Jonathan
Schwartz, Ph.D.
Associate
Professor of Political Science
Visiting Fulbright Professor, Xi'an International Studies University
Academic Year 2007-08
Curriculum Vitae
Along the Yangze
River (2004)
Contact Information:
JFT 1016
Department of
Political Science
SUNY New Paltz
1 Hawk Drive
New Paltz, NY
12561
Phone: (845) 257-2627
FAX: (845) 257-3581
schwartj@newpaltz.edu
On this
site you will find information on my current research interests and
projects as well as on courses I teach. As well, you will find
links to websites relevant to my research and courses.
I. Research Interests and projects:
1. The Role of Civil Society in Chinese Social Service
Provision. I
am currently involved in research into the changing role being
played by civil society organizations in China. I am particularly
interested in the roles played by Environmental NGOs and local
neighborhood committees. I am currently involved in
co-editing a volume that will explore various aspects of this
relationship. Through the volume we ask, to what extent has the
state-civil society organization relationship changed over time, what
are the factors driving these change and in what direction are
these changes leading China?
2.
Evaluating the impact of
shocks on state-civil society relations.
This
is a continuing project that draws on research conducted in Summer
2002, Fall
2003 in China. The goal is to understand the impact of
exogenous shocks on the shifting balance of power between the state and
society. Specifically, how did the SARS epidemic
change the state-civil society relationship?
3.
Evaluating the effectiveness
of Public Health Networks - Lessons for the US from the Chinese
experience with
SARS and Avian Influenza. A
collaborative project between St. Louis University Institute for
Bio-Security
and SUNY New Paltz, this project involves developing policy
recommendations for the US public
health network based on the Chinese and Taiwanese experiences with
infectious diseases,
specifically SARS. Data collected will be incorporated into a
comparative study
of responses to the spread of infectious diseases. How does China
respond
to the SARS epidemic? What explains
China's success relative to Taiwan? What
lessons do these two cases offer the US?
II. Related Publications:
- First
Author, with R. Gregory Evans and Sarah Greenberg. “Evolution of
Health
Provision in Pre-SARS
China:
The Changing Nature of Disease Prevention,” The China
Review, vol. 7(1) (Spring 2007): 81-108.
- First
Author, with R. Gregory Evans, “Causes of
Effective Policy Implementation: China's Public Health
Response to SARS,” Journal of
Contemporary China, vol.
16(51) (May,
2007): 195-213.
- “Shifting Power Relations:
State-NGO Relations in China,”
in Andre Laliberte and Marc Lanteigne
(eds.), The Chinese Party-State at the
Turn of the Millennium: Adapting to the Challenges of Maintaining
Legitimacy (RoutledgeCurzon
Press). (Forthcoming, Spring 2007).
- "Environmental
NGOs in China:
Roles and Limits," Pacific Affairs vol.
77(1) (Spring 2004): 28-49.
- "The
Impact of State Capacity on Enforcement of Environmental Policies: The
Case of China," Journal of
Environment and Development 12(1) (March 2003): 50-81.
- Canada's Role in Chinese
Environmental Protection," Journal
of Canadian Foreign Policy 10(2) (Winter 2003): 129-144.
- "Conducting Research
in China: Impediments and Some
Options,” Issues and Studies, vol.
37(6) (November/December 2001): 107-127.
- "Understanding Enforcement:
Environment and State Capacity in China," Sinosphere vol. 3(4) (Fall 2000):
5-18.
- "Environmental Protection
in China: Issues of Enforcement," Oxford
International Review vol. 10(1) (Spring 2000): 31-40.
III. Courses:
- Introduction to International
Politics
- Government
and Politics of China
and Japan
- International Politics of
the Asia-Pacific
- Politics of Sino-US Relations
- Chinese Foreign Policy
- Politics of Environment and
Development
- International Political Economy
- Politics of Developing Areas
- Senior
Seminar in International Relations,
- Modern China in Revolution (a study mission to China)
The
Study Mission to China includes a three week visit to a variety of
politically and historically important sites. For photos
from the most recent (2006) Mission see the link below. For
information about the trip, check out the 2006 syllabus here .
You can also check the SUNY New Paltz Study Abroad
website.
Sources
on China:
For news in English from
China -http://english.peopledaily.com.cn
Environment
related:
