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CHARLES R. HANKLA

Georgia State University404-413-6169

Department of Political P. O. Box 4069 GCB 1020

Atlanta, Georgia 30302-4069 USA

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CURRENT POSITION

  • Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia. 2011 – Present.
  • Director of Graduate Studies, January 2010 – May 2012.
  • Assistant Professor, 2005-2011.

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in Political Science (May 2005). EmoryUniversity, Atlanta, Georgia. “Entering the Global Economy: Democracy, Party Strength, and the Political Economy of International Trade.”
  • M.A. (1999). The LondonSchool of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, United Kingdom. History of International Relations.
  • B.S.F.S.cum laude(1997). GeorgetownUniversity, School of Foreign Service, Washington, DC.

SPECIALIZED FIELDS

My research is in the fields of comparative and international political economy, with a particular focus on political institutions as they relate to fiscal decentralization, budgeting, and trade and industrial policy. My research projects have included cross-national, quantitative studies and also field-work based analyses of India and France.

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Refereed Publications

  • Hankla, Charles R. and Carrie Lynn Manning. 2017. How Local Elections Can Transform National Politics: Evidence from Mozambique. Publius47 (1): 49-76.
  • Hankla, Charles R. and Daniel Kuthy. 2013. Economic Liberalism in Illiberal Regimes: Authoritarian Variation and the Political Economy of Trade. International Studies Quarterly 57 (3): 492-504.
  • Hankla, Charles R. 2013. Fragmented Legislatures and the Budget: Analyzing Presidential Democracies. Economics & Politics 25 (2): 200-228.
  • Carrubba, Clifford J., Matthew Gabel, and Charles R. Hankla. 2012. Understanding the Role of the European Court of Justice in European Integration. American Political Science Review106 (1): 214-223.
  • Duffield, John and Charles R. Hankla. 2011. “The Efficiency of Institutions: Political Determinants of Energy Consumption in Advanced Industrialized Countries” Comparative Politics 43(2).
  • Hankla, Charles R. and William M. Downs. 2010. “Decentralization, Governance, and the Structure of Local Political Institutions: Assessing the Evidence” Local Government Studies 36 (6): 759-783.
  • Hankla. Charles R. 2009. “When is Fiscal Decentralization Good for Governance?” Publius: The Journal of Federalism39 (4): 632-650.
  • A Chinese translation of this article was published in the Journal of Comparative Economic and Social Systems(No. 4, July 2012, pp. 101-110).
  • Carrubba, Clifford J., Matthew Gabel, and Charles R. Hankla. 2008. “Judicial Behavior under Political Constraints: Evidence from the European Court of Justice.” American Political Science Review 102 (4): 435-452.
  • Hankla, Charles R. 2008. “Parties and Patronage: An Analysis of Trade and Industrial Policy in India.” Comparative Politics 41 (1): 41-60.
  • Hankla, Charles R. 2006. “Party Strength and International Trade: A Cross National Analysis.” Comparative Political Studies 39 (9): 1133-1156.
  • Hankla, Charles R. 2006. “Party Linkages and Economic Policy: An Examination of Indira Gandhi’s India.” Business and Politics 8 (3), Article 4, pp. 1-29.

Revise and Resubmit, Review, Working Papers, and Current Projects

  • “Rethinking the Political Economy of Decentralization: How Parties and Elections Shape the Provision of Local Public Goods.” With Jorge Martinez-Vazquez (Economics - GSU), Raul Ponce Rodriguez (Juarez), and Eunice Heredia (DAI). Under review at Journal of Politics.
  • Awarded the Deil Wright Award for best paper presented as part of the Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations Section at the American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Seattle, 2011.
  • Listed among the top ten downloads in Federalism and Sub-National Politics, Social Science Research Network, Multiple dates.
  • Listed among the top ten downloads in Parties, Interest Groups, and Other Political Organizations, Social Science Research Network, January 19, 2013.
  • “Political Institutions and Federalism: A “Strong” Decentralization Theorem.”With Jorge Martinez-Vazquez (Economics - GSU), Raul Ponce Rodriguez (Juarez), and Eunice Heredia (DAI). Under review at Journal of Public Economic Theory.
  • “Party Systems and Public Goods: The Dynamics of Good Governance in the Indian States.” With Sayan Banerjee. Under review at World Development.
  • “In Pursuit of Prosperity: The Politics of Economic Modernization in Post-War France and Beyond”. Book project.

