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| Personal Information | ||
| Name | Houle, Christian | |
| Main Department | Political Science | |
| College Title | Assistant Professor | |
| houlec@tcd.ie | ||
| College Tel | +353 1 896 3563 | |
| Web | http://houlec.com | |
| Biography | |
| I am a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Trinity College, Dublin. I finished my Ph.D in the Department of Political Science at the University of Rochester in 2010. My main research and teaching interests focus on the comparative politics of developing countries. I am especially interested in topics related to democratization and democratic consolidation, economic development, income distribution and African politics. I am also interested in political methodology and formal theory. | |
| Awards and Honours | |
| Award | Date |
| Outstanding Dissertation Award, University of Rochester | 2011 |
| Kellogg/Notre Dame Award | 2011 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council | 2006-2010 |
| Fonds Quebecois de la Recherche sur la Societe et la Culture | 2006-2010 |
| Languages |
| Language | Skill Reading | Skill Writing | Skill Speaking |
| English | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent |
| French | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent |
| Description of Research Interests |
| Democratization and Democratic Consolidation, Developing Countries, Comparative Political Economy, African Politics, Inequality and Redistribution, Ethnic Conflicts, and International Political Economy. |
| Publications |
| Peer Reviewed |
| Christian Houle, Inequality and Democracy: Why Inequality Harms Consolidation but Does Not Affect Democratization , World Politics, 61, (4), 2009, p589 - 622 ISI Citation Record |
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