Jeffrey A. Hart
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Jeffrey A. Hart is professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, whose research deals mainly with international politics and International Political Economy
. His most recent work deals with the politics of competition in high technology industries.
Born December 29, 1947, in New Kensington, Pennsylvania
, Hart went to public schools in that city. From 1965 to 1969, he attended Swarthmore College
in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, where he majored in political science and mathematics. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley
, in 1975.
His first teaching position was at Princeton University
. He taught there from 1973 until 1980.
In 1980, he became a member of the President's Commission for a National Agenda for the Eighties.
He joined the faculty of Indiana University
in 1981.
Most of his research in the past two and a half decades has been on the politics of international economic competitiveness in the advanced industrial nations. Between 1996 and 2001, he collaborated with Stefanie Lenway and Tom Murtha at the University of Minnesota on the world flat panel display industry. This research was supported by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
. In 2001, he completed a project on globalization
in collaboration with Aseem Prakash
that resulted in the publication of three edited volumes. In 2004, he published a book on the politics of high definition television (HDTV).
Interdependence in the Post-Multilateral Era (New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 1986)
Rival Capitalists (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1993)
Globalization and Governance (edited with Aseem Prakash
) (New York: Routledge, 1999)
Coping with Globalization (edited with Aseem Prakash
)(New York: Routledge, 2000)
Responding to globalization (edited with Aseem Prakash
) (New York: Routledge, 2000)
Managing New Industry Creation: Global Knowledge Formation and Entrepreneurship in High Technology (with Thomas P. Murtha and Stefanie A. Lenway) (Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2001).
Technology, Television, and Competition (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004
).
The Politics of International Economic Relations (with Joan Edelman Spero) (Boston: Cengage, 2010).
International political economy
International political economy , also known as global political economy, is an academic discipline within the social sciences that analyzes international relations in combination with political economy. As an interdisciplinary field it draws on many distinct academic schools, most notably ...
. His most recent work deals with the politics of competition in high technology industries.
Born December 29, 1947, in New Kensington, Pennsylvania
New Kensington, Pennsylvania
New Kensington is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania situated along the Allegheny River northeast of Pittsburgh. The population was 14,701 at the 2000 Census. The mayor of New Kensington is Tom Guzzo , elected in 2009. He succeeded Mayor Frank E. Link , elected in 2001.-History:New...
, Hart went to public schools in that city. From 1965 to 1969, he attended Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,500 students. The college is located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia....
in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, where he majored in political science and mathematics. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, in 1975.
His first teaching position was at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
. He taught there from 1973 until 1980.
In 1980, he became a member of the President's Commission for a National Agenda for the Eighties.
He joined the faculty of Indiana University
Indiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
in 1981.
Most of his research in the past two and a half decades has been on the politics of international economic competitiveness in the advanced industrial nations. Between 1996 and 2001, he collaborated with Stefanie Lenway and Tom Murtha at the University of Minnesota on the world flat panel display industry. This research was supported by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is a philanthropic non-profit organization in the United States. It was established in 1934 by Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., then-President and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors.-Overview:...
. In 2001, he completed a project on globalization
Globalization
Globalization refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people and economic activity. Most often, it refers to economics: the global distribution of the production of goods and services, through reduction of barriers to international trade such as tariffs, export fees, and import...
in collaboration with Aseem Prakash
Aseem Prakash
Aseem Prakash is Professor of Political Science and the Walker Family Professor for the Arts and Sciences at University of Washington-Seattle. He serves as the General Editor of the Cambridge University Press Series on Business and Public Policy and the co-editor of Journal of Policy Analysis and...
that resulted in the publication of three edited volumes. In 2004, he published a book on the politics of high definition television (HDTV).
Publications
The New International Economic Order (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983)http://books.google.com/books?id=vqSHHgAACAAJ&dq=The+New+International+Economic+OrderInterdependence in the Post-Multilateral Era (New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 1986)
Rival Capitalists (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1993)
Globalization and Governance (edited with Aseem Prakash
Aseem Prakash
Aseem Prakash is Professor of Political Science and the Walker Family Professor for the Arts and Sciences at University of Washington-Seattle. He serves as the General Editor of the Cambridge University Press Series on Business and Public Policy and the co-editor of Journal of Policy Analysis and...
) (New York: Routledge, 1999)
Coping with Globalization (edited with Aseem Prakash
Aseem Prakash
Aseem Prakash is Professor of Political Science and the Walker Family Professor for the Arts and Sciences at University of Washington-Seattle. He serves as the General Editor of the Cambridge University Press Series on Business and Public Policy and the co-editor of Journal of Policy Analysis and...
)(New York: Routledge, 2000)
Responding to globalization (edited with Aseem Prakash
Aseem Prakash
Aseem Prakash is Professor of Political Science and the Walker Family Professor for the Arts and Sciences at University of Washington-Seattle. He serves as the General Editor of the Cambridge University Press Series on Business and Public Policy and the co-editor of Journal of Policy Analysis and...
) (New York: Routledge, 2000)
Managing New Industry Creation: Global Knowledge Formation and Entrepreneurship in High Technology (with Thomas P. Murtha and Stefanie A. Lenway) (Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2001).
Technology, Television, and Competition (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004
).
The Politics of International Economic Relations (with Joan Edelman Spero) (Boston: Cengage, 2010).