Other Publications

  • Review of Democracy and Trade Policy in Developing Countries (by Bumba Mukherjee, University of Chicago Press, 2016). Forthcoming in Governance.
  • “Intolerance on the March: Do Trump and Brexit Point to Global Rejection of Liberal Ideals?” Forthcoming in the Academic Journal of Future University, Kolkata, India.
  • “Why is TPP Facing Headwinds in the United States?” appeared on the website “East Asia Forum” and others, October 20, 2016.
  • “Does TPP's slow death mean the world is now unsafe for trade deals?” appeared on the website “The Conversation” and others, September 2, 2016. 3651 hits as of January 2017.
  • “Intolerance on the March: Do Trump and Brexit Point to Global Rejection of Liberal Ideals?” appeared on the website “The Conversation” and others, June 28, 2016. 7504 hits as of January 2017.
  • “Can Free Trade and TPP Survive the Rise of the ‘New Right,’? appeared on the websites “The Conversation,” “The New Republic,” and others on March 29, 2016. 27,208 hits as of January 2017.
  • Review of Sailing the Waters Edge: The Domestic Politics of American Foreign Policy (by Helen Milner and Dustin Tingley, Princeton University Press, 2015). Forthcoming in the New England Journal of Political Science.
  • “TPP’s Newest Battle Lines May Pose Threat to World’s Biggest Trade Deal,” appeared on the websites “The Conversation,” “Fortune,” and others on October 9, 2015.12557 hits as of January 2017.
  • “Pacific Trade Deal’s Outlook Clouded by Patent Disputes, Elections as Talks Enter Final Stage,” appeared on the website “The Conversation” and others, August 12, 2015. 1006 as of January 2017.
  • “Four Lessons for US and World as President Finally Gets What He Wants on Trade: A Free Hand,” appeared on the website “The Conversation” and others, June 24, 2015. 1606 hits as of January 2017.
  • “Fast-Track Overcomes Key Hurdle, but Obstacles Remain as Trade Deals Hang in Balance,” appeared on the website “The Conversation” and others, May 22, 2015. 1634hits as of January 2017.
  • “Bipartisan Fast Track Bill Offers Best Chance to Cinch Trade Pacts,” appeared on the website “The Conversation” and others, April 27, 2015. 949 hits as of January 2017.
  • “Updating Fast-Track is Key to Getting a Trade Deal in 2015,” appeared on the website “The Conversation” and others, January 5, 2015. 1265 hits as of January 2017.
  • “Why the WTO Still Matters,” appeared on the websites “The Conversation” and “The World Economic Forum Blog,” and others, December 9, 2014. 2318 hits as of January 2017.
  • “Delivering Budget Training to Subnational Government in Vietnam,” Published in the July-August 2014 Newsletter of the International Budget Partnership, a global NGO.
  • “How to Build Voter Turnout,” editorial in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Saturday, April 15, 2014. (With Jennifer McCoy, Daniel Franklin, and Chip Carey as part of the Scholars Strategy Network).
  • Review of Decentralization and Recentralization in the Developing World (by Tyler J. Dickovic, The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2011). Journal of Politics74 (3): 2012.
  • Review of Globalization and the New Politics of Embedded Liberalism (by Jude Hays, Oxford University Press, 2009). American Review of Politics,Vol. 31 (Fall 2010 / Winter 2011).
  • “Stimulus Package Will Help in Short Run, But New Borrowing Laws Needed,” Editorial in the Augusta Chronicle, Sunday, February 3, 2008.

