Faculty / Staff
Jason Sorens
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Yale University
Email: jsorens@buffalo.edu
Phone: 716-645-8436
Office: 520 Park Hall
Website: http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~jsorens/
Current CV [in PDF format]: Jason Sorens CV
Area of Teaching and Research Interest: International Political Economy; Comparative Political Economy; Comparative Politics; Rational Choice Theory; Statistical Methodology; Normative Theory
Courses Taught:
PSC 211 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict (PSC211 syllabus)
PSC 222 Politics and Society (PSC222 syllabus)
PSC 328 International Political Economy (PSC328 syllabus)
PSC 341 Political Change (PSC341 syllabus)
PSC 413 Comparative Political Economy (PSC413 syllabus)
PSC 641 The Political Economy of International Relations (PSC641 syllabus)
Current Research: Secessionism, Nationalism, and Ethnic Conflict; Electoral Politics in Advanced Democracies; International Monetary Political Economy; Comparative Sub-National Politics
Selected Recent Research:
The Cross-Sectional Determinants of Secessionism in Advanced Democracies. Comparative Political Studies vol 38, no 3, pp 304-326. (2005) [PDF]
Globalization, Secessionism, and Autonomy. Electoral Studies vol 23, no 4, pp 727-752. (2004) [PDF]
Secession and Self-Determination (book review), LibertyGuide.com. (2004)
The Failure to Converge: Why Globalization Doesn't Cause Deregulation. Critical Review vol 14, no 1, pp 19-33. (2000)