Mark R. Thompson

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Mark R. Thompson (* 1960 ) is an American political scientist . Thompson currently teaches at City University of Hong Kong . Before that, he worked at the Institute for Political Science at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg .

Life

Thompson studied Religious Studies ( Brown University ), Political Science ( Cambridge University and Yale University ) and received his PhD from Yale University in 1991. Between 1997 and 2010 he taught at the Institute for Political Science at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, after which he moved to the City University of Hong Kong . His research focuses on comparative political science and transformation research, particularly with reference to the Asian region.

Fonts

  • The Anti-Marcos Struggle. Personalistic Rule and Democratic Transition in the Philippines , New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995, ISBN 0-300-06243-5 .
  • Democratic Revolutions: Asia and Eastern Europe , London: Routledge, 2004, ISBN 978-0-415-40682-6 .
  • Women in power. Dynasties and political leaders in Asia , Passau: Univ. Passau, 2005, ISBN 3-933509-29-7 .

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SURNAME Thompson, Mark R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 1960