Participation in Professional Meetings

  • Discussant, Department Colloquium, “Ontology and Methodology on the Study of the Resource Curse,” by Michael Herb. October 27, 2016.
  • Discussant, Graduate Student Conference, Georgia State University, April 2, 2016.
  • Discussant, Panel on Globalization and Peace, Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Atlanta, March 18, 2016.
  • Chair and Discussant, Panel on Globalization, Peace, and New Challenges in the European Union. Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Atlanta, March 18, 2016.
  • “Party Systems and Public Goods: The Dynamics of Good Governance in the Indian States.” With Sayan Banerjee. Panel on Comparative Party Systems, Annual Convention of the Southern Political Science Association, San Juan, January 2016. Sayan Banerjee presenting.
  • Discussant, Graduate Student Conference, Georgia State University, April 10, 2015
  • Discussant, Research Symposium on Torture in the Americas, Georgia State University, March 23, 2015.
  • “Party Systems and Public Goods: The Dynamics of Good Governance in the Indian States.” With Sayan Banerjee. American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Washington, DC, September 2014.
  • Discussant, Panel on Accountability and Development, American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Washington, DC, September 2014.
  • Discussant, Panel on Autocracies in International Relations, American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Washington, DC, September 2014. (As part of a panel proposal.)
  • Discussant, Panel on Political Development and Conflict, GSU Graduate Student Association Conference, Atlanta, April 2014.
  • Discussant, Panel on New Research in Lobbying, American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Chicago, September 2013.
  • Chair, Panel on Federalism and Sub-National Politics in Comparative Perspective, American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Chicago, September 2013.
  • “Rethinking the Political Economy of Decentralization.” Panel on Democratic Decentralization and its Discontents. International Conference on Public Policy, Sciences Po Grenoble, France. June 2013.
  • “In Pursuit of Prosperity: The Politics of Economic Modernization in Post-War France and Beyond”. Panel on Economic Regulation and Lobbying. International Conference on Public Policy, Sciences Po Grenoble, France. June 2013.
  • Chair, Panel on Comparative Fiscal Federalism. American Political Science Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, September 2012. Scheduled for role, but conference cancelled.
  • Respondent, Conference on Spaces of French Migration, Culture, and Politics in the 20th Century Americas, Georgia State University, February 2012.
  • “Rethinking the Political Economy of Decentralization.” Panel on the Political and Economic Effects of Decentralization. With Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Raul Ponce Rodriguez, and Eunice Heredia. American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Seattle, WA, September 2011.
  • Chair, Panel on Sovereign Debt, Sovereign Lending and Sovereign Wealth Funds. American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Seattle, WA, September 2011.
  • Chair and Discussant, Panel on Elections and the Distribution of Goods in the Developing World. American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Seattle, WA, September 2011.
  • “Liberalism in Illiberal Regimes: Authoritarian Variation and the Political Economy of Trade.” With Daniel Kuthy. Panel on Trade Policy: Interests and Preferences. International Studies Association Annual Convention. Montreal, Canada. March 17, 2011
  • Discussant, Panel on Neoliberal Trade Reform in Developing Countries. International Studies Association Annual Convention. Montreal, Canada. March 19, 2011
  • Chair, Panel on Economic Debates, Conference on “Coping with and Responding to the Apocalyse: The Past, Present, and Future of Haiti after the Earthquake and Cholera”, Georgia State University, Feb. 2, 2011.
