Professor
Editor, Polity

Office: 1723 HW
Phone: 212-772-5507
Email:apolsky@hunter.cuny.edu

Webpage:http://urban.hunter.cuny.edu/~apolsky

Office Hours (2009-2010)
By appointment

• American Politics
• American Political Development

• PolSc 110: American Government: A Historical Introduction
• PolSc 214: Political Parties and Interest Groups
• PolSc 230: The American Presidency
• PolSc 301: American Political Thought
• PolSc 317.12: The Presidency at War
• PolSc 317.53: American Political Development

Education:
Ph.D, Princeton University 1984.

Publications:

• "Building the New American Nation:  Economic Development, Public Goods, and the Early U.S. Army," (co-author William D. Adler) Political Science Quarterly. (forthcoming)
• "Staying the Course:  Presidential Leadership, Military Stalemate, and Strategic Inertia," Perspectives on Politics. (forthcoming)
• “Elections in American Political Development,” in Daniel J. Tichenor and Richard A. Harris, eds., Political Behavior and Public Policy: Interdisciplinary Essays on American Political Development ( Boulder , CO : ABC-Clio, 2009). (forthcoming)
• "The Presidency at War:  Unchecked Power, Uncertain Leadership," in Michael Nelson, ed., The Presidency and the Political System , 9th ed. ( Washington , DC : CQ Press, 2009), pp. 489-508.
• "Living with Path Dependence," Polity 40 (4) (October 2008):  546-51.
• “The State in a Blue Uniform,” (co-author William D. Adler) Polity 40 (3) (July 2008):  348-54.
• “Collective Inaction: Presidents, Congress, and Unpopular Wars,” Extensions (Spring 2008):  4-8.
• Review of Suzanne Mettler, Soldiers to Citizens: The G.I. Bill and the Making of the Greatest Generation, in Perspectives on Politics 5 (3) (September 2007):  644-645.
• “Seeing Your Name in Print: Unpacking the Mysteries of the Review Process at Political Science Scholarly Journals,” PS: Political Science and Politics 40 (3) (July 2007):  539-43.  Reprinted in Stephen Yoder, ed., Publishing Political Science: The APSA Guide to Writing and Publishing (Washington, D.C. : American Political Science Association, 2008), pp. 199-211.
• "The Presidency at War," in Michael Nelson, ed., The Presidency and the Political System, 8th ed. ( Washington , DC : CQ Press, 2006), pp. 557-75.
• "Political Time Reconsidered: Unbuilding and Rebuilding the State under the Reagan Administration," (co-author Daniel M. Cook) American Politics Research 33 (4) (July 2005):  577-605.
• “The Political Economy of Partisan Regimes: Lessons from Two Republican Eras,” Polity 35 (4) (July 2003):  595-612.