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PENN STATE BEHREND
GLENHILL FARMHOUSE
ERIE PA 16563
Biography
Dr. Irwin is a Pennsylvania native, educated in history and political science at Hamilton College, Johns Hopkins SAIS, and Penn State. His teaching and research interests include comparative politics and political theory, as well as the politics of Southeastern Europe. Dr. Irwin has published in scholarly journals such as East European Quarterly, Problems of Communism, and The World Today. He has contributed many book chapters particularly concerning former Yugoslavia. He has held fellowships from the Wilson Center, as well as Fulbright and IREX grants.
Research Interests
The politics of post-communist states,especially former Yugoslavia and religion and politics.
Publications
Andrew Preston, Sword of the Spirit ,Shield of Faith Religion in American War and Diplomacy, (Knopf 20121, Library Journal
Jean Krasno, The Collected Papers of Kofi Annan (4 volms) Lynne Reiner (2012), Library Journal
Jonathan Sachs,The Great Partnership:Religion and Science inthe Seach for Meaning, (Scholken,2012), Library Journal
Martha Nussbaum, The New Religious Intolerance , Library Journal
Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Union , Civil and Uncivil Values in Bosnia Herzegovina - October 10, 2013
Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Union , Civil and Uncivil Values in Bosnia Herzegovina - October 10, 2013
Bosnia-Herzegovina and the European Union , Civil and Uncivil Values in Bosnia Herzegovina - October 10, 2013
22 Ideas to Fix the World: Conversations with the World's Foremost Thinkers, ed by Piotr Dutkiewicz adn Richard Sakwa , Library Journal - September 01, 2013
Roger Lipsey :Hammarskjold:A Life, Library Journal - April 15, 2013
Kim Ghattas: Secretary:A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power, Library Journal - March 01, 2013
Christian Peace and Nonviolence: A Documentary History, by Michael Long, Library Journal - 2011
The Poet’s Daughter: Malet o’Shara Bahar of Iran and the Triumphant Song of Freedom, Library Journal - 2011
A World Without Islam, by Graham E. Fuller, Library Journal Xpress - 2010
An Ethical Compass: Coming of Age in the 21st Century; The Ethics Prize Essays of the Wiesel Foundation, by the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, Library Journal - 2010
My Friend the Mercenary, by James Brabazon, Library Journal - 2010
Torture as Public Policy: Restoring U.S. Credibility on the World Stage, by James P. Pfiffner, Library Journal - 2010
Macedonia Since 1989, Central and East European Politics Since 1989 - March, 2010
The Death of Why: the Decline of Questioning and the Future of Democracy, by Andrea Battista Schesinger, Library Journal Xpress - August, 2009
Reflections on the Revolution: Immigration, Islam, and the West, by Christopher Caldwell, Journal Library - June 1, 2009
Field Guide to the Culture Wars: The Battle Over Values from the Campaign Trail to the Classroom, by Michael Mc Gough, Library Journal - April 1, 2009
Blind Spot: Why Journalists Don’t Get Religion, by Paul Marshall et al, Library Journal Xpress - January, 2009
Ideology and Nationalism Since 1945, Nations and Nationalism in Global Perspective (Vol 3.) - 2008
The Much too Promised Land, Library Journal Xpress - July 8, 2008
Political Leadership and Legitimacy among the Urban Elite in Bangladesh, Political Culture in Bangladesh: Perspectives and Analysis - 2007
Collaborator: Sayed Saad Andyleeb
Sweden and Slovenia: Civic Values on the EU Periphery, Democratic Transition in Slovenia: Value Transformation, Education, and the Media - 2006
Political Leadership and Legitimacy Among the Urban Elite in Bangladesh, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies - April, 2004
United States Policy Towards Yugoslavia After the Second World War, Acta Histriae - 1998
Search and Rescue Operations, Alaska at War - 1995
The End of Ideology Revisited: The Failure of Marxist Axiology; Liberation Theology and Religious Opposition in Czechoslovakia, An Eastern European Liberation Theology - 1995
Yugoslavia's Relations with European States, The Disintegration of Yugoslavia - 1995
Israel as an Aspiring Hegemon, Threat Perception and the Regional Hegemons - 1991
Commentary on Authoritarianism, Contemporary Political Systems: Classification and Apologies - 1990
Soviet-Jewish Emigration Policy: Anti-Zionism and Philo-Semitism, Soviet Nationality Policies: Ruling Ethnic Groups in the USSR - 1990
Yugoslavia's Foreign Policy and Southeastern Europe, Problems of Balkan Security - 1990
Moscow and the Vatican. Religion in Communist Dominated Countries , RCDA - 1990
The Fate of Islam in the Balkans: A Comparison of Four State Policies, Religion and Nationalism in Soviet and East European Politics 2nd edition - 1989
Israel and the Soviet Union: A Slow Thaw, The World Today - May, 1989
Soviet Jewry and the Diplomacy of Detente. Religion in Communist Dominated Areas, RCDA - 1988
Introduction to Political Science - 1987
Collaborators: John Gamble; Charles Redenius; James Weber
Israel and the Soviet Union, Problems of Communism - 1987
Pluralism and Democracy in Yugoslavia: Reform of Paralysis, Commonwealth - April, 1987
Law, Legitimacy and Yugoslav National Dissent: The Dimension of Human Rights, Human Rights in Yugoslavia - 1986
Dilemmas and Contradictions in Yugoslav Religious Policy. Religion in Communist Dominated Countries, RCDA - 1986
Yugoslav Nonalignment in the 1980s, Yugoslavia in the 1980s - 1985
The Fate of Islam in the Balkans: A Comparison of Four State Policies, Religion and Nationalism in Soviet and East European Politics - 1984
William Irwin Thompson, The Utopian Tradition and American Transcendentalism , Canadian Review of American Studies - 1984
Yugoslavia and Ethnonationalists, Ethnic Separatism and World Politics - 1983
The Islamic Revival and the Muslims of Bosnia-Hercegovina, East European Quarterly - 1983
Education
Ph D, Political Science
MA, International Relations
BA, History