Dr. Margit Bussmann
Vita
Since 2004 Adjunct Lecturer, Berufsakademie Ravensburg (Journalism)
Since 2002 Research associate, Department of Political and Administrative Sciences, Chair for International Politics, University of Konstanz
2002-2003 Adjunct Lecturer, Institute for Political Science, University of Tübingen
2001 Dr. phil., Political Science, University of Alabama, USA
1999-2001 German Teacher, Greta Savoie, Albertville, France
1997 M.A. Political Science, University of Alabama, USA
1995-1999 Research associate, Political Science, University of Alabama, USA
1994 First State Exam, Pädagogische Hochschule Weingarten
Research Areas
Causes of military conflicts and intrastate violence; globalization, state capacity and development; globalization and aspects of gender; methodology of quantitative research
Function within the Center
Research project “Inequality, Identity and Conflict. The Ethnic and Socioeconomic Dimensions of Internal Political Violence” (with Prof. Dr. Gerald Schneider and Lilli Banholzer)
Abstract
Selected Publications
(with John R. Oneal) Do Hegemons Distribute Private Goods? A Test of Power-Transition Theory, Journal of Conflict Resolution 2007, 51: 1-25.
(with Gerald Schneider) When Globalization Discontent Turns Violent: Foreign Economic Liberalization and Internal War. International Studies Quarterly 2007, 51: 79-97.
(with Harald Scheuthle and Gerald Schneider) Trade Liberalization and Political Instability in Developing Countries. In: Trappl, Robert (Ed.). Programming for Peace: Computer-Aided Methods for International Conflict Resolution and Prevention. Dordrecht, NL: Kluwer 2006.
(with Indra de Soysa and John R. Oneal) The Effect of Globalization on National Income Inequality. Comparative Sociology 2005, 4: 285-312.
(with Gerald Schneider and Nina Wiesehomeier) Foreign Economic Liberalization and Civil War in Sub-Saharan Africa. European Journal of International Relations 11 (2005)/4:551-579.
Die Bedeutung einer demokratischen Umgebung für die Friedfertigkeit von Staaten. In: Jahn, Egbert, Sabine Fischer and Astrid Sahm (Eds.). Die Zukunft des Friedens weiterdenken. Sichtweisen der jüngeren Generationen der Friedens- und Konfliktforschung. Wiesbaden: Sozialwissenschaftlicher Verlag 2005.
(with Gerald Schneider and Harald Scheuthle) “Die ‚Friedensdividende’ der Globalisierung: Außenwirtschaftliche Öffnung und innenpolitische Gewalt”. Politische Vierteljahresschrift 44/3 (2003):302-24.
(with Indra de Soysa and John R. Oneal) The Effect of Foreign Investment on Economic Development and Income Inequality. ZEF Discussion Papers on Development Policy 2002, No. 53, Bonn.
Contact
Tel. ++49 7531 88-4452
E-Mail margit.bussmann[at]uni-konstanz.de
Room D 228
University of Konstanz