  • “Liberalism in Illiberal Regimes: Authoritarian Variation and the Political Economy of Trade.” With Daniel Kuthy. Panel on Explaining Policy Outcomes in Comparative Perspective, Southern Political Science Association Annual Convention. Atlanta, Georgia. January 2010.
  • “Fragmented Legislatures and the Budget: Analyzing Presidential Democracies”, Panel on the Politics of Fiscal Policy, Southern Political Science Association Annual Convention. Atlanta, Georgia. January 2010.
  • Discussant, Panel on Public Opinion and Support for European Integration, Southern Political Science Association Annual Convention. Atlanta, Georgia. January 2010.
  • Discussant, Panel on National Perspectives, Conference on “Toward a Common EU Energy Policy: Opportunities, Pressures, and Constraints,” Georgia State University (organized by John Duffield), November 17, 2009.
  • “Fragmented Legislatures and the Budget: Analyzing Presidential Democracies”, Panel on the Politics of Fiscal Policy, American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada, September 2009.
  • Discussant, Panel on Pushing the Boundaries of Trade, American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada, September 2009.
  • Chair and Discussant, Panel on Theoretical Contributions to IPE, International Studies Association Annual Convention. New York, New York. February 2009.
  • Chair, Panel on Leaders, Institutions, and Foreign Policymaking, International Studies Association Annual Convention. New York, New York. February 2009.
  • “Judicial Behavior Under Political Constraints: Evidence from the European Court of Justice,” The EU as a Global Actor: Perspectives on Power. Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA. September 19, 2008.
  • Chair, Panel on Assessing Alternative Response to Party-Based Extremism, Conference of Democracy and Extremism, Georgia State University, June 12-13, 2008.
  • Chair and Discussant, Panel on Trade Policy, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Convention. Chicago, Illinois. April 2008.
  • “Parties and Patronage: A Comparative Case Study of India,” American Political Science Association Annual Convention. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. August 2006.
  • “Party Organization and the Political Economy of Deficit Spending,” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Convention. Chicago, Illinois. April 2006.
  • Discussant, Panel on Transition, Corruption, and Development. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Convention. Chicago, Illinois. April 2006.
  • “Parties and Patronage: A Comparative Case Study of India,” International Studies Association Annual Convention. San Diego, California. March 2006.
  • Chair and Discussant, Panel on Trade Issues, International Studies Association Annual Convention. San Diego, California. March 2006.
  • Chair, Panel on European Parliamentary Behavior and Decision-Making, Southern Political Science Association Annual Convention. Atlanta, Georgia. January 2006.
  • “Political Determinants of Energy Use in Advanced Industrialized Countries” (with John Duffield and Sara Miller),Poster Presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Convention. Washington, D.C. September 2005.
  • “Party Strength and International Trade,” Paper Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Convention. Chicago, Illinois. April 2005.
  • Panel Discussant, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Convention. Chicago, Illinois. April 2005.
  • “Party Strength and International Trade,” Paper Presented at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Convention. New Orleans, Louisiana. January 2005.
  • “Legislative-Executive Relations and International Trade Policy,” Paper Presented at the International Studies Association Annual Convention. New Orleans, Louisiana. March 2002.
  • “Legislative-Executive Relations and International Trade Policy,” Paper Presented at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Convention. Atlanta, Georgia. November 2001.
  • “Legislative-Executive Relations and International Trade Policy,” Paper Presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Convention. San Francisco, CA. August 2001.

