Midlarsky, Manus I.

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Professor
Moses and Annuta Back Professor of International Peace and Conflict Resolution
Contact Information
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Phone: (732) 932-7106
Web Page: http://fas-polisci.rutgers.edu/midlarsky/
Education and Background
Ph.D. Political Science, Northwestern University
M.S. Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology
B.S. Physical Chemistry, City College of the City University of New York
Specialty
International Relations
Research
His research, focusing on war, political extremism, genocide, and other forms of mass killing, has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. His contributions to education include service as a Board Member and Secretary of the Juilliard Pre-College Parents' Association, and two Directorships of Summer Seminars for College Teachers at the University of Colorado and at the University of Michigan. He has served on the editorial boards of the Western Political Quarterly, International Interactions, Journal of Politics and The International Studies Quarterly. He has been President of the International Studies Association, West, Vice President of the International Studies Association, and Founding President of the Conflict Processes Section of the American Political Science Association. He has also served as a consultant to the governments of the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands.
Publications
His work includes numerous book chapters, as well as many journal articles published in journals such as:
  • The American Political Science Review
  • American Journal of Political Science
  • Journal of Conflict Resolution
  • International Studies Quarterly
  • Journal of Politics
  • International Interactions
  • Polity
  • Journal of Personality
  • Mathematical and Computer Modelling
  • Journal of Genocide Research
His books, published by The Free Press, Cambridge, Stanford, and other university presses, include:
  • On War: Political Violence in the International System (1975)
  • The Disintegration of Political Systems: War and Revolution in Comparative Perspective (1986)
  • The Onset of World War (1988)
  • The Evolution of Inequality: War, State Survival, and Democracy in Comparative Perspective (1999)
  • The Killing Trap: Genocide in the 20th Century (2005)
  • Mass Killing in the 20th Century and Beyond: Fascism, Communism, and Radical Islamism (forthcoming)
His edited volumes are Inequality and Contemporary Revolutions (1986), Handbook of War Studies (1989), The Internationalization of Communal Strife (1992), From Rivalry to Cooperation: Russian and American Perspectives on the Post-Cold War Era (1994, with John A. Vasquez and Peter V. Gladkov), Inequality, Democracy, and Economic Development (1997), Handbook of War Studies II (2000), and Handbook of War Studies III (2009).


 


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