Jeffrey S. Selinger

Assistant Professor of Government

Spring 2012

  • Political Parties in the United States (GOV 203)
Phone 798-4308
Title Assistant Professor
Department Government
Work Location 305 Dudley Coe Building
E-Mail jselinge@bowdoin.edu
Jeffery S. Selinger: Bowdoin College: Gov

Education

M.A. and Ph.D.  Cornell University
B.A. Rutgers University

Mr. Selinger is Assistant Professor of Government with teaching responsibilities in American politics.  His research interests include the American presidency, political parties, public policy, and American political development. 

Publications and Research in Progress

“ ‘The First Stage of Anarchy’: Faction, Fiscal Policy, and the Constitutional Construction of Party Opposition in the United States”

“Making Parties Safe for Democracy: State Capacity and the Rise of Legitimate Party Opposition, 1793-1828,” Political Science Quarterly (forthcoming)

“After Independence: Foreign Affairs and Political Development in the New Republic,” A History of the U.S. Political System: Ideas, Interests, and Institutions, eds. Richard A. Harris and Daniel J. Tichenor, (Santa-Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2009).