Bruce J. Dickson
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1994
Office: Monroe 480
Phone: (202) 994-4186
Fax: (202) 994-7743
Email: bdickson@gwu.edu
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Expertise
Chinese domestic politics, East Asian politics, political change and democratization, general comparative politics, U.S.-China relations
Background
Professor Dickson's research and teaching focus on political dynamics in China and Taiwan, especially the role of political parties in the process of political change. In addition to courses on China, he also teaches on democratization and comparative politics.
His current research examines the political consequences of economic reform in China, and in particular the relationship between private entrepreneurs and the Chinese Communist Party. He is the author of Red Capitalists in China: The Party, Private Entrepreneurs, and Prospects for Political Change (Cambridge University Press, 2003) and Democratization in China and Taiwan: The Adaptability of Leninist Parties (Oxford University Press, 1998), articles in Asian Survey, China Quarterly, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Democracy, and Political Science Quarterly, and is co-editor of four other books. He is also the associate editor of the journal Problems of Post-Communism.
