EDUCATION

George Washington University, Doctor of Philosophy, Political Science, 2000.

        Dissertation: “Between Policy and Performance: The Social Context of Regional Economic Change in Conservative Britain”

        Awarded the 2001 Samuel H. Beer Prize for the Best Dissertation on British Politics by the British Politics Group of the American Political Science Association.

George Washington University, Master of Philosophy, Political Science, 1996. 4.0 Cumulative GPA.

Towson University, Bachelor of Arts, History and Political Science, 1990. Valedictorian, Summa Cum Laude, 4.0 Cumulative GPA.

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Britain after the Blair Era:  Assessing the Legacy in Politics, Policy, Governance, and Foreign Affairs. Under contract with Palgrave Macmillan. Editor and Contributor of “ Introduction: The Blair Decade in Perspective” and (with Alix Howard) “New Labour and the British Economy”. Expected publication in January 2009.

The Social Context of Economic Change in Britain: Between Policy and Performance, Manchester University Press, 2002.

“The Polanyian Image Reversed: Economic Citizenship in the New Great Transformation” in Maurice Mullard and Bankole Cole, Eds., Globalization, Citizenship and the War on Terror,  Edward Elgar, 2007.

“Wales: The Decline and Revival of Welsh Nationalism,” in Joseph Rudolph (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Ethnic Conflicts, Greenwood Press, 2003.

“Social Capital” in Donald P. Haider-Markel (ed.) Political Encyclopedia of U.S. States and Regions, CQ Press, Forthcoming

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

“Of Power and Plenty? Europe, Soft Power, and ‘Genteel Stagnation’” Comparative European Politics, Volume 4, Number 4, December 2006.

“Social Capital and Economic Performance in the American States,” with Kevin Christ. Social Science Quarterly, Volume  86, Issue 4,  December 2005.

“Social Capital and Regional Economies in Britain,” Political Studies, Volume 51, Number 1, March 2004.

“Devolution and Social Capital in the British Regions,” Regional and Federal Studies, Volume 12, Number 3, Autumn 2002.

“Economic Policy, Institutions and Economic Growth in an Era of Globalization,” The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Volume 23, Number 4, Winter 1998.

"Britain's Poll Tax: An Institutionalist Approach", West European Politics, Volume 19, Number 2, April 1996.

"The Clinton Administration and the Industrial Policy Question," The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 1993.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Program Chair and Organizer for the British Politics Groups’ “Britain After Blair”  Conference, The Gleacher Center, University of Chicago Business School, August 29, 2007.(Conference website --  http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~casey1/BAB.htm

 “Is Britain Still a Liberal Economy? British Capitalism in Comparative Perspective,” Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, August 30-September 2, 2007.

 “Comparative Capitalisms and Economic Performance in the New Global Era,” Political Studies Association, University of Bath, Bath, England, April 11-13, 2007.

  “Mapping the ‘Models of Capitalism’ among OECD Countries” International Studies Association Conference, San Diego, CA, March 22-25, 2006.

 “An Empirical Mapping of European Capitalisms”, Council of European Studies Fifteenth International Conference, Chicago, IL, March 29-April 2, 2006.

“Globalization and the US Political Economy: The Domestic Sources of Liberal Leadership” Paper presented at the 2005 Political Studies Association Conference. University of Leeds, Leeds, England.

“Comparative Disadvantage: Models of Capitalism and Economic Performance in the Global Era” Paper presented at the 2004 Political Studies Association Conference, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, England. 

“Comparative Disadvantage: Models of Capitalism and Economic Performance in the Global Era” Paper presented at the 2004 International Studies Association Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

“Social Capital and the ‘Prosperous Community’: A State Level Analysis” Paper presented at the 2003 Indiana Political Science Association Conference Indiana University-Southeast, New Albany, IN.

“Globalization and Competing Conceptions of the Market,” Paper presented at the 2003 Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL.

“Social Capital and Economic Performance in the American States,” Poster presentation at the 2002 American Political Science Association Conference, Boston, MA.

“Globalization in Context: A Theoretical Framework for National Responses to Globalization,” Paper presented at the 2002 International Studies Association Conference, New Orleans, LA.

"Britain in the Global Economy: Exemplar or Exaggeration?" Paper presented at the 2001 American Political Science Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.

“Social Capital and Devolution in the Regions,” Paper presented at the 2000 American Political Science Association Conference, Washington, DC.

“Social Capital is Not Enough: Regional Economies in Britain and Italy,” Paper presented at the 2000 International Studies Association Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

“Networks, Social Capital and Regional Economies: Britain and Italy Compared,” Paper presented at the 1999 Northeastern Political Science Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

“The Social Context of the North-South Divide: Regional Economic Change in Britain since 1980” Paper presented at the 1999 American Political Science Association Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

"Between Policy and Performance: Economic Change and Social Context in Conservative Britain,” Paper presented at the Public Policy and Administration at the Turn of the Century Conference, Structure and Organization of Government Group, International Studies Association, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University, July 1998.

“A Major Change? Assessing the Long-Term Economic Record of Britain’s Conservative Government,” Paper presented at the 1997 Northeastern Political Science Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

BOOK REVIEWS

Bo Rothstein, Social Traps and the Problem of Trust in Perspectives on Politics, Volume 6.  Number 1. March 2008.

