of Pittsburgh February 23, 2000.

26) Austria’s Journey from the Marshall Plan to the Euro. Lecture given on the occasion of the 50^th anniversary of the final phase of Marshall Plan aid to Austria to the members of the Austrian Nationality Room Committee and Austrian Cultural Society, University of Pittsburgh September 25, 1999

27) Constitutional Designs and Political Philosophies Europe versus the US. Lecture at the University of Augsburg, Germany July 1999.

28) The Economic and Social Consequences of Globalization: Labor Markets and Social Policies in a Changing Global Ecnomy. University of Pittsburgh, Lecture presented at the Pitt UCIS Faculty Development Workshop: Changing Societies Today: Process of Globalization, Johnstown, PA, May 15, 1999

Op-Ed Publications 1999-present (30 other articles are on file)

1) “ ‘Lame Duck’ im Schatten der Türme; Zwischenbilanz der Ära Bush.” Op-ed article Wiener Zeitung September 9, 2006.

2) “Ein Messias für Bolivien –Zu Evo Morales. ” Op-ed article Wiener Zeitung August 11, 2006.

3) “Welches Modell ? Ein Vergleich des europäischen und des amerikanischen Wirtschaftssystems.” Op-ed article Wiener Zeitung, January 13, 2006.

4) “Dammbruch eines Systems -- Warum sich die USA im Umgang mit Naturkatastrophen wie "Katrina" so schwer tun. ” Op-ed article Wiener Zeitung, September 23, 2005.

5) “War is like the Super Bowl" Eine kurze Geschichte der US-Army von George Washington bis George W. Bush.“ Op-ed article Wiener Zeitung, November 4, 2005.

6) “Die US-Wahl im Neuen Licht.” Op-ed article Wiener Zeitung, January 7, 2005.

7) “Die G'scheiten und die Bloeden,” Kommentar des Anderen in Der Standard, 13 November, 2004.

8) Graue Eminenzen. Op-ed article in AKADEMIA, December 2003.

9) “Der Präsident und die neune Zwerge – warum die Demokraten gegen George Bush fast chancelos sind.” Op-ed article in Wiener Zeitung, 21 November 2003.

10) “Konservativ und Innovativ: Die USA im 21. Jahrhundert.“ Op-ed article in Wiener Zeitung, June 18, 2003.

11) “Transatlantische Beziehungen und die Amerikanische Rechte.“ Op-ed article in AKADEMIA, June 2003.

12) “Der Grosse Graben.” Op-ed article Wiener Zeitung, March 14, 2003.

13) “Bolivien -- Land in Agonie.“ Op-ed article Wiener Zeitung, October 15, 2002.

14) “Vom amerikanische Kapitalismus, seinen Widersprüchen und dem Versagen der Politik.“ Op-ed article Wiener Zeitung, June 30, 2002.

15) “Summer Visit to Haider-Land” in The EU Center and CWES Newsletter, University of Pittsburgh, February 2002: 1-2.

16) “Kritik und Unverständnis: Das Europäisch-Amerikanische Verhältnis nach dem 11. September.” Op-ed artcile Wiener Zeitung, February 1, 2002.

17) “Wechselseitige Abhängigkeit-- Über das Verhältnis USA -- Islamische Welt und die Widersprüche der US-Nahostpolitik.” Op-ed article Wiener Zeitung.@ Op-ed article Wiener Zeitung, January 22, 2002.

18) “Sicherheitsdenken und Erfolgsdruck: Von Politisch korrekten Krieg und anderen Widersprüchen in der US-Militärdoktrin . Op-ed article Wiener Zeitung, December 21, 2001.

19) “Der Inselstaat USA nach dem Terroranschlag.” Article by Invitation Profil Magazin November 17, 2001

20) “Der berechenbare Amerikaner.“ Op-ed article Wiener Zeitung, May 19, 2001

1) “One Nation Under God B Religion, Politik und Wahlkampf in Amerika.” Op-ed article published Wiener Zeitung, October 29, 2000.

2) “US Vorwahlen 2000. Op-ed article published Wiener Zeitung, January 21, 2000. 21.1.2000

3) “Ein Land wie Bayern.@ Op-ed article published Wiener Zeitung, October 22, 1999.

4) “Keine Angst vor Globalisierung .” Op-ed article published Wiener Zeitung, October 15, 1999.

5) “Nachhilfe in Sachen Realpolitik.” Op-ed article published Wiener Zeitung, July 9, 1999.

6) “Die einsame Supermacht.” Op-ed article published Wiener Zeitung, April 10, 1999.

7) “Kein Kavaliersdelikt.” Op-ed article published Wiener Zeitung, January 29, 1999.