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Marshall W. Thompson
Marshall W. Thompson
Assistant
Professor
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Office: CLS
2047
Phone: (773) 442-4269
Email: M-Thompson4@neiu.edu
Professor Thompson's Vita
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Education
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Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis, 2007
M.A., Washington University in St. Louis, 2004
B.A., University of South Carolina, 1997
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Research and Teaching Interests
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Marshall Thompson’s
areas of interest include representative institutions, parties and party
systems, and political economy. Specifically, he has examined how interbranch
relations and party systems affect state capacity and state-society
relations. His fieldwork includes extensive research in Ethiopia and Kenya. Dr. Thompson teaches
classes on comparative politics, democratic institutions, international
political economy, and African politics.
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Selected Publications and Conference Participations
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“Advocating Stronger Legislatures as a Precursor to
Stronger States in Africa.” The OSSREA Bulletin 3, no. 3: 16-24,
2006.
“Partisanship,
Patronage, and State Building: Evidence from Kenya.” Presented at the 2007
Yale Bouchet Conference on Diversity in Graduate Education, New Haven, CT.
“Regime-Type and State Consolidation.” Presented at the
2006 annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.
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