Department of Political Science
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Daniel P. Aldrich, Assistant Professor
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Education
Ph.D. Harvard University, Political Science (2005)
M.A. Harvard University, Political Science (2001)
M.A. University of California at Berkeley, Asian Studies (1998)
B.A. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Asian Studies and Japanese (1996)
Research
Professor Aldrich researches state interaction with contentious civil society, the socialization of women and men through experience, and post-disaster recovery. His areas of teaching include environmental politics, NIMBY politics, and comparative and Japanese politics. He has published a number of peer-reviewed articles alongside research for general audiences. He has spent more than three years conducting fieldwork in Japan, India and France.
Selected Publications
Site Fights: Divisive Facilities and Civil Society in Japan and the West. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2008.
“Strong Civil Society as a Double-Edged Sword: Siting Trailers in Post-Katrina New Orleans,” Political Research Quarterly (forthcoming, with Kevin Crook).
“Location, Location, Location: Selecting Sites for Controversial Facilities,” Singapore Economic Review, Volume 53, Number 1, April 2008, pp. 145–172.