political science job rumors » Topic: American Political Development http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949 Things may get weird. Trying to fix the problems. en-US Thu, 23 May 2013 13:08:43 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949&page=2#post-152917 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:39:35 +0000 Anonymous 152917@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ History is cool!

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949&page=2#post-152432 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:24:32 +0000 Anonymous 152432@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ APD-style institutions work is the hot area right now.

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949&page=2#post-151867 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:52:57 +0000 Anonymous 151867@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ ^^
Yeah, but take away the articles in the Du Bois Review and he doesn't look so good...

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949&page=2#post-151862 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:37:35 +0000 Anonymous 151862@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ On the prospects for APD jobs: I think if you are interested in teaching at a liberal arts college, APD (perhaps with a side dish of contemporary institutions) is actually a pretty sound choice, as a lot of these places are trying to replicate their existing faculty as they retire/die off, and it's an easier sell to the old school theory-types who tend to be senior faculty at these places that as an APD person you won't rock the boat by stirring up bad memories of who won the behavioral revolution.

Plus an "Ivyish" degree is a good asset in the LAC application pile.

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949&page=2#post-151848 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:05:39 +0000 Anonymous 151848@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ LOL. Lamont has far surpassed his father's research record.

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949&page=2#post-151847 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:04:17 +0000 Anonymous 151847@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ ^^^^^
Could Fred Sanford get tenure today? That's the key question.

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949&page=2#post-151809 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:14:21 +0000 Anonymous 151809@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ AP is a subset of CP, the most important and intellectually vibrant subset, which has great influence on the rest of CP.

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949&page=2#post-151806 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:10:09 +0000 Anonymous 151806@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ Comparative politics is an extension of American politics.

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949&page=2#post-151779 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:35:58 +0000 Anonymous 151779@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ LOL. Next you'll say American politics is not a form of comparative politics.

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949&page=2#post-151777 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:34:59 +0000 Anonymous 151777@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ >> APD is a branch of history not political science.

Absolutely does not understand either APD or history.

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949&page=2#post-151772 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:32:34 +0000 Anonymous 151772@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ Fred Sanford, is that you?

APD is a branch of history not political science.

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949&page=2#post-151768 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:30:14 +0000 Anonymous 151768@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ It's not APD in 1843, dummy. It's current events.

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949&page=2#post-151765 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:26:38 +0000 Anonymous 151765@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ 1843 called and it wants APD back.

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949&page=2#post-151764 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:24:19 +0000 Anonymous 151764@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ 2000 called - it wants its future back.

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949&page=2#post-151759 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:18:47 +0000 Anonymous 151759@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ APD is the next big thing in AP.

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949&page=2#post-150784 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:43:46 +0000 Anonymous 150784@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/

Carson? For APD? Not.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Jamie+Carson+APD

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949#post-150780 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:18:32 +0000 Anonymous 150780@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ Virtually no jobs are advertised as APD, even at LACs. I know of APD people who got jobs that were advertised as American parties, elections, groups, Congress, or public policy.

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949#post-150743 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:01:10 +0000 Anonymous 150743@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ APD people are getting jobs, at R1s and even more so at liberal arts colleges.

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949#post-150717 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:16:47 +0000 Anonymous 150717@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ in other news: the bear just made an appearance on gradcafe. the horror!!

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949#post-150716 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:13:14 +0000 Anonymous 150716@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ ^ good advice.

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949#post-150714 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:07:58 +0000 Anonymous 150714@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ There really are no APD jobs, but APD interests are a plus in many circumstances. Become an Americanist--parties, election, Congress, etc.--and get into the best program for your specialty, and do historically rich research. Don't worry about labels.

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949#post-150712 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:07:12 +0000 Anonymous 150712@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ I think the OP should be specific about what she means by "APD". Is this "traditional" APD of the historical institutionalist variety?

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949#post-150660 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:44:26 +0000 Anonymous 150660@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ Carson? For APD? Not.

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949#post-150658 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:21:48 +0000 Anonymous 150658@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ U of Washington would be a decent option for APD. The public law people (McCann, Lovell) would be good for a public law student, as would Smith, and at the junior level, Murakawa. Now that a particular 800 pound guerilla is no longer in charge of American there, there's room for APD students there. And if you're not super ambitious about a top R1 job, the placement record is decent.

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949#post-150630 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:45:07 +0000 Anonymous 150630@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ In the category of "lower tier programs" I'd add Georgia, although only if you're interested in Congress and know in advance that you can work with Carson.

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949#post-150620 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:24:47 +0000 Anonymous 150620@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ Yeah, not sure she's ever had students with qualitative/historical-type interests. Mayhew and Arnold, though, almost certainly have.

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949#post-150618 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:21:39 +0000 Anonymous 150618@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ Claudine Gay?????

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949#post-150617 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:18:55 +0000 Anonymous 150617@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ If you have interest in formal/quant work, that makes a lot of sense. If you know that's not your cup of tea, I wouldn't suggest trying to convince non-APD people --except a select few particularly catholic souls (Mayhew, Claudine Gay, Doug Arnold) --
that APD is worthwhile (it's an uphill battle).

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949#post-150613 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:12:47 +0000 Anonymous 150613@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ I think the other way to think about is "what is APD?" Most of the posts above assume that you can only work with APD scholars as such, but if you bridge out to work with other American politics faculty as well and incorporate a broader range of methods/approaches into your work and can show how you are relevant to mainstream interests, then you can sell your work to a broader audience. There's more than one way to work on politics and history, and it is possible to get mainstream institutionalists to take the work seriously if you can talk the talk and show why your questions and research design are meaningful.

]]> Anonymous on "American Political Development" http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21949#post-150609 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:07:54 +0000 Anonymous 150609@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ In theory, yes, but hard-core F/Q institutionalists won't take you seriously, and if you need them to get a job, you'll be in trouble. I'm not the poster ^^, but the advice about public law is pretty sound. A bunch of young APD/courts people have landed good jobs lately.

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