Margaret Hanson
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Mail code: 3902Campus: Tempe
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Margaret Hanson is an Assistant Professor in the School of Politics and Global Studies. Her research focuses on authoritarian politics and factors which stabilize or, conversely, undermine dictators’ (and aspiring dictators’) control, with an emphasis on the former Soviet Union. More specifically, she is interested in how formal and informal institutions interact to shape governance in autocracies; her work centers on the role of law, courts, and corruption. She teaches classes in comparative politics, authoritarian politics, political economy, and research methods.
Ph.D. The Ohio State University
2021. “Building Socialist Legality: Political Order and Institutional Development in the Soviet and Chinese Procuracies” (with Michael Thompson-Brusstar, University of Michigan). Forthcoming, Jan. 2021 Europe-Asia Studies.
2020. “Higher Education as an Authoritarian Tool for Regime Survival: Evidence from Kazakhstan and around the World” (with Sarah Wilson Sokhey, University of Colorado-Boulder). Problems of Post-Communism.
2017. “Legalized Rent-Seeking: Eminent Domain in Kazakhstan.” Cornell International Law Journal 50(1), 15-46. Available here.
Managing the Predatory State: Corruption and Governance in Post-Soviet Central Asia (Book Manuscript).
“Under the Veil of Democracy: What Do People Mean When They Say They Support Democracy?" (with Hannah Chapman, Miami University; Valery Dzutsati, Arizona State University; Paul DeBell, Fort Lewis College). Under Review.
“Captured Courts and Legitimized Autocrats: Kazakhstan’s Constitutional Council” (with Nora Webb Williams, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). Under Review.
Courses
2023 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 150 | Comparative Government |
POS 150 | Comparative Government |
POS 350 | Comparative Politics |
POS 350 | Comparative Politics |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SGS 350 | Economic Dev & Globalization |
SGS 350 | Economic Dev & Globalization |
POS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SGS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SGS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SGS 305 | Empirical Political Inquiry |
POS 301 | Empirical Political Inquiry |
POS 550 | Comparative Politics |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 350 | Comparative Politics |
POS 350 | Comparative Politics |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
POS 350 | Comparative Politics |
POS 350 | Comparative Politics |
SGS 350 | Economic Dev & Globalization |
SGS 350 | Economic Dev & Globalization |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SGS 305 | Empirical Political Inquiry |
POS 350 | Comparative Politics |
POS 301 | Empirical Political Inquiry |
2021 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 350 | Comparative Politics |
POS 350 | Comparative Politics |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 150 | Comparative Government |
POS 394 | Special Topics |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SGS 305 | Empirical Political Inquiry |
POS 301 | Empirical Political Inquiry |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SGS 350 | Economic Dev & Globalization |
SGS 350 | Economic Dev & Globalization |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 598 | Special Topics |
2019 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SGS 350 | Economic Dev & Globalization |
POS 394 | Special Topics |
2018 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SGS 305 | Empirical Political Inquiry |
POS 301 | Empirical Political Inquiry |