Education
- PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, Political Science
- MA, University of California, Los Angeles, Economics
- BA, University of California, Berkeley
Courses Taught
- Global 101 - People and Politics
- POL SCI 314 - Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy
- POL SCI 330 - The Politics of International Economic Relations
- POL SCI 337 - International Organization and the United Nations
- POL SCI 371 - Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
- POL SCI 500 - Capstone Course in Political Science
- POL SCI 702 - Advanced Techniques of Political Science Research
- POL SCI 818 - International Political Economy
- POL SCI 962 - Ethnic Conflict
Research Interests
Prof. Horowitz's research focuses on international and ethnic conflict, with an emphasis on East and South Asia and on the post-communist world; on the politics of international trade and finance; and on the politics of market transition and institutional change in the post-communist countries and East Asia. He has taught for a year at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, and has done research in many countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, in India, and in China, Taiwan, and Korea.
United Nations Summer Seminar
Political science majors can also participate in the United Nations Summer Seminar. This is a yearly five-week program in New York City held each June. See the UN Program Brochure below. For the 2023 Program, see the information flier and the contact information inside.
Selected Publications
- Horowitz, Shale A., Redd, Steven B., and Ye, Min. “International Territorial Dispute Preferences in the People’s Republic of China and the United States: Experimental Evidence” Asian Survey 60.5 (2020): 928-51.
- Horowitz, Shale A., and Ye, Min. “Leadership Preferences in Ethnic Bargaining: Theory and Illustrations” Indian Growth and Development Review 13.2 (2020): 353-89 .
- Horowitz, Shale A., and Kim, Sunwoong. “Hawk-Talk in Island Disputes: A Theoretical Analysis with an Application to Japan and South Korea” Chinese Journal of International Politics 10.4 (2017): 403-28.
- Horowitz, Shale A., and Redd, Steven B. “Leadership Preferences in Ethno-Territorial Disputes: An Experimental Approach” Foreign Policy Analysis 13.4 (2017): 950-967.
- Horowitz, Shale A., and Tyburski, Michael. “When Are Similar Regimes More Likely to Form Alliances? Institutions and Ideologies in the Post-Communist World” Post-Soviet Affairs 32.2 (2016): 176-200.
- Horowitz, Shale A., and Ye, Min. “Nationalist and Power-Seeking Leadership Preferences in Ethno-Territorial Conflicts: Theory, a Measurement Framework, and Applications to the Break-Up of Yugoslavia” Civil Wars 15.4 (2013): 508-530.
- Horowitz, Shale A., and Ye, Min. “Targeting Civilians in Ethno-Territorial Wars: Power- and Preference-Based Sources of Ethnic Cleansing and Mass Killing Strategies” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 36.5 (2013): 372-393.
- Milanovic, Branko, Hoff, Karla, and Horowitz, Shale A. “Turnover of Government as a Restraint on Investing in Influence: Evidence from Transition Countries” Economics and Politics 22.3 (2010): 329-361.
- Horowitz, Shale A., Milanovic, Branko, and Hoff, Karla. “Government Turnover: Concepts, Measures, and Applications” European Journal of Political Research 48.1 (2009): 107-129.
- Horowitz, Shale A., and Brown, Eric C. “Party Systems and Economic Policy Change in Postcommunist Democracies” Comparative Politics 41.1 (2008): 21-40.
- Horowitz, Shale A. “Democracy for Peace, or Peace for Democracy? The Post-Communist Experience” Journal of Peace Research 43.1 (2006): 91-97.
- Horowitz, Shale A. “War after Communism: Effects on Political and Economic Reform in the Former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia” Journal of Peace Research 40.1 (2003): 25-48.
- Horowitz, Shale A. “The Balance of Power: Formal Perfection and Practical Flaws” Journal of Peace Research 38.6 (2001): 705-722.
