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William Downs

 

Department Chair & Associate Professor
polwmd@langate.gsu.edu
404-413-6170
GCB 1008

 

Summer 2009 Office Hours:
By Appointment

Education: Ph.D. Emory 1994

Research Interests: Comparative politics (Europe), Federalism//Regionalism, Far-Right Extremism.

Recent Publications:

  • William M. Downs, Carrie Manning, and Richard N. Engstrom.  "Revisting the Moderating Effects of Incumbency:  A Comparative Study of Government Participation and Political Extremism," Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 17:2 (2009) 

  • "The 2008 Parliamentary Elections in Romania," Electoral Studies, 28:3 (2009)

  • Charles Hankla and William M. Downs, "Decentralization, Goverance, and the Structure of Local Political Institutions:  Lessons for Reform?" Local Government Studies (accepted and forthcoming).

  • "The 2004 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Romania," Electoral Studies (2006).

  •  “Out with ‘Rainbow Government’ and in with ‘Iraqgate’: The Finnish General Election of 2003,” Government and Opposition (Summer 2005). 

  •  “El Parlament de Catalunya: A Model for Regional Assertiveness in the EU?,” South European Society and Politics, 8:3 (Winter 2003): 33-63.

     


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