ARTHUR PAULSON Political Science
BOOKS
Electoral
Realignment and the Outlook for American Democracy.
Realignment and Party Revival: Understanding American Electoral Politics at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century
CHAPTERS/SECTIONS PUBLISHED IN BOOK:
"The Political Economy of Postindustrial America," chapter in America in the Twenty-First Century, Paul Best, Kul B. Rai, and David Walsh, ed., Prentice-Hall, 1998.
"The Political Economy of Postindustrial Democracy." In America in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Opportunities, edited by Paul Best, Kul B. Rai, and David Walsh, Prentice-Hall, 1996.
BOOK REVIEWS:
A Just Peace Through Transformation, edited by Chadwick Alger and Michael Stohl, in Journal of World Peace (Fall 1988).
Paths to Peace, by Richard Smoke and Willis Harmon, in Journal of World Peace (Spring 1988).
The Pathology of Power, by Norman Cousins, in Journal of World Peace (Fall 1987).
Controlling Nuclear Weapons: Democracy vs. Guardianship, by Robert A. Dahl, in Journal of World Peace (Spring 1987).
How to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism Against the
CONFERENCE PAPERS ORALLY DELIVERED:
“The New Nominating Equilibrium in Presidential Primaries,”
Northeastern Political Science Association,
“The 2000 Election in Realignment Perspective,” Southern
Political Science Association,
“The 36-Year Itch:
The 2004 Election in Realignment Perspective,” Northeastern Political
Science Association,
“Postindustrial Democracy in
“Ideology and Party Revival in the 2000 Election,”
Northeastern Political Science Association,
“Realignment and the Prospect for Party Government in the
“Realignment and the Revival of Party:
Comparing the ‘Systems of ‘96’,” Northeastern Political Science
Association,
"The Congressional Election of 1994 in Presidential
Election Perspective." Northeastern Political Science Association
Convention,
"The Political Economy of Postindustrial Democracy."
New England Political Science Association Meeting,
"Incumbency Advantage, Ideology, and Party: Split Ticket Voting in
Presidential Elections, 1972-1992." Northeastern Political Science Association
Convention,
"Post-Industrial Modernization, Ideological Polarization and Voting by Social
Class in American Presidential Elections: A Study of Metropolitan Areas,
1972-1988." Northeastern Political Science Association
convention,
"Partisanship, Ideology and Class Voting in Presidential
and Senate Elections, 1968-1988." Northeastern
Political Science Association Convention,
"Post-Industrial Modernization and the Realignment of the
American Electorate." Northeastern Political Science Association
Convention,
"The Maintaining Election of 1988: Maintaining What?" Northeastern Political
Science Association Convention,
"Political Attitudes of the Unemployed: In-depth Interviews."
"Modern Democracy: The Search for a Moral Foundation." National Conference of Utopian Studies, Denver, CO, October 1979.
WORKSHOP LEADERSHIP:
Panel Chair and Discussant for panel on congressional elections, Northeastern
Political Science Association convention,
RECENT GRANTS RECEIVED:
SIMS Grant - (was extended)
Faculty Coordinator, Connecticut Institute of Municipal Studies Grant, SCSU
RESEARCH INTERESTS IN GENERAL:
American Parties & Elections, Electoral Realignment
Political Parties and Electoral Realignment
CURRENT/FUTURE SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS:
Realignment and electoral behavior
Postindustrial democracy and the global political economy
STUDENT INVOLVEMENT/COLLABORATION IN MY RESEARCH:
Richard Haskell, research assistant
Christopher Fitzgerald,
research assistant
DISSERTATION TITLE:
Political Attitudes of the Unemployed: Interviews With Fifteen Men
INSTITUTION GRANTING PH.D.: