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Alan Richards
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Professor |
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Faculty Member |
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Email: |
arr@ucsc.edu |
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Phone: |
(831) 459-4662 Office |
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Office: |
430 ISB |
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Office Hours: |
Fall 2009; 2:30-4:00 Wednesday. |
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| Courses Taught | |
ENVS 25, 141, 210M, 210.
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Environmental economics, environmental and natural resource economics, economics of sustainable development, political economy of water, and the interaction of environmental problems and political conflict. |
| Long Description | |
Awards and Honors:
A Political Economy of the Middle East, 2nd Edition ( Westview Press, 1997) (with John Waterbury) Chosen as an Outstanding Academic Book for the year 1997 by Choice Magazine.
Statement for prospective graduate students:
Prospective students interested in issues concerning the political economy of environment in the Global South are invited to contact me via email.
Service to outside agencies:
Consultant to United Nations Development Program; consultant to the U.S. government on Middle Eastern affairs. |
| Education History | |
BA: Harvard College, 1968
MA (Middle Eastern Studies): Harvard University, 1970
Ph.D. (Economics): University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1975 |
| Selected Publications | |
Currents Article: New Global Policy Brief web site gets crucial information out quickly
Books and Monographs
2003 Socio-Economic Roots of Radicalism? Towards Explaining the Appeal of Islamic Radicals. Carlisle, PA: Stategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College (July)
2002 Coping with Water Scarcity: The Governance Challenge. San Diego: Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation of the University of California, Policy Paper #54 (November)
1996 A Political Economy of the Middle East (with John Waterbury). Boulder and London: Westview Press, Second Edition.
Articles in Professional Journals
2003 Modernity and Economic Development: The New‚ American Messianism Middle East Policy, Vol 10, Number 3 (Fall, 2003), pp. 56-78.
2002 On Transition from Authoritarian Rule and the Democratic Potential of Arab Regimes. Newsletter of the Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, Iran, & Turkey. Cairo: The World Bank, Volume 9, No 2, pp. 12-13.
2002 Inter-state Water Disputes in India: Institutions and Policies (co-authored with Nirvikar Singh), International Journal of Water Resources Development 18, 4 , 615-629, (October).
2002 Socio-Economic Roots of Radicalism, Naval War College Review, LV, 4 (Autumn). [peer reviewed]
2001 At War with Utopian Fanatics, Middle East Policy, VIII, 4 (December), 5-9.
2001 No Easy Exit: Property Rights, Markets and Negotiations over Water, co-authored with Nirvikar Singh, Water Resources Development, 17, 3 July,409-425. [peer reviewed] |
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