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David Art
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Tufts University
Dept. of Political Science
Packard Hall
Medford, MA 02155
Office: 617.627.5756
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Expertise
Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Europe
Education
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004
Biography
David Art's field is comparative politics, with a regional focus on Europe. Professor Art's research interests include extremist political parties and movements, the politics of history and memory, and comparative historical analysis in the social sciences.
He is the author of Inside the Radical Right: The Development of Anti-Immigrant Parties in Western Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and The Politics of the Nazi Past in Germany and Austria (Cambridge University Press, 2006). His articles have appeared in Comparative Politics, German Politics and Society, Party Politics, and West European Politics.
Professor Art is Co-Convenor of the European Consortium for Political Research's (ECPR) Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy. During the 2008-2009 academic year he was a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute.
Courses
Introduction to Comparative Politics
European Politics
The Politics of European Integration
Globalization
Fascism and the Far Right
Publications
- "The German Rescue of the Eurozone: How Germany Is Getting the Europe It Always Wanted", 2015
- "Talking About a Revolution: Or Why (Most of) the West Did Not Extend the Franchise", 2012
- "What Do We Know About Authoritarianism After Ten Years?", 2012
- "Why 2012 is Not 1933: The European Sovereign Debt Crisis in Historical Perspective", 2012