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Shale Horowitz

Professor
 Bolton Hall 636

Office Hours

T 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm & 6:10 pm – 7:10 pm & by Appt

Degrees

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
  • PolSci 314 – Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy
  • PolSci 330 – The Politics of International Economic Relations
  • PolSci 337 – International Organization and the United Nations
  • PolSci 371 – Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
  • PolSci 500 – Capstone Course in Political Science
  • PolSci 702 – Advanced Techniques of Political Science Research
  • PolSci 818 – International Political Economy
  • PolSci 962 – Ethnic Conflict

Undergraduate Syllabi
Graduate Syllabi

International Politics & Foreign Policy Summer Seminar

Political science majors can also participate in the International Politics & Foreign Policy Summer Seminar. This is a yearly five-week program in Milwaukee, Washington, DC, and New York City, held each June. For details on the 2025 Program, see the information flyer and the contact information inside.

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.

Selected Publications

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., Milanovic, Branko, and Hoff, Karla. “Government Turnover: Concepts, Measures, and Applications” European Journal of Political Research 48.1 (2009): 107-129.