Mark Beissinger

Mark Beissinger
Mark Beissinger
Born	November 28, 1954; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Alma mater	Duke University(BA); Harvard University(PhD)
Occupation	Political scientist
Academic career
Discipline	Comparative Politics
Institutions	Princeton University(2006–present); University of Wisconsin–Madison(1988–2006); Harvard University(1982–1987)
Main interests	Social movements and contentious politics, nationalism, statebuilding, post-communist politics

Mark R. Beissinger(November 28, 1954) is an Americanpolitical scientist.He is the Henry W. Putnam Professor of Politics atPrinceton University.

Early life

Beissinger was born on November 28, 1954 inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania.

Beissinger received hisbachelor's degreemagna cum laudefromDuke Universityin 1976 and his doctorate inpolitical sciencefromHarvardin 1982.

Career

He taught at Harvard from 1982 until 1987, and at theUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison,^[1]from 1988 until 2006. He served as chair of the UW-Madison Political Science Department from 2001 to 2004 and was the founding director of Wisconsin'sCenter for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia.

Since 2006 he has taught atPrinceton Universityas a full professor.^[2]He served as director of thePrinceton Institute for International and Regional Studies.^[3]In 2007 he was president of theAssociation for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES).^[4]

His work has been supported by fellowships and grants from theJohn Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation,theInstitute for Advanced Study at Princeton,theWissenshaftskolleg zu Berlin,theWoodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,theNational Science Foundation,and theJohn M. Olin Foundation.

Works

He is author of the booksThe Revolutionary City: Urbanization and the Global Transformation of Rebellion(2022),^[5]Nationalist Mobilization and the Collapse of the Soviet State(2002),^[6]andScientific Management, Socialist Discipline, and Soviet Power^[7](1988), and co-editedThe Nationalities Factor in Soviet Politics and Society(1990, with Lubomyr Hajda),^[8]Beyond State Crisis? Post-Colonial Africa and Post-Soviet Eurasia Compared(2002, with M. Crawford Young),^[9]andHistorical Legacies of Communism in Russia and Eastern Europe(2014, with Stephen Kotkin).^[10]

Recognition

2023 Luebbert Best Book Award for the best book published in the field of comparative politics over the previous two years, presented by the Comparative Politics section of the American Political Science Association.
2017Guggenheim Fellowship.
2003Woodrow Wilson Foundation Awardfor the best book on government, politics, or international affairs
2003 Mattei Dogan Award presented by the Society for Comparative Research for the best book published in the field of comparative research
Award for Best Book on European Politics presented by the Organized Section on European Politics and Society of the American Political Science Association.

References

^Staff (March 1997) "People in Political Science"PS: Political Science and Politics30(1): pp. 81-95, page 81
^"Mark R. Beissinger - Professor of Politics - Princeton University"
^"Faculty Directors".Princeton University. Archived fromthe originalon October 19, 2014.RetrievedSeptember 28,2014.
^"AAASS National Convention 2007"
^The Revolutionary City.April 12, 2022.ISBN 978-0-691-22474-9.
^Beissinger, Mark R. (2002).Nationalist mobilization and the collapse of the Soviet State.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.ISBN 0-511-04183-7.OCLC 56352106.
^Beissinger, Mark R. (1988).Scientific management, socialist discipline, and Soviet power.Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.ISBN 0-674-79490-7.OCLC 17258906.
^HAJDA, LUBOMYR. BEISSINGER, MARK (2019).NATIONALITIES FACTOR IN SOVIET POLITICS AND SOCIETY.[S.l.]: ROUTLEDGE.ISBN 0-367-29425-7.OCLC 1122160132.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Beyond state crisis?: postcolonial Africa and post-Soviet Eurasia in comparative perspective.Mark R. Beissinger, Crawford Young. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center Press. 2002.ISBN 1-930365-07-1.OCLC 48376060.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: others (link)
^Beissinger, Mark; Kotkin, Stephen, eds. (2014).Historical Legacies of Communism in Russia and Eastern Europe.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.doi:10.1017/cbo9781107286191.ISBN 978-1-107-05417-2.

External links

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[PS-1] Staff (March 1997) "People in Political Science"PS: Political Science and Politics30(1): pp. 81-95, page 81

[2] "Mark R. Beissinger - Professor of Politics - Princeton University"

[3] "Faculty Directors".Princeton University. Archived fromthe originalon October 19, 2014.RetrievedSeptember 28,2014.

[4] "AAASS National Convention 2007"

[5] The Revolutionary City.April 12, 2022.ISBN 978-0-691-22474-9.

[6] Beissinger, Mark R. (2002).Nationalist mobilization and the collapse of the Soviet State.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.ISBN 0-511-04183-7.OCLC 56352106.

[7] Beissinger, Mark R. (1988).Scientific management, socialist discipline, and Soviet power.Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.ISBN 0-674-79490-7.OCLC 17258906.

[8] HAJDA, LUBOMYR. BEISSINGER, MARK (2019).NATIONALITIES FACTOR IN SOVIET POLITICS AND SOCIETY.[S.l.]: ROUTLEDGE.ISBN 0-367-29425-7.OCLC 1122160132.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[9] Beyond state crisis?: postcolonial Africa and post-Soviet Eurasia in comparative perspective.Mark R. Beissinger, Crawford Young. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center Press. 2002.ISBN 1-930365-07-1.OCLC 48376060.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: others (link)

[10] Beissinger, Mark; Kotkin, Stephen, eds. (2014).Historical Legacies of Communism in Russia and Eastern Europe.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.doi:10.1017/cbo9781107286191.ISBN 978-1-107-05417-2.

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