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Focus on Roger J. Durham, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science and Coordinator of International Studies |
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| Roger Durham teaches the following courses at Aquinas College: |
| PS 150 The World in Crisis |
PS 331 European Politics |
| PS 332 Politics of Developing Countries |
PS 333 Latin American Politics |
| PS 334 Mid East Politics |
PS 335 African Politics |
| PS 387 International Relations |
PS 388 American Foreign Policy |
| PS 390 International Law |
PS 391 International Organizations |
| PS 392 Model United Nations |
PS 393 Model Arab League |
| SY 370 Caribbean Service Learning |
EN 450 Methods in Teaching Social Studies |
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| Recent Activity: |
- Participant, Houston World Affairs Council Visit to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, March 9-17, 2012.
- Presentation, “Just War in the 20th and 21st Century,” Osher Life Long Learning Institute, Grand Rapids, Mich., April 18 and 25, 2012.
- Presentation, “The Tensions of Saudi Arabia,” Aquinas College Public Lecture, Grand Rapids, Mich., April 24, 2012.
- Presentation, “The Tensions of Saudi Arabia,” World Affairs Council of West Michigan, Grand Rapids, Mich., April 23, 2012.
- Presentation, “Promoting Democracy: An Analysis of Late 20th and Early 21st Century US Foreign Policy Dynamics,” World Affairs Council of West Michigan, Holland, Mich., Wednesday, March 7, 2012
- Presentation, “Civil War in Libya? An Application of Just War Theory,” International Law Review Symposium: Modern Global Revolution, Panel: State Involvement from Monitoring to Missiles, Michigan State University College of Law, February 17, 2012
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| Research Interests |
| Publication of “Expanding the Scope of Policy Leadership through Networks: Grand Rapids, Michigan,” chapter 9 in the text "The Facilitative Leader in City Hall: Reexamining the Scope and Contributions," James H. Svara, Editor, Arizona State University, CRC Press, 2009. Co-Authored with Eric S. Zeemering, Ph.D., San Francisco State University. |
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| International Relations |
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Counter-Terror Politics in the broader context of American foreign policy; |
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Just War Theory, especially applied to U.S. Foreign Policy; |
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Post-Cold War relations between the North and South particularly how strong states intervene (and at what level) crisis situations in weak states; |
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Post Cold War Crisis Situations; |
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International political economy, international regimes, development and dependency: South (third world) political economy - particularly linking international regimes with dependency structures and measuring levels of dependent relationships, multilateralism and transnational activity; |
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International Human Rights and US Foreign Policy. |
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| Comparative Politics |
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Haitian Political Economy and the overthrow of Aristide; |
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Caribbean development processes and why some "islands" have "done better" than others; |
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At the macro level is the issue of development and trying to measure it both quantitatively and qualitatively; |
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In a comparative public policy sense I have been looking at nationalism as a primary force that motivates in this Post-Cold War era. |
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| American Politics |
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Domestic political economy and industrial policies; |
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Inequality and participation, power and democracy; |
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Theories of the state; |
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US Foreign Policy and the above. |
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| Professional Association Positions |
| >>See Vitae (pdf) |
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| Panel Chairs |
| >>See Vitae (pdf) |
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| Dissertation Topic |
"Post Cold War Relations Between the North and South: Studying the Effects of International Regimes on Less Developed Countries", G. Zaninovich (chair), P. Southwell, G. Fry and A. Hawkins. |
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| Other Political Science Discipline Activity |
- See Vitae (pdf)
- Reviewer for Prentice-Hall.
- Reviewer for Westview Press.
- Member: American Political Science Association; International Studies Association, World Affairs Council of West Michigan, United Nations Association, Michigan Conference of Political Scientists, Midwest Association of Political Scientists
- Reviewer for Rourke Text
- Reviewer for Pine Forge Press
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