Jonas Pontusson, Inequality and Prosperity: Social Europe vs. Liberal America in the British Politics Group Newsletter, Number 125, Summer 2006.

Ann Florini, The Coming Democracy: New Rules for Running a New World in Democratization, Volume 13, Number 2, April 2006.

Duncan Watts, Understanding US/UK Government and Politics: A Comparative Guide in Political Studies Review, Volume 3, Number 1, January 2005.

John J. Kirton and Junichi Takase (eds.), New Directions in Global Political Governance: The G-8 and the International Order in the Twenty-First Century in Democratization, Volume 11, Issue 1, February 2004. 

Nancy Bermeo (ed.), Unemployment in the New Europe in the Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Volume 11, Number 2, 2003.

Pippa Norris (ed.), Britain Votes 2001 in Democratization., Volume 10, Number 1, Spring 2003.

Pippa Norris, Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Property and the Internet Worldwide in Governance, Volume 16, Number 1, January 2003.

Iain McLean, Rational Choice and British Politics: An Analysis of Rhetoric and Manipulation from Peel to Blair in American Political Science Review. Volume 96, Number 4, December 2002

Alex Callinicos, Against the Third Way  in Democratization, Volume 9, Number 3, Autumn 2002.

Antonio Piccinni and Margaret Loseby, Agricultural Policies in Europe and the USA: Farmers Between Subsidies and Markets in Comparative Political Studies, Volume 35, Number 1, February 2002.

Pier Carlo Padoan (ed.), Monetary Union, Employment and Growth: The Impact of the Euro as a Global Currency in Journal of European Area Studies, Volume 10, Number 1, May 2002.

Calum Paton, World, Class, Britain: Political Economy, Political Theory, and British Politics in the British Politics Group Newsletter, Number 106, Fall 2001.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor of Political Science, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana

Courses offered through the 2005-2006 academic year include:

(Starting Fall 2006)

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana

Tenure-track position with the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. Offered courses in comparative politics, international relations, political economy, political theory, and American government. Pre-law advisor and advisor for RHIT Model UN and Model EU.

(Fall 2000-Spring 2006)

Visiting Instructor, Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University.

Full-time visiting appointment jointly between the Department of Political Science and Elliott School of International Affairs. Courses taught:

(1999-2000 Academic Year)

Adjunct Professor, Department of Political Science, George Washington University.

Courses taught: Britain: From Empire to EU (seminar course on British politics), Introduction to International Relations, and Introduction to Comparative Politics.

(Spring 1998, Summer 1999 and Summer 2000)

Freshman Course Director, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University.

Organized the establishment of an innovative course for international affairs freshmen integrating academic coursework, advising, and experience in the Washington policy community; directed 10 bi-annual foreign policy decision-making simulation exercises.

(June 1994-May 1999).

Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of Political Science, George Washington University.

Teaching assistant for introductory international relations, comparative politics, and American government classes.

(September 1990-May 1994).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Executive Director, the British Politics Group (A Related Group of the American Political Science Association)

Executive Director of an international professional association of over 200 scholars of British politics. Duties include managing membership records, organizing numerous prize committees, coordinating panels at the annual APSA conference, and establishing links with the British Political Studies Association.

(Starting September 2005)

Research Associate, Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict, Washington, DC

Conducted research, edited manuscripts, and disseminated the Commission’s reports.

(Summer 1999)

Visiting Fellow, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, Coventry, England.

Conducted interviews with governmental and non-governmental officials and conducted primary and secondary research in Coventry, Birmingham and London. (May-August, 1998)

AWARDS AND HONORS

Outstanding Service Award, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences Department, 2005.

Outstanding Scholarship Award, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences Department, 2003.

Samuel H. Beer Prize for the Best Dissertation on British Politics by a North American Scholar, British Politics Group, A Related Group of the American Political Science Association, 2001.

National Capital Area Political Science Association, Graduate Student Best Paper Award, 2000.

Columbian School Dissertation Research Award, George Washington University, 1999.

Donald E. Stokes Dissertation Research Fellowship, British Politics Group, American Political Science Association, 1998.

Graduate Teaching Fellowship, George Washington University, 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993.

Disabled American Veteran's Prize in History, Towson University, 1990.

Towson University's Outstanding Man of the Year Award, 1989.

Dean's Scholarship, College of Liberal Arts, Towson University, 1988 and 1989.

Alumni Association Distinguished Scholar Award, Towson University, 1989.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Political Science Associations

Political Studies Association (Great Britain)

British Politics Group (Related Section of APSA) -- Executive Director

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Comparative Political Economy of Advanced Industrial Nations.

Globalization and Its Effect on National Public Policy and Economic Performance.

British Politics (Political Economy; Constitutional Questions; Party Politics; Foreign Policy)

The Interaction of Culture and Economics

The Interaction of Domestic and International Politics and Economics.

AREAS OF TEACHING INTEREST

Introductory Comparative Politics, International Relations and American Government

Political Economy (Comparative and International)

West European Politics

Issues of Globalization

British Politics

Theories of Comparative Politics

Theories of International Relations

Last Updated: Wednesday, 26 March 2008