Research Interests
Comparative politics: Southern Europe/Greece, transitions to democracy and comparative public policy.
Courses Taught
- Principles of Political Science
- Introduction to Comparative Politics
- Introduction to International Relations
- West European Politics
- European Integration
- Democratic Revolutions: Transitions to Democracy
- International Political Economy
- The Politics of Immigration
- Comparative Public Policy
Principal Publications
“Political Learning as a Catalyst of Moderation: Lessons from Democratic Consolidation in Greece,” Democratization, 15 (2008).
“Attitudes toward the Xeno: Greece in Comparative Perspective,” (with Jonathan Swarts), Mediterranean Quarterly: A Journal of Global Issues, 18: 1 (Winter 2007).
“Social Policy, Democracy and Citizenship in Southern Europe” (with Marisol García). Commissioned and refereed in Richard Gunther, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, and Gianfranco Pasquino, eds. Changing Functions of the State in the New Southern Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2006).
“Female, Barbarian and Slave: Migrant Women in Modern Greece” (with Jonathan Swarts). Classical Bulletin (2004).
“Migrant Women, Domestic Work and the Sex Trade in Greece—A Snapshot of Migrant Policy in the Making” (with Jonathan Swarts). Epitheorese Koinonikon Ereunon [The Greek Review of Social Research] 110 (2003).
The Politics of Elite Transformation: The Consolidation of Greek Democracy in Theoretical Perspective. Westport, CT: Praeger (2001).
"Relying on Stop-gap Measures: Coping with Unemployment in Greece." Southern European Society and Politics 4.3 (Winter 1999). Also reprinted in Nancy Bermeo, ed. Unemployment in Southern Europe: Coping with the Consequences. London: Frank Cass (2000).
"Do Attitudes Matter? The Military and Democratic Consolidation in Greece. " Armed Forces and Society 24.2 (Winter 1997).
Editorships
Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Co-editor.
Journal of Modern Greek Studies, Book Review Co-editor.