JOSÉ A. ALEMÁN Political Science Department Fordham University 441 E. Fordham Road Bronx, NY 10458 Phone: 718.817.3955 Fax: 718.817.3972 aleman@fordham.edu http://faculty.fordham.edu/aleman EDUCATION Princeton University, Department of Politics, Ph.D. 2005 Princeton University, Department of Politics, M.A. 2002 Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences, B.A. 1997 PUBLICATIONS Book: Labor Relations in New Democracies: East Asia, Latin America, and Europe (2010, paperback 2014). With new foreword by Ingo Rohlfing. New York: Palgrave- Macmillan. Articles and Chapters: "A Comparative Analysis of Inequality and Redistribution in Democracies", International Studies Quarterly, with Dwayne Woods, forthcoming. "Inductive Constructivism and National Identities: Letting the Data Speak", with Dwayne Woods. Nations and Nationalism, 2017. DOI: 10.1111/nana.12320. "Value Orientations from the World Values Survey: How Comparable are They Cross-Nationally?", with Dwayne Woods. Comparative Political Studies, 2015. DOI: 10.1177/0010414015600458. "Protest and Institutional Reform", Oxford Handbooks Online, 2015. http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/. No Way Out: Travel Restrictions and Authoritarian Regimes, Migration and Development 2014 3(2): 285-305 (co-authored with Dwayne Woods). The Left Turn in Latin America: Consequences for Employment Relations, in Adrian Wilkinson, Richard Deeg, and Geoff Wood, eds., Oxford Handbook of Employment Relations: Comparative Employment Systems, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 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, Issue No. 36/2012. A Duration Analysis of Democratic Transitions and Authoritarian Backslides, Comparative Political Studies 2011 44 (9): 1123-1151. *lead article* Cooperative Institutions and Inequality in the OECD: Bringing the Firm Back In, Social Science Quarterly 2011 92(3): 830-849. Labour Market Dualism and Industrial Relations in Europe, 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. Protest and Democratic Consolidation: A Korean Perspective, International Journal of Korean Studies 2005, IX (1): 71-90. Other peer-reviewed publications: Review of Andrew Radin: Domestic Opposition and the Timing of Democratic Transitions after War. Security Studies 26:1 (January 2017): 93-123. ISSF Article Review 73. H-Diplo. Available at https://issforum.org/articlereviews/73-opposition. Review of Continuity despite Change: The Politics of Labor Market Regulation in Latin America, Perspectives on Politics 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1537592716000475. Review of Solidarity Transformed: Labor Responses to Globalization and Crisis in Latin America, British Journal of Industrial Relations 2012. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2012.00901_5.x. Review of Exit-Voice Dynamics and the Collapse of East Germany: The Crisis of Leninism and the Revolution of 1989, Comparative Political Studies 2008. DOI: 10.1177/0010414008315028. Review of Democracy and Communism and the Emergence of Democracy, The Journal of Politics 2008 (70:2). Direct Action, in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (2 nd Edition), Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. Political Stability, in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (2 nd Edition), Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. INVITED TEACHING AND CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
Korea's Candlelight Protests in Context: Evidence from the Asian Barometer Surveys and Global Events Data. Paper to be presented at the special international conferece Emergence of Candlelight Democracy and New Governance Paradigm, Seoul, Republic of Korea, October 23-24, 2017. Economía Política Del Desarrollo: course taught for the Masters in Economics Applied to Public Policies (Magíster en Economía Aplicada a Políticas Públicas) program, Alberto Hurtado University. Santiago, Chile. Summer of 2016 and 2017. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Introduction to Politics Introduction to Comparative Politics International Political Economy Political Economy of Development Political Institutions Political Economy of Reform Comparative Political Analysis UNIVERSITY AND DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE International Politics Search Committee, chair, fall 2017. American Politics Search Committee Member, fall 2016. Undergraduate Methods Committee member, fall of 2015-present Website coordinator for the Rose Hill campus, Political Science Department, fall of 2015-spring 2017 Committee to assess Intro to Politics, Committee Member, fall 2014 Affirmative Action Committee, Committee Member, 2014 2015 Department Website Committee, Committee Member, September 24, 2014 Present Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, Political Science Department, fall of 2012, spring and summer of 2013; spring of 2014. Committee to assess M.A. program, Committee Chair, September 2012 Spring 2013 Comparative Politics curriculum committee, Committee Member, September 2012 Spring 2013 Executive curriculum committee, Committee Member, September 2012 Spring 2013
M.A. graduate admissions committee, Committee Chair, September 2012 Spring 2013 M.A. program evaluation committee, Committee Member, September 2012 Spring 2013 Department mission statement, Committee Member, September 2010 Spring 2011 Comprehensive Examinations Committee, Committee Member, November 2008 - April 2009 Comparative Politics Search Committee, Committee Member, October 2008 - April 2009 International Relations Search Committee, Committee Member, October 2007 - March 2008 Treasurer for Conference on Quantitative Social Science Research Using R, held at Fordham University, June 18-19, 2009 Sophomore Academic Advising, 2007-2011 Freshman Academic Advising, 2006-2011 Elections and Campaign Management Search Committee member, Political Science Department, fall 2006 Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities: Book Reviewer, summer 2006 CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION Chair and Discussant for the Politics of Inequality Panel, Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, March 26 th, 2016, San Diego, CA. Comparing National Identification across Countries: Tests of Measurement Invariance, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, March 25 th, 2016, San Diego, CA. Chair for the Methodological Innovations in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) Panel, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., August 28-31, 2014. No Way Out: Travel Restrictions and Authoritarian Stability, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 5, 2014. No Way Out: Travel Restrictions and Authoritarian Stability, paper presented at the Politics and Protest Workshop, CUNY Graduate Center, February 6, 2014. Protest and Institutional Change, paper presented at the annual meeting of the
