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Dr. Margaret Groarke Assistant Professor of Government Director, Peace Studies Program

 

Education:

• A.B., Harvard-Radcliffe Colleges
• Ph.D., City University of New York

Research and Scholarly Interests:

American and comparative politics (with a particular interest in Europe).  Political participation in all its varied forms - voting, elections, interest group lobbying, party politics, protest movements, how social and political change happens, and political action in pursuit of peace and justice.

Publications:

"Using Community Power Against Targets Beyond the Neighborhood" New Political Science 26:2 (June 2004).

"Organizing Against Overfinancing:  The Northwest Bronx Coalition campaign against Freddie Mac"  Bronx County Historical Society Journal
(Winter 2002).

"Keepin' It Real:  Community Organizing in the Bronx", with Jordan Moss, in Ben Shaped and Ron Hayduk, eds.  From ACT UP to the WTO: Urban Protest and Community Building in the Era of Globalization.  New York:  Verso Books, 2002.

"America First Party" and "Constitution Party", in The Encyclopedia of Third Parties in America.  Immanuel Ness and James Ciment, eds.  New York:  ME Sharpe, 2000.

"Power, Agency and Structure:  An Examination of Steven Lukes."  New Political Science.  Winter 1994.

Community Activities:

Dr. Groarke is active in the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, a grassroots multi-issue community organization.

Courses Taught/Teaching:

Government Program and Courses

• LLRN 121 Roots of Liberal Learning: Government
• Govt 203 United States Government and Politics
• Govt 320 United States Parties, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior
• Govt 306 The United States Presidency
• Govt 330 Western Europe: Government and Politics
• Govt 371 United States Political Thought
• Govt 432 Seminar:  The European Union

Peace Studies Programs and Courses

• Peace 201 Introduction to Peace Studies
• Peace 451-52 Peace Studies Field Project

Contact Information:

• Telephone: (718) 862-7943
• Office: Miguel 426
• Fax: (718) 862-8044
• e-mail: margaret.groarke@manhattan.edu

 

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