33 faculty and 0 courses in Government at Duke University.
- Herbert P. Kitschelt, George V. Allen Distinguished Professor of International Relations h-index 57
- Timur Kuran, Gorter Family Distinguished Professor of Islamic Studies h-index 43
Es on (1) social change, including the evolution of preferences and institutions, and (2) the economic and political history and modernization of the Middle East. His current projects include a study of the role that the Middle East’s traditional institutions
Notable: “Now out of Never: The Element of Surprise in the East European Revolution of 1989” (1991) · 1,457 citations
- Michael C. Munger, Pfizer Inc./Edmund T. Pratt Jr. University Distinguished Professor h-index 35
On the functioning of markets, regulation, and government institutions. He has taught at Dartmouth College, University of Texas, and University of North Carolina (where he was Director of the Master of Public Administration Program), as well as working as a
- Edmund Malesky, Director of Graduate Studies Ph.D., Professor of Political Science h-index 33
- Georg Vanberg, Ernestine Friedl Distinguished Professor of Political Science h-index 32
Es on political institutions, including courts, legislatures, and coalition governance. He is the author of Parliaments and Coalitions (with Lanny Martin, Oxford University Press), and The Politics of Constitutional Review in Germany (Cambridge University Pres
- Kyle Beardsley, Director of Graduate Studies M.A., Professor of Political Science h-index 32
Es on the quantitative study of international conflict and peace processes. He is particularly interested in questions related to the role of third parties in shaping conflict dynamics, the interdependence of networks of conflict and cooperation, the links bet
- D. Sunshine Hillygus, Professor of Political Science h-index 30
- Peter D. Feaver, Professor of Political Science h-index 28
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- Jack Knight, Frederic Cleaveland Distinguished Professor of Law and Political Science h-index 26
Es on the rules and norms that organize human activities in nations. In addition to study of the motivations and decisions of judges, he has examined the effects of the norm of extensive prior judicial experience as a prerequisite for servi
- Jon Green, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 25
- Emerson S. Niou, Professor of Political Science h-index 24
- Pablo Beramendi, Chair, Professor of Political Science h-index 21
- Melanie Manion, Vor Broker Family Distinguished Professor h-index 21
Es on contemporary authoritarianism, with empirical work on bureaucracy, corruption, information, … View More
Notable: “The Cadre Management System, Post-Mao: The Appointment, Promotion, Transfer and Removal of Party and State Leaders” (1985) · 292 citations
- Daniel Stegmueller, Associate Director of Graduate Studies MAPE, Associate Professor of Political Science h-index 18
Lie at the boundary of political economy, political behavior, and political sociology. My work aims to further our understanding of the sources and consequences of economic and political inequality in advanced industrialized societies. Regarding sources of ine
Notable: “How Many Countries for Multilevel Modeling? A Comparison of Frequentist and Bayesian Approaches” (2013) · 819 citations
- Candis Watts Smith, Professor of Political Science h-index 18
- Paula D. McClain, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Political Science h-index 17
In racial minority group politics, particularly inter-minority political and social competition, and urban politics. Her articles have appeared in numerous journals, most recently the Journal of Politics, American Political Science Revi
- Michael A. Gillespie, Professor of Political Science h-index 14
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- Eric Ndahayo Mvukiyehe, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 14
For many years and my research has been published in the Journal of Development Economics (JDE) ; the Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) ; the BMJ Global Health ; the Quarterly Journal of Political Science (QJPS) ; the World Politi
- Scott de Marchi, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Professor of Political Science h-index 13
Es on the use of mathematical methods, especially bargaining theory, computational social science, game theory, and machine learning and statistics. Substantively, he examines decision-making in contexts that include the American Congress, coalition bargaining
- Kerry L. Haynie, Professor of Political Science h-index 10
- Nicholas Eubank, Assistant Research Professor of Political Science h-index 10
- Abdeslam E. M. Maghraoui, Associate Professor of the Practice of Political Science h-index 10
Es on the interactions between culture and politics in the context of Arab and Muslim majority countries. His work encompasses three overlapping areas of research: "political identity," "political institutions," and "political behavior and attitudes." His work
- Francisco Garfias, Associate Professor of Political Science h-index 9
- Alexander Kirshner, Professor of Political Science h-index 8
- Rachel Myrick, Douglas and Ellen Lowey Associate Professor of Political Science h-index 8
- Bahar Leventoglu, Associate Professor of Political Science h-index 7
Es on how leaders use public statements to affect their bargaining position in international negotiations. A second line of research deals with rational explanations of war. A third line of research concerns habit formation in bargaining situations as well as
Notable: “The Armed Peace: A Punctuated Equilibrium Theory of War” (2007) · 155 citations
- Shikhar Singh, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 2
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- Jiawei Fu, Assistant Professor of Political Science h-index 1
Notable: “The impact of anti-corruption on mental health: Evidence from China” (2024) · 3 citations
- Allison P Anoll, Associate Professor of Political Science
- Christopher Johnston, Professor of Political Science
- David Siegel, Professor of Political Science
- Genevieve Rousseliere, Associate Professor of Political Science
Modern and contemporary political philosophy, social theory, the history of political economy, feminism, republicanism and democratic thought. My work asks how individuals can be free in a world dominated by economic, social, racial and gender inequali
- Richard Salsman, Assistant Research Professor of Political Science
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