Recent faculty publications
Books:
Hoffman, Steven M. 2008. Power Struggle: Hydro Development and First Nations in Manitoba and Quebec. With Thibault Martin, editors. Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba Press.
Hoffman, Steven M., Angela High-Pippert, and Kay Wolsborn, editors. 2007. Perspectives on Minnesota Government and Politics. Boston: Pearson.
Hoffman, Steven M., Kay Wolsborn, and Homer Williamson, editors. 2003. Perspectives on Minnesota Government and Politics. 2003. 5th Edition. Edina, MN: Pearson Custom Publishing Company.
Hoffman, Steven M. 2002. Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society: Energy Choices. With John Byrne, editors. Volume 22, No. 2. Beverly Hills, CA; Sage Publications.
Hoffman, Steven M. 2001. Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society: Energy Controversy. With John Byrne, editors. Volume 21, Number 6. Beverly Hills, CA; Sage Publications.
Journal articles:
2008:
Hatting, Steven H.: “Obscenity and the First Amendment:” Encyclopedia of Social Problems, Sage Publications.
Hoffman, Steven M. “Engineering Poverty: Colonialism and Hydroelectric Development in Northern Manitoba.” 2008. In Thibault Martin and Steven M. Hoffman, eds. Power Struggle: Hydro Development and First Nations in Manitoba and Quebec. With Thibault Martin, editors. Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba Press.Hoffman, Steven M. “In Service to Globalization: Manitoba Hydro, Aboriginal Communities, and the Integration of Electrical Markets.” With Kenneth Bradley. In Thibault Martin and Steven M. Hoffman, eds. Power Struggle: Hydro Development and First Nations in Manitoba and Quebec.
Hoffman, Steven M. “Environmental Policy Despite the Bush Administration: Federalism, Divided Powers, and the Last Six Years.” (Федерализм и разделение властей в политике США по охране окружающей среды). Development: Journal of International Relations and Law. International Society for Research and Educational Programs. Belarusian State University. Number 3. Pp. 57-65.
2007:
Hatting, Steven H. “The Minnesota Judiciary: Evolution, Organization and Contemporary Priorities.” Perspectives on Minnesota Government and Politics: Sixth Edition.
High-Pippert, Angela. “’What a Couple of Sweethearts’: Women Running for Congress in Minnesota.” Perspectives on Minnesota Government and Politics, edited by Steven M. Hoffman, Angela High-Pippert, and Kay M. Wolsborn. Pearson.
Hoffman, Steven M. “Who Speaks for the Trees (and the Prairie and the Lakes and the Air): A Brief Look at Minnesota’s Environmental Advocacy Community.” 2007. In Steven M. Hoffman, Angela High-Pippert and Kay Wolsborn, eds. Perspectives on Minnesota Government and Politics. 6th Edition. Edina, MN: Pearson Custom Publishing Company. Pp. 151-172.
Hoffman, Steven M. “In Fear of the Bicycle: Environmental Issues and the 2005 Election.” In Nigel Roberts and Stephen Levine, editors. The New Zealand 2005 Parliamentary Elections. Wellington, NZ: Victoria University Press. Pp. 340-358.
Mazumdar, Arijit. “India, the United States, and Civilian Nuclear Technology.” World Affairs: the Journal of International Issues.
2006:
Mazumdar, Arijit. “India-Pakistaan Relations: A Strategic Shift.” Asian Profile. 34:6: 577-92.
Mazumdar, Arijit. “India-China Border Dispue: Centrality of Tibet.” Economic and Political Weekly. 41, 41: 4324-25.
Mazumdar, Arijit. “Budget Air Travel: Present and Future.” Himal Southasian. 19, 7: 38-40.
2005:
High-Pippert, Angela. “A Million Moms, MADD Mothers, and Feminists: Media Coverage of Women Activists.” Women in the Media: Diverse Perspectives, edited by Theresa Carilli and Jane Campbell. University Press of America.
Hoffman, Steven M. and Angela High-Pippert. “Community Energy: A Social Architecture for an Alternative Energy Future.” Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society 25, 387-401.
Mazumdar, Arijit. “Bhutan’s Military Action Against Indian Insurgants.” Asian Survey. 45, 4” 566-80.
2001-03:
Hatting, Steven H. “The Judiciary: Courts, Politics and Policy” in Steven M. Hoffman, Homer Williamson and Kay Wolsborn (eds.): Perspectives on Minnesota Government and Politics: Fifth Edition. Burgess Publishing Group. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
High-Pippert, Angela. “See Jane Run: The Minnesota Women’s Campaign Fund.” Perspectives on Minnesota Government and Politics, edited by Steven M. Hoffman, Homer Williamson, and Kay Wolsborn. Pearson.
Hoffman, Steven M. “The Politics of British Civil Nuclear Power”. Reader's Guide to British History. Vol. 2, New York, NY: Taylor and Francis Goup. Pp.968-969.
Hoffman, Steven M. “Minnesota’s Electrical Future: Debates and Strategies.” In Steven M. Hoffman, Kay Wolsborn, and Homer Williamson, eds. Perspectives on Minnesota Government and Politics 5th Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing Company. Pp. 179-196.
Hoffman, Steven M. “Woodswomen and “Super Studs”: Gender Issues in a Northwoods Environmental Studies Program.” With Britain Scott. In Hall Crimmel, editor. Teaching in the Field: Working with Students in the Outdoor Classroom. University of Utah Press. Pp. 241-264.
Hoffman, Steven M. “A ‘Necessary Sacrifice’: Industrialization and American Indian Lands.” With John Byrne. In John Byrne, Leigh Glover and Cecilia Martinez, eds. Environmental Justice: Discourses in International Political Economy. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Press. Pp. 97-118.
Hoffman, Steven M. “Powering Injustice: Hydroelectric Development in Northern Manitoba.” In John Byrne, Leigh Glover and Cecilia Martinez, eds. Environmental Justice: International Discourses in Political Economy, Energy and the Environment. Somerset, NJ: Transaction Books. Pp. 147-170.
Hoffman, Steven M. “Switching on the Future: Midwestern Models for a Clean Energy Transition.” With Michael Noble. In John Byrne and Steven M. Hoffman, eds. Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society: Energy Choices. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications. Volume 22. Number 2: 132-146.
Hatting, Steven H.: "The State of Minnesota": Herbert M. Kritzer (ed.), Legal Systems of the World: A Political, Social, and Cultural Encyclopedia: ABC-CLIO. Santa Barbara, California.
Hoffman, Steven M. “Negotiating Eternity: Energy Policy, Environmental Justice, and the Politics of Nuclear Waste.” In John Byrne and Steven M. Hoffman, eds. Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society: Energy Controversy. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications. Volume 21. Number 6: 456-473.
In addition to these published books and articles, department faculty routinely present their research at state, national and international conferences. In the last few years, for instance, faculty have presented their work at the Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture (IFZ) in Graz, Austria; the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, Illinois; the Australasian Political Science Association in Dunedin, New Zealand; the International Solar Cities Congress in Seoul, South Korea; the meetings of the International Society for People and Society in Vienna, Austria; and, of course, the annual meetings of the Minnesota Political Science Association.
Finally, department members regularly consult with a variety of governmental and nonprofit organizations, lending their expertise and insights to a range of public policy issues.
