Susan Glover Assistant Professor Government
- Degrees
- PhD, Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br />
MA, Political Science, McGill University<br />
BS, Political Science and History, University of Wisconsin at Madison - Languages Spoken
- French and Afrikaans
- Favorite Spot on Campus
- The little coffee shop in Hurst
- Book Currently Reading
- There are too many to list!
- Bio
- Professor Glover teaches and does research in the field of comparative politics, with a concentration on Africa. Her past work has focused on democratic transition and consolidation in multi-ethnic states. She has lived and worked in southern Africa, has consulted with NGOs such as the National Society for Human Rights in Namibia. Recently, she has turned her research interests towards the politics of land redistribution and privatization in neopatrimonial, quasi-democratic states, with the goal of understanding the continuing issues of scarcity and corruption.
- See Also
- SPA Department of Government
- For the Media
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Teaching
Summer 2024
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GOVT-130 Comparative Politics
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GOVT-235 Political Conflict
Fall 2024
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GOVT-231 Politics in Developing World
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GOVT-337 Authoritarianism in Modern Era
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GOVT-679 Intro to Comparative Politics
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HNRS-050 Honors Supplement: Authoritarianism in Modern Era
Spring 2025
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GOVT-231 Politics in Developing World
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GOVT-337 Authoritarianism in Modern Era
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GOVT-496 Selected Topics:Non-Recurring: Social Movements
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Research Interests
- Political and social change in multi-ethnic states
- Constitutional engineering during democratic consolidation
- The politics of land in Africa, with special emphasis on Southern Africa
- Democratic lessons from the Third Wave
Professional Presentations
- “The Rebirth of Patronage? Land Redistribution in the Post-Big Man Era,” 2007 Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.
Selected Publications
- “Namibia’s Recent Elections: Something New or Same Old Story?” The South African Journal of International Affairs. Volume 7, Number 2, 2000
- Book Review, Transitions in Namibia. Which Changes for Whom? Henning Melber, ed., Uppsala, Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2007. In African Studies Review, forthcoming
- Book Review, The Rise and Fall of the Caucasian Race , A Political History of Racial Identity, Bruce Baum. 2006. New York, New York University. In: New Political Science, Vol. 29, Iss. 4, 2007.
- Book Review, Democratic Distributive Justice, Ross Zucker. 2001. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. In: New Political Science, Vol. 25., Is. 4, 2003.
- Book Review, Popular Resistance and the Roots of Nationalism in Namibia, 1915- 1966, Tony Emmett. 1999. Basel, Switzerland: P. Schlettwein Publishing. The South African Journal of International Affairs. Volume 8, Number 1, 2001.