Helen Milner
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Helen V. Milner or Helen Milner (born 1958) is a political scientist who has written extensively on issues related to International Political Economy
like international trade
, the connections between domestic politics and foreign policy
, globalization
and regionalism
, and the relationship between democracy
and trade policy.
at Stanford University
in 1980 and obtained her Ph.D in Political Science at Harvard University
in 1986.
Since 2004 she is the B.C. Forbes Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University
and the director of the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School. She was the Department Chair from 2006-2008.
Since 1986 she was a professor at Columbia University
and was between 2001 and 2004 James T. Shotwell
Professor of International Relations at Columbia University.
For the moment, she is conducting research on issues related to globalization and development, such as the political economy of foreign aid, the digital divide
and the global diffusion of the internet
, and the relationship between globalization and environmental policy
.
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International political economy
International political economy , also known as global political economy, is an academic discipline within the social sciences that analyzes international relations in combination with political economy. As an interdisciplinary field it draws on many distinct academic schools, most notably ...
like international trade
International trade
International trade is the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories. In most countries, such trade represents a significant share of gross domestic product...
, the connections between domestic politics and foreign policy
Foreign policy
A country's foreign policy, also called the foreign relations policy, consists of self-interest strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its national interests and to achieve its goals within international relations milieu. The approaches are strategically employed to interact with other countries...
, globalization
Globalization
Globalization refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people and economic activity. Most often, it refers to economics: the global distribution of the production of goods and services, through reduction of barriers to international trade such as tariffs, export fees, and import...
and regionalism
Regionalism (politics)
Regionalism is a term used in international relations. Regionalism also constitutes one of the three constituents of the international commercial system...
, and the relationship between democracy
Democracy
Democracy is generally defined as a form of government in which all adult citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Ideally, this includes equal participation in the proposal, development and passage of legislation into law...
and trade policy.
Career
She graduated with honors in international relationsInternational relations
International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in 1980 and obtained her Ph.D in Political Science at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in 1986.
Since 2004 she is the B.C. Forbes Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
and the director of the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School. She was the Department Chair from 2006-2008.
Since 1986 she was a professor at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
and was between 2001 and 2004 James T. Shotwell
James T. Shotwell
James Thomson Shotwell was a Canada-born American history professor. He played an instrumental role in the creation of the International Labor Organization in 1919, as well as for his influence in promoting inclusion of a declaration of human rights in the UN Charter.Born in Strathroy, Ontario, he...
Professor of International Relations at Columbia University.
For the moment, she is conducting research on issues related to globalization and development, such as the political economy of foreign aid, the digital divide
Digital divide
The Digital Divide refers to inequalities between individuals, households, business, and geographic areas at different socioeconomic levels in access to information and communication technologies and Internet connectivity and in the knowledge and skills needed to effectively use the information...
and the global diffusion of the internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
, and the relationship between globalization and environmental policy
Environmental policy
Environmental policy is any [course of] action deliberately taken [or not taken] to manage human activities with a view to prevent, reduce, or mitigate harmful effects on nature and natural resources, and ensuring that man-made changes to the environment do not have harmful effects on...
.
Academic awards and honors
- FellowFellowA fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. The term fellow is also used to describe a person, particularly by those in the upper social classes. It is most often used in an academic context: a fellow is often part of an elite group of learned people who are awarded...
, Bellagio Study and Conference Center, Rockefeller FoundationRockefeller FoundationThe Rockefeller Foundation is a prominent philanthropic organization and private foundation based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The preeminent institution established by the six-generation Rockefeller family, it was founded by John D. Rockefeller , along with his son John D. Rockefeller, Jr...
, BellagioBellagioBellagio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located on Lake Como. It has long been famous for its setting at the intersection of the three branches of the Y-shaped lake, which is also known as Lario....
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, summer 2004. - Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral SciencesCenter for Advanced Study in the Behavioral SciencesThe Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences is an American interdisciplinary research body in Stanford, California focusing on the social sciences and humanities . Fellows are elected in a closed process, to spend a period of residence at the Center, released from other duties...
, Stanford CA., 2001-2. - Fellow, American Academy of Arts and SciencesAmerican Academy of Arts and SciencesThe American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The Academy’s elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business, and public affairs.James Bowdoin, John Adams, and...
, 2000-present. - Member, Council on Foreign RelationsCouncil on Foreign RelationsThe Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...
