Education
Ph.D.: University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois, 1978 (Political Science)
A.B.: University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA, 1970 (Political Science)
Abbreviated Publications
Popular Magazine Article
“A Liberal Humanist Polity: A Review of SH Beer, The City of Reason” (Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1949), British Politics Group Quarterly, June, 2008.
“The Power of Philosophy: A Review Essay,” (2001) Philosophy of the Social Sciences, March, pp 111-121.
“Party Competition on the Internet: Minor versus Major Parties in the UK and USA,” (1999) co-authored with Michael Margolis and David Resnick. Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, Vol 4, No 4, September, pp. 24-47.
“Varieties of Participatory Democracy and Democratic Theory,” (1986) Political Science Reviewer, Vol. XVI, Fall, pp.1-38.
“Class Formation and Democracy: The Decline of Working-Class Power
in Britain,” (1986) West European Politics, Vol. 9, No. 3, July.
“A Defense of Participatory Democracy,” (1985) The Review of Politics, Vol. 47, No. 3, July, pp. 370-389.
“Corporatism and Union Democracy: The British Miners and Incomes Policy, 1973-74,” (1985) Comparative Politics Vol. 17, No 4, July, pp. 421-436.
Book Chapter
“Power: A Pragmatist Proposal,” (2002) Studies in Symbolic Interactionism, ed., Norman K. Denzin, (Greenwich CT: JAI Press), No 25, pp. 305-326.
Encyclopedia Article
“Power and Regulation in Britain,” (1999) Political Studies, XLVII, December, 890-905.
“State Power and Ideology in Britain: Mrs Thatcher's Privatization Programme,” (1991) Political Studies Vol 34, No 2, June, 237-52.
Review
Robert J Lacey, American Pragmatism and Democratic Faith. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 2007. In Political Studies Review, 2009.
Nikolaos Zahariadis, Ambiguity and Choice in Public Policy: Political Decision Making in Modern Democracies. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2003. In British Politics Group Newsletter, 2004
David Coates and Peter Lawler, eds, New Labour in Power. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000; John Swift, Labour in Crisis. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001; and D. Tanner, P. Thane, and N. Tiratsoo, Labour’s First Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, In British Politics Group Newsletter, No 113, 2003
Patrick Ainley, Learning Policy: Towards the Certified Society. London: Macmillan, 1999, In British Politics Group Newsletter, 2002
Christopher Hood, et. al., Regulation Inside Government: Waste-Watchers, Quality Police, and Sleaze-Busters. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, and Chris Hilson, Regulating Pollution: A UK and EC Perspective. Oxford-Portland Oregon: Hart Publishing, 2000. In British Politics Group Newsletter, No 103, 2001.
Sylvia Horton and David Farnham, eds., Public Management in Britain, Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1999. In British Politics Group Newsletter, No102, 2000.
Colin Hay, The Political Economy of New Labour: Labouring under False Pretences? (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1999). In British Politics Group Newsletter, No 101, 2000
Review of Michael Moran, Business, Politics, and Society: An Anglo-American Comparison Oxford: OUP, 2009, In Political Studies Review, 2011
Review of Mark Bevir and R.A.W. Rhodes, The State as Cultural Practice Oxford: OUP, 2010, In Political Studies Review, ISSN 1478-9299, 01/2012, Volume 10, Issue 1, 129 - 130
Nicholas Shaxon, Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. ISBN 978-0-230-10501-0, British Politics Quarterly, Winter 2012, No. 147
Book
POWER AND PRIVATIZATION: Choice and Competition in the Remaking of British Democracy (1996) London: Macmillan and New York: St. Martin’s Press.
THE POLITICS OF ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT: Pluralism, Corporatism, and Privatization (1989) Co-edited with Richard E. Foglesong. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
WORKERS, PARTICIPATION, AND DEMOCRACY: Internal Politics in the British Union Movement (1985) Westport, CT: Greenwood Press
Peer Reviewed Publications
Who rules the EU? Pragmatism and power in European
integration theory, Journal of Political Power
Vol. 4, No. 1, April 2011, 127–144
Work in Progress
“Does Pragmatism have a Theory of Power?” accepted for the European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy 2011
In Press
Review of Rick Tilman (2007) Thorstein Veblen and the Enrichment of Evolutionary Naturalism. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press. 343pp, £31.95, 978 0 8262 1714 1In Political Studies Review, 2010.
Presentations
Paper Presentations
D Baker and J Wolfe (07-2012. ) Neoliberalism in Crisis: State and Polity vs Global Market Power in the UK .Sheffield University, UK. Conference. Level:International
Honors and Awards
2011 -2011 TAFT CENTER RESEARCH FELLOW AWARD TAFT CENTER AWARD SUPPORTED THE SPRING 2011 SEMINAR ON POLITICAL ECONOMY OF FASCISM CENTERING ON GUEST VISITING SCHOLAR, PROFESSOR DAVID BAKER FROM WARWICK UNIVERSITY. HE IS ALSO RUNNING A SEMINAR OPEN TO GRAD STUDENTS AND ALL FACULTY ON THIS TOPIC. TAFT Status:Recipient Level:Department Type:Grant
Service
AAUP (Associates Council ) Committee Member Type:University/College Service Level:National 2010 -2013
AAUP (TRUSTEE ) Other Type:Service to Professional Associations Level:National 2010 -2012
TAFT CENTER (STUDENT AWARDS COMMITTEE ) Committee Member Type:University/College Service Level:College 2010 -2011
Annual Edition: Comparative Politics (Editorial Board ) Editorial Board Member Type:Service to Professional Associations 2011 -2012
BRITISH POLITICS GROUP (LISTSERV ) Other Type:Service to Professional Associations Level:International 2010 -2011
BRITISH POLITICS GROUP (WEBMASTER ) Other Type:Service to Professional Associations Level:International 2010 -2010
POLITICAL SCIENCE (UNDERGRADUATE COMMITTEE ) Committee Member Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 2011 -2012
POLITICAL SCIENCE (GRAD COMMITTEE ) Committee Member Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 2011 -2012
POLITICAL SCIENCE (RPT ) Committee Member Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 2011 -2012
POLITICAL SCIENCE (WORKLOAD/ MERIT ) Member Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 2011 -2012
University Research Council (Support Grants for postdoc, faculty, graduate students ) Committee Member Type:University/College Service Level:University 2011 -2012
Keywords
Comparative Politics (General), Comparative Politics (Western Europe), and Political Thought and Philosophy
Professional Affiliation
2011 -2012: AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
2011 -2012: BRITISH POLITICS GROUP AFFILIATED TO APSA
2011 -2012: COMPARATIVE POLITICS SECTION OF APSA
Courses Taught
15-POL-490 SENIOR PROJECT Level:Undergraduate
Proseminar: comparative politics Level:Graduate
15-POL-860 RES SEM:COMP POL Level:Graduate
Pol of Europe I Level:Undergraduate
15-POL-490 SENIOR PROJECT Level:Undergraduate
Approaches to Comparative Politics Level:Both
15-EUST-712 EUR STDS WK/SEM III Level:Graduate
15-POL-253 POLIT INQUIRY I:APR Level:Undergraduate
15-POL-253 POLIT INQUIRY I:APR Level:Undergraduate
Politics of the European Union Level:Both
Faculty Development Activities
07-2010 -07-2010 EXECUTIVE MEETING BOROUGH OF CAMDEN DEBATE ON CUTS, CAMDEN COUNCIL LONDON Type:Other
2011 -2012 Consulation on writing project with co-author, Type:Other