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Jose A. Aleman. Professor of Political Science. B.A. Cornell University; Ph.D. Princeton University. Political Science Department, Fordham University.  Office:
Fordham University
113 W. 60th Street
Lowenstein, 9th floor
New York, NY 10023
Email: aleman@fordham.edu
Subjects Taught: Introduction to Comparative Politics, Political Economy of Development, Political Institutions, International Political Economy
Biography:
Jose Aleman is Professor of Political Science at Fordham University. He has degrees from Cornell University (B.A.) and Princeton University (M.A., Ph.D.) and teaches courses on Comparative Politics and Political Economy. His work focuses on democratic institutions, social movements, regime change, human rights, and social science methodology. Dr. Aleman is also interested in social policy, labour market policy, and redistributive policy. Professor Aleman is on the editorial boards of the Korea Observer and the Journal of Contemporary East Asia. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Journal of Human Rights, Korea Observer, methods, data, analyses, Peace Studies, International Studies Quarterly, Nations and Nationalism, Migration and Development, the Oxford Handbooks Online, the Oxford Handbook of Employment Relations, Review of European Studies, Social Science Quarterly, Comparative Political Studies, the Industrial Relations Journal, the International Political Science Review, Political Studies, and the International Journal of Korean Studies. He is the recipient of a 2022-2023 Beacon Exemplar Award by the United Student Government of Fordham University "for outstanding service to the Fordham community".
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Articles, Chapters and Entries (peer-reviewed):
- "Emergency Declarations and The Fate of Military Coups: Evidence from South Korea". Korea Observer. 2025 56 (4): 537-562.
- "The Dictator's Dilemma: Why Communist Regimes Oppress their Citizens while Military Regimes Torture and Kill". Journal of Human Rights. 2023 22 (3): 284-306.
- "States of Emergency: In Whose Interest Are They Invoked?" (with Dong Wook Lee and Dwayne Woods). In Segell, Glen. (Ed.), Globalization, Security, Development and Global Values: Essays in Honor of Arno Tausch. 2023.
- "Confucianism and Corruption: The Sources of Support for Democracy in Northeast Asia" (with Howard Sanborn). Korea Observer. 2021 52 (4): 649-675.
- "Solidarity and Self-Interest: Using Mixture Modeling to Learn about Social Policy Preferences" (with Dwayne Woods). methods, data, analyses. 2020 14 (1): 1-30.
- "Korea's Candlelight Protests in Context: Evidence from the Asian Barometer Survey and Global Events Data". Peace Studies. Seoul, 2019 27 (1): 313-352.
- "A Comparative Analysis of Inequality and Redistribution in Democracies", International Studies Quarterly 2018 62 (1):171-181 (with Dwayne Woods).
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- "Inductive Constructivism and National Identities: Letting the Data Speak", Nations and Nationalism, 24 (4): 1023-1045 (co-authored with Dwayne Woods). 2017.
- "Value Orientations from the World Values Survey: How Comparable are They Cross-Nationally?", with Dwayne Woods, Comparative Political Studies, 2016 49 (8): 1039-1067.
- "Protest and Institutional Reform Oxford Handbooks Online, 2015.
- "No Way Out: Travel Restrictions and Authoritarian Regimes", with Dwayne Woods, Migration and Development 2014 3 (2): 285-305.
- "The Left Turn in Latin America: Consequences for Employment Relations", Oxford Handbook of Employment Relations: Comparative Employment Systems, 2014.
- "Active or Passive? Reforming Employment Benefits in the OECD�, Review of European Studies 2012 4 (5): 94-108.
A summary of this article was reprinted in the ADAPT International Bulletin.
- "Cooperative Institutions and Inequality in the OECD: Bringing the Firm Back In",Social Science Quarterly 2011 92 (3): 830-849.
- �A Duration Analysis of Democratic Transitions and Authoritarian Backslides�, with David Yang, Comparative Political Studies 2011 44 (9): 1123-1151.
- "Labour Market Dualism and Industrial Relations in Europe", the Industrial Relations Journal 2009 40 (3): 252-272.
- "The Politics of Tripartite Cooperation in New Democracies: A Multi-Level Analysis", International Political Science Review 2009, 30 (2): 141-162.
- "Labor Market Deregulation and Industrial Conflict in New Democracies: A Cross-National Analysis", Political Studies 2008 56 (4): 830-856.
- �Direct Action�, in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd. edition (2007), W. A. Darity, Editor in Chief, Macmillan Reference USA.
- �Political Stability�, in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd. edition (2007), W. A. Darity, Editor in Chief, Macmillan Reference USA.
- �Protest and Democratic Consolidation: A Korean Perspective�, International Journal of Korean Studies (2005), IX (1): 71-90.
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