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Anna Grzymala-Busse

Name: Anna Grzymala-Busse

Title(s):

  • Associate Professor

Contact Information: 734.763.4699 , abusse@umich.edu

Website: http://polisci.lsa.umich.edu/faculty/agrzymala-busse.html

International Institute Affiliation(s):

  • CES-EUC
  • CREES
  • WCED

Department Affiliation(s):

  • Political Science

Education Background: Ph.D., Harvard University 1999; M.Phil., Cambridge University, 1993; Public and International Affairs, A.B., Princeton University, 1992

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

  • European Union Studies
  • Russian and East European Studies

Related Countries:

  • Poland
  • Czech Republic
  • Slovakia

Research/Teaching Specialization: Political parties, state development and transformation, informal political institutions, religion and politics, and post-communist politics

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: Comparative Politics and Post-Communism; Institutional Development; East European Politics in Transition; States and Regimes in Comparative Perspective; Electoral Politics in Europe; Eastern Europe: Revolution, Reaction, & Reform

Publications:

  • Rebuilding Leviathan: Party Competition and State Exploitation in Post-Communist Democracies. 2007. (Authored Book)
  • Democratization. 2006. (Book Chapter)
  • Strengthening Pluralism and Public Participation in New Democracies. 2007. (Book Chapter)
  • Re-conceptualizing the State: Lessons from Post-Communism. 2002. (Refereed Journal Article)
  • Political Competition and the Politicization of the State. 2003. (Refereed Journal Article)
  • The Discreet Charm of Formal Institutions: Post-Communist Party Competition and State Oversight. 2006. (Refereed Journal Article)
  • Great Expectations: The EU and Domestic Political Competition in East Central Europe. 2003. (Refereed Journal Article)
  • Authoritarian Determinants of Democratic Party Competition: The Communist Successor Parties in East Central Europe. 2006. (Refereed Journal Article)
  • Redeeming the Communist Past: The Regeneration of Communist Successor Parties in East Central Europe after 1989. 2002. (Authored Book)