The Contributors
- The Contributors
Henry E. Hale is an associate professor of political science and international affairs at The George Washington University. He is the author of The Foundations of Ethnic Politics: Separatism of States and Nations in Eurasia and the World (2008) and Why Not Parties in Russia? Democracy, Federalism and the State (2006). He is currently writing a book on regime dynamics that examines the whole postcommunist space in comparative perspective. He can be reached at hhale@gwu.edu.
Krzysztof J. Pelc is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He is currently working on a book manuscript on the politics of flexibility in trade, entitled, “Making and Bending Trade Rules: Resolving the WTO’s Architectural Challenge.” He can be reached at kj.pelc@mcgill.ca.
Simon Wigley is an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. He is currently researching the arguments for and against excluding antidemocratic actors from political decision making. He is a coeditor of Education in Turkey (2008). He can be reached at wigley@bilkent.edu.tr.
Arzu Akkoyunlu-Wigley is an associate professor in the Department of Economics at Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey. Her current research focuses on the link between regime type and poverty reduction. She is a coeditor of Education in Turkey (2008). She can be reached at arzus@hacettepe.edu.tr.
Bruce Morrison is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Western Ontario. He has written on transnational democracy and is preparing a book on British and French democratization. He can be reached at bmorris2@uwo.ca.
Shiping Tang is a professor at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs (sirpa), Fudan University, Shanghai, China. His most recent publications include A General Theory of Institutional Change (2011), A Theory of Security Strategy for Our Time: Defensive Realism (2010), and many articles. He is now working on another book manuscript, “Social Evolution and International Politics,” and several articles. He can be reached at twukong@gmail.com. [End Page ii]