Invited Presentations and Colloquia

  • Presenter, “The 2016 US Presidential Election,” Presidency University, Kolkata, India, November 2016.
  • Presenter, XII Summer School in Public Economics, International Center for Public Policy, AYSPS, GSU, September 7, 2016. Selected to present to a group of young economics professors as part of this summer school funded by Rafael delPino Foundation from Madrid and Spain’s Institute of Fiscal Studies (IEF, linked to Spain’s Ministry of Finance).
  • Presenter, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, India, July 2015. “Party Systems and Public Goods: The Dynamics of Good Governance in the Indian States,” With Sayan Banerjee. (Paid.)
  • Faculty Colloquium, Presidency University, Kolkata, India, July 2015
  • Co-Presenter (with Carrie Manning), Instituto Superior de RelacoesInternacionais, Maputo, Mozambique, April 30, 2015, Presented on democracy and decentralization to students at this elite institute. Organized by the US Embassy.
  • Co-Presenter (with Carrie Manning), School of Journalism, Maputo, Mozambique, May 5, 2015, Presented on democracy and decentralization to students at this elite institute. Organized by the US Embassy.
  • Co-Presenter (with Carrie Manning) to a group of NGO leaders, Maputo, Mozambique, May 5, 2015, Presented on democracy and decentralization.. Organized by the US Embassy.
  • Co-Presenter (with Carrie Manning) to a group of US Embassy and USAID employees, Maputo, Mozambique, May 5, 2015, Presented on democracy and decentralization.
  • “The Politics of Fiscal Decentralization.” Conference on Research and Innovation in Governance, June 19, 2014, Nairobi, Kenya. Sponsored and Funded by the Yale University Africa Initiative.Presentation for NGOs, academics, and Kenyan government officials on fiscal decentralization.
  • Participant, Scholar Strategy Network Leadership Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 2-3, 2014. Funded by SSN.
  • “Rethinking the Political Economy of Decentralization.” Georgia State University Colloquium on New Research in Political Science, March 7, 2014.
  • “In Pursuit of Prosperity: The Politics of Economic Modernization in Post-War France and Beyond” and “Fragmented Legislatures and the Budget: Analyzing Presidential Democracies.” Invitedpresentations, Sciences Po Lille and Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France. May 30, 2013 (in French).
  • “Fragmented Legislatures and the Budget: Analyzing Presidential Democracies.” Invited presentation, Political Science and Political Economy Workshop, London School of Economics (LSE), United Kingdom. February 13, 2013.
  • “Fragmented Legislatures and the Budget: Analyzing Presidential Democracies.” Invited and Funded Presentation, Political Science Seminar, University of Essex, United Kingdom. March 3, 2013.
  • Keynote speaker, Graduate Conference on Political Institutions and Change in Contemporary Politics, Georgia State University, March 13, 2009. “Should Scholars of Political Institutions Engage in Practical Policy-Making?”
  • “Judicial Behavior Under Political Constraints: Evidence from the European Court of Justice.”Colloquium presentation, Department of Political Science, GeorgiaStateUniversity, September 2008.
  • “The Multidimensional Impact of Proportionality: Electoral Districts and Deficit Spending in Democracies.” Colloquium presentation, Department of Political Science, Georgia State University, December 2006.
  • “Do Governments Sway European Court of Justice Decision-Making? Evidence from Government Court Briefs.” (With Clifford Carrubba, Henry Liu, Rebecca Miesels, Margarita Perakis, and Anna Scruggs). Invited presentation, London School of Economics (LSE), United Kingdom, April 2003.
  • “Legislative-Executive Relations and International Trade Policy.” Invited presentation, Colloquium on Economics and Politics, Department of Economics, EmoryUniversity, 2001.

Grants

  • Principal Investigator, “Incentivizing Development: Subnational Political Institutions and Economic Growth,” with Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Raul Ponce-Rodriguez, Zaad Mahmood, and Bala Prasad Erramilli. International Growth Centre Funding Proposal, $59,000. Requested funding to conduct research on decentralization and growth, including surveys in Patna and Lucknow. Under review.
  • Principal Investigator, “Synthesizing Evidence on Key Questions for the DRG Sector in International Development,” with Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Adnan Rasool, Sandy Zook, Gulcan Saglam, Janel Porras-Mendoza, Rahul Pathak, and Antonios Koumpias. United States Agency for International Development (USAID), $60,000. Not funded.
  • Team Member, “Pathways Away from Authoritarianism,” with Carrie Manning and Jennifer McCoy. United States Agency for International Development (USAID), $120,000. Under review.
  • Principal Investigator, “Decentralization, Party Competition, and Economic Growth,” with Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Raul Ponce-Rodriguez, and Bala Prasad Erramilli. International Growth Centre Funding Proposal, $71,500. Requested funding to conduct research on decentralization and growth, including surveys in Patna and Lucknow. Not funded.
  • Recipient (with Sarah Gershon and Carrie Manning), Digital Champions Funding Program, Georgia State University. $15,000. Funding to create a new online MA program in political science targeted at teachers.
  • Recipient, Travel grant from Study Abroad office for site visit to Sciences Po Lille, France. Summer 2016. $1000.
  • Recipient, Grants from the Center for Human Rights and Democracy ($3800) and the International Center for Public Policy ($1000), Georgia State University, to conduct field work in Mozambique, April-May 2015. Project title: Elected Local Government and National Politics: Theory Building from Mozambique (with Carrie Manning).
  • Research Initiation Grant, Georgia State University, 2008-2009 ($10,000). Funded to conduct fieldwork in France.
  • Dissertation Fieldwork Research Grant, Fund for Internationalization, Emory University, 2003. Funded to conduct dissertation fieldwork in India.

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