, 2002-present. - Research grants, Institute for Social and Economic Policy Research, Columbia University, 1999-2002.
- Social Science Research Council Advanced Research Fellowship in Foreign Policy Studies, 1989-91.
- German Marshall FundGerman Marshall FundThe German Marshall Fund of the United States is a nonpartisan American public policy and grantmaking institution dedicated to promoting greater cooperation and understanding between North America and Europe....
Fellowship, 1989-90 (declined). - Summer Fellowship, Columbia University Council for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, 1987 and 1988.
- Sumner Prize, awarded by Harvard University for the exceptional thesis in international law and peace, June 1986.
- Kennedy Traveling Fellowship, Harvard University, 1985, dissertation research in ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
at the Atlantic Institute for International Relations. - Research Fellowship, Brookings InstitutionBrookings InstitutionThe Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and...
, Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, 1983-1984. - Teaching Fellowship, Harvard University, 1982-1983.
- Ray AthertonRay AthertonRay Atherton was a United States diplomat who served as the first United States Ambassador to Canada .-Biography:Ray Atherton was born in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1883. He was educated at Harvard College, graduating with a B.A. in 1905. He then moved to Paris to study architecture, becoming...
Fellowship in International Relations, Harvard University, 1980-1981 and 1981-1982. - Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford University, 1979.
Books
- The International Library of Writings on the New Global Economy. General editor of multi-volume series. London: Edward ElgarEdward ElgarSir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM, GCVO was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos...
, 2002/3. - Political Science: The State of the Discipline III. Coedited with Ira KatznelsonIra KatznelsonIra Katznelson is a leading American political scientist and historian, noted for his influential research on the liberal state, inequality, social knowledge, and institutions, primarily focused on the United States....
. NY: Norton. 2002. - Interests, Institutions and Information: Domestic Politics and International Relations. Princeton University Press, 1997.
- The Political Economy of Economic Regionalism. Coedited with Edward Mansfield. NY: Columbia University Press, 1997.
- Internationalization and Domestic Politics. Coedited with Robert KeohaneRobert KeohaneRobert O. Keohane is an American academic, who, following the publication of his influential book After Hegemony , became widely associated with the theory of neoliberal institutionalism in international relations...
. NY: Cambridge University Press, 1996. - The Library of International Political Economy. General editor of multi-volume series. London: Edward Elgar, 1993.
- East-West Trade and the Atlantic Alliance. Coedited with David Baldwin. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1990.
- The Political Economy of National Security: An Annotated Bibliography. Coedited with David Baldwin. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1989.
- Resisting Protectionism: Global Industries and the Politics of International Trade, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1988.
Articles
- "The Digital Divide: The Role of Domestic Political Institutions in the Spread of the Internet" in Comparative Political StudiesComparative Political StudiesComparative Political Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by SAGE Publications. The journal publishes methodological, theoretical, and research articles in the field of comparative politics at both the cross-national and intra-national levels.- Abstracting and indexing...
, 39, (2006), x. - "Globalization, Development, and International Institutions: Normative and Positive Perspectives" in Perspectives on PoliticsPerspectives on PoliticsPerspectives on Politics is one of the leading journals in the academic field of political science. It is published by Cambridge University Press for the American Political Science Association...
, 3, (2005),4. - "Why the Move to Free Trade? Democracy and Trade Policy in the Developing Countries" (co-authored with Keiko Kubota) in International OrganizationInternational OrganizationInternational Organization is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the entire field of international affairs. Subject areas include: foreign policies, international relations, international and comparative political economy, security policies, environmental disputes and resolutions,...
, x, 2005, x. - "Partisanship, Trade Policy and Globalization: Is there a Left-Right Party Divide on Trade Policy?" (co-authored with Benjamin Judkins) in International Studies QuarterlyInternational Studies QuarterlyInternational Studies Quarterly is a peer-reviewed academic journal of international studies and the official journal of the International Studies Association. It is published four times a year on behalf of the association by Wiley-Blackwell....
, 48, 2004,1, pp. 95-119. - "Why Democracies Cooperate More: Electoral Control and International Trade Agreements" (co-authored with Edward Mansfield and B. Peter Rosendorff in International Organization,56, (2002), 3, pp. 477-513.