American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, August 31, 2013. Protest Pays: How Social Protest is Re-aligning Democratic Politics around the World, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Hollywood, CA, March 30, 2013. Protest Pays: How Social Protest is Re-aligning Democratic Politics around the World, Paper presented at the Workshop on Politics and Protest, February 21, 2013, CUNY Graduate Center. Solving the Robin Hood Paradox: Inequality, the Median Voter, and Redistribution, paper presented at the 2011 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle, WA, September 1, 2011. Between Risk and Redistribution: The Politics of Employment Insurance Reform, Paper presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September 5, 2010. Between Risk and Redistribution: The Politics of Employment Insurance Reform, Paper presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 24, 2010. Rethinking Federalism: Emerging Research Agendas in Latin American Politics, Roundtable participant, Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Conference, November 21, 2009, Philadelphia, PA. A Duration Analysis of Democratic Transitions and Authoritarian Backslides, Paper presented at the Workshop on Politics and Protest, September 24, 2009, CUNY Graduate Center. A Duration Analysis of Democratic Transitions and Authoritarian Backslides, Paper presented at the at the 2009 annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. Analysis, Paper presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 3-6, 2008, Chicago, IL. Analysis, Paper presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, March 12-15, Las Vegas, NV. Analysis, Paper presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 30-September 2, 2007, Chicago, IL. A Duration Analysis of Democratic Transitions and Authoritarian Backslides, Paper presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (with David Yang), August 30-September 2, 2007, Chicago, IL. Analysis, Paper presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 12-15, 2007, Chicago, IL.
Neo-corporatist Institutions and Inequality in Advanced Industrial Societies: The Links Revisited, Paper presented at the 4 th International Conference on European and International Political & Economic Affairs, May 29-31, 2006, Athens, Greece. Neocorporatist Institutions and Inequality in Advanced Industrial Societies: The Links Revisited, Paper presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 20-23, 2006, Chicago, IL. " Striking Differences? Labor and the Political Economy of Protest in New Democracies", Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington D.C., September 1-4, 2005. The Political Economy of Protest: Evidence from New and Established Democracies, Paper Presented at the Society for Comparative Research Seventh Annual Graduate Student Retreat, Central European University, Budapest, July 3-4, 2005. Protest and Social Concertation after the Third Wave, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Oakland, CA, March 17-19, 2005. "The Political Economy of Protest: Evidence from New and Established Democracies", Paper presented at the annual meeting of the South Western Political Science Association, New Orleans, March 23 26, 2005. Mass Political Conflict: Evidence from Three Regimes, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, September 1-4, 2004. Social Movements and Democratic Consolidation in South Korea, 1987-1999, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, September 1-4, 2004. One Nation Two States: The Politics of National Division in Korea, Paper presented at the 7 th Annual Korean Studies Graduate Student Conference, Harvard University, April 2002. AWARDS Faculty Research Expense Program award, Fordham University, various years Fordham University Faculty Fellowship, fall 2013 Fordham University Faculty Fellowship, fall 2008 Fordham University Faculty Research Grant, Summer 2007 Fellowship of Woodrow Wilson Scholars, 2004-2005 (Awarded to talented doctoral students working on dissertations with a public policy focus) Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, 2004-2005 Writing Grant, Amount $16,000 (Awarded to support dissertations on issues with an international or cross-regional perspective), declined Princeton East Asian Studies Program, 2004-2005 Writing grant, Amount $4,500
(Awarded to doctoral projects involving one or more East Asian countries), declined Princeton Center of International Studies, Macarthur Foundation Dissertation Research Grant, Summer 2003, Amount $1,000 (Awarded to support field research and travel) Republic of Korea, Korea Foundation Korean Studies Fellowship, 2002-2003 (Awarded to masters and doctoral candidates for research on or involving the Korean peninsula). Mellon Foundation Dissertation Research Grant, summer 2001 (Awarded to support preliminary dissertation research on issues of contemporary or policy relevance) Princeton Council for Regional Studies Grant, summer 2000 (Awarded to support language or quantitative methods training in the social sciences) Princeton University Fellowship (full funding, four years). LANGUAGE AND METHODS TRAINING Spanish (native speaker) Korean (advanced) Statistical and Other Packages: fs/qca, HLM, R, SPSS, Stata. Other Training: 2009 Empirical Implication of Theoretical Models (EITM) Summer Institute, Washington University, June 15-July 2. 2007 American Political Science Association Annual Conference Short courses taken: 1. Multi-Method Research 2. Introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets 2006 American Political Science Association Annual Conference Short courses taken: 1. Multi-Method Research Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea: Summers of 2001 and 2002. Sogang University, Seoul, Korea: Fall 2002-Spring 2003. REFEREE FOR American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Ask: Research and Methods, American Sociological Review, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, Democratization, Fordham Undergraduate Research Journal, ILR Review, Journal of East Asian Studies, Journal of Peace Research, Latin American Politics and Society, Methodological Innovations, Oxford University Press, Perspectives on Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Political Science Research and Methods, Political Studies, Politics & Gender, PS: Political Science and Politics, Sage Open, Socio-Economic Review, Sociological Forum, University Press of Florida, World Politics