- "Replication, Realism, and Robustness: Analyzing Political Regimes and International Trade" (co-authored with Edward Mansfield and B. Peter Rosendorff) in American Political Science ReviewAmerican Political Science ReviewThe American Political Science Review is the flagship publication of the American Political Science Association and is the most prestigious journal in political science according to the ISI 2004 Journal Citation Report...
, 96, (2002), 1, pp. 167-169. - "The Optimal Design of International Institutions: Why Escape Clauses are Essential." (co-authored with B. Peter Rosendorff) in International Organization, 55, (2001), 4, pp. 829-857.
- "Product Standards and International and Regional Competition." (coauthored with Marc Austin) in Journal of European Public Policy, 8, (2001), 3, pp. 411-431.
- "Free to Trade? Democracies, Autocracies, and International Trade Negotiations." (co-authored with Edward Mansfield and B. Peter Rosendorff) in American Political Science Review, 94, (2000), 2, pp. 305-322.
- "The Political Economy of Regionalism" (coauthored with Edward Mansfield) in International Organization, 53, (1999), 3, pp. 589-627.
- "The Political Economy of International Trade." in Annual Review of Politics, 2, (1999), x, pp. 91-114.
- "Rationalizing Politics: The Emerging Synthesis of International, American and Comparative Politics" in International Organization, 52, (1998), 4, pp. 759-786.
- "International Political Economy: Beyond American Hegemony." in Foreign PolicyForeign PolicyForeign Policy is a bimonthly American magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel.Originally, the magazine was a quarterly...
, x, (1998), 110, pp. 112-124. http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/milner.htm - "Democratic Politics and International Trade Negotiations: Elections and Divided Government as Constraints on Trade Liberalization" (co-authored with B. Peter Rosendorff) in Journal of Conflict ResolutionJournal of Conflict ResolutionThe Journal of Conflict Resolution is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes scholarly articles and book reviews dealing with international conflict and conflict resolution. Its scope is similar to that of the Journal of Peace Research...
, 41, (1997), 1, pp. 117-146. - "Trade Negotiations, Information and Domestic Politics." (coauthored with B. Peter Rosendorff) in Economics and Politics, 8, (1996), 2, pp. 145-189.
- "Regional Economic Cooperation, Global Markets and Domestic Politics: A Comparison of NAFTA and the Maastricht Treaty" in Journal of European Public Policy, 2, (1995), 3, pp. 337-360.
- "American Debt and World Power" in International Journal, 43, (1993), 3, pp. 527-560.
- "International Theories of Cooperation among Nations: A Review Essay," in World PoliticsWorld PoliticsWorld Politics is an academic journal founded in 1948. It publishes articles from all subdisciplines of political science. Material might be historical in nature, current affairs, journalistic, or policy-oriented. It includes research on all topics of import in the field of international affairs...
, 44, (1992), 3, pp. 466-496. - "The Assumption of Anarchy in International Relations: A Critique," in Review of International StudiesReview of International StudiesThe Review of International Studies is an academic journal on international relations and the journal of the British International Studies Association. The editor-in-chief is Kimberley Hutchings ....
, 17, (1991), 1, pp. 67-85. - "An Alternative to Free Trade or Protectionism: Why Corporations Seek Strategic Trade Policy" (co-authored with David Yoffie) in California Management ReviewCalifornia Management ReviewCalifornia Management Review is a quarterly management journal affiliated with the Walter A. Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. Established in 1958, it presents research-based content intended to facilitate the communication of contemporary scholarly findings in the field of business, while...
, 31, (1989), 4, pp. 111-131. - "Domestic and International Sources of Economic Cooperation: Oil Politics in the 1940s and 1970s" in International Spectator, 24, (1989), 3/4, pp. 141-151.
- "Between Free Trade and Protectionism: Strategic Trade Policy and a Theory of Corporate Preferences" (co-authored with David Yoffie) in International Organization, 43, (1989), 2, pp. 239-272.
- "Trading Places: Industries for Free Trade" in World Politics, 40, (1988), 3, pp. 350-376.
- "Lost Hegemony?" (co-authored with Jack SnyderJack SnyderJack Snyder is a character on the American soap opera As the World Turns. He has been portrayed by actor Michael Park since April 1, 1997.-Character history:...
) in International Organization, 42, (1988), 4, pp. 749-50. - "Resisting the Protectionist Temptation: Industry and the Making of Trade Policy in France and the US in the 1970s" in International Organization, 41, (1987), 4, pp. 639-665.
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