Sona Nadenichek Golder
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Sona Nadenichek Golder Department of Political Science Florida State University 553 Bellamy Building Tallahassee, FL 32306-2230 email: sgolder [at] fsu [dot] edu phone:(850) 644-3676 fax: (850) 644-1367 |
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Curriculum
Vitae 
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, Florida State University, Department of Political Science, Fall 2005-
• Political Institutions Working Group, Spring 2006 – Current.
Mentoring-Faculty-in-Residence, Summer Institute on the Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM), UCLA, 2007.
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of
Iowa, Department of Political Science,
2004
– 2005.
Education
New York University
Ph.D 2004, M.A. 2001, in Political Science.
Dissertation: The Logic of
Pre-Electoral Coalition Formation.
Committee: Alastair Smith
(Chair), William Clark, Michael Gilligan, Jonathan Nagler, G. Bingham Powell.
Institut d'Etudes Politiques
de Paris (Sciences Po)
Certificate of Political Studies (1-year program), with Honors, 1996
University of Chicago
B.A. in Political Science, with General and Departmental Honors, 1993
University of Chicago Paris Program, 1991-2 (Paris X, University of Nanterre)
Other:
Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models Institute, University of Michigan (Summer 2003)
Research
Interests:
Comparative Politics: Institutions,
Coalitions, Political Parties, Bargaining.
Area Studies: Advanced Industrialized Democracies with a specialization in Europe,
France.
Methodology: Formal Models, Game Theory, Econometrics.
Publications:
Books:
Principles of Comparative Politics. Washington D.C.: CQ Press. Official publication date 2009, appeared in print Fall 2008. (co-authored with William Clark and Matt Golder)
[Chapter 1 - Introduction][Chapter 2 - What is Science?]
The Logic of Pre-Electoral Coalition Formation. Ohio State University Press 2006.
Refereed Journals:
"Measuring Government Duration and Stability in Central Eastern European Democracies" (co-authored with Courtenay Ryals Conrad).
European Journal of Political Research Forthcoming.
[paper]"Bargaining Delays in the Government Formation Process"
Comparative Political Studies Forthcoming (Vol. 43, No. 1).
[paper] [pre-print version (gated)]"Pre-Electoral Coalition Formation in Parliamentary Democracies"
British Journal of Political Science March 2006 (Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 193-212).
[paper][replication materials]"Pre-Electoral Coalitions in Comparative Perspective: A Test of Existing Hypotheses"
Electoral Studies, December 2005 (Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 643-63).
[paper][replication materials]"Fiscal Policy and the Democratic Process in the European Union" (co-authored with William Clark and Matt Golder)
European Union Politics, June 2002 (Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 205-30).
[paper][replication materials]
Grants Received:
- “Making
Electoral Democracy Work: Voters, Parties, and the Rules of the Game.”
Co-PI on a grant proposal with André Blais et al. to
the Social Sciences and Humanities research Council of Canada
(Canadian
$2.5 million). Awarded 2008.
• Member of Party Strategies Component (French Elections Group).
• Description of Project in Electoral Studies (gated).
• Project website: http://electoraldemocracy.com/
“Making Electoral Democracy Work: Voters, Parties, and the Rules of the Game.” Co-PI on a preliminary grant proposal with André Blais et al. to the Social Sciences and Humanities research Council of Canada (Canadian $20,000). Awarded 2007.
“Evaluating Democratic Performance.” Co-PI on a grant to the Council on Research and Creativity at Florida State University ($125,000). Awarded 2006.
Under Review:
"The Balance of Power Between Citizens and the State: Democratization and the Resource Curse" (with Matt Golder and William Clark).
• Revise & Resubmit at the British Journal of Political Science.“Who Wins? Determining the Party of the Prime Minister” (with Garrett Glasgow & Matt Golder).
“Monetary Institutions and the Political Survival of Long-Serving Political Leaders” (with Bill Clark & Paul Poast).
Manuscripts and Work in Progress:
Who Wins? The Government Formation Process in Europe. (Book manuscript with Garrett Glasgow and Matt Golder).
“Conceptualizing Government Duration and Stability” (with Courtenay Ryals Conrad).
“A Behavioral Model of Government Formation” (with Matt Golder & David Siegel).
“A Unified Approach to Modeling the Government Formation Process” (with Garrett Glasgow & Matt Golder).
“Party Motivations and Platform Choice under Proportional Representation Electoral Rules” (with Matt Golder & David Siegel).
“A New Measure of Audience Cost Generating Institutions” (with Mark Souva & Gary Uzonyi).
Teaching
Department of Political Science, Florida State University
Graduate
Game Theory (Spring 2008, to be offered Spring 2010)
Political Institutions (Spring 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009)
Executive-Legislative Relations (to be offered Spring 2010)Undergraduate
European Politics and Government (CPO3103) (2006 - 2009)
Introduction to Comparative Political Science (CPO2002) (2006 - 2008)
Institutional Approaches to Democracies and Dictatorships (2006)
Social Sciences Honors Seminar (2006)
Directed Independent Study (French Politics) (2006)
Directed Independent Study (Comparative Political Research) (2007)
Links
Research:
- Florida State University Department of Political Science
- University of Iowa Department of Political Science
- NYU Department of Politics
- Making Electoral Democracy Work
- Political Methodology Site
- ICPSR
- Political Organizations and Parties (APSA section)
- Election-Politique.com (French election data)
- Comparative Parliamentary Democracy Data Archive
- Voting Power and Power Index Website
- PM Question Time
- Zarate's Political Collections
- Fruits & Votes
- Electoral Calendar
- Erik Herron's Guide to Politics in ECE & Eurasia
- Michael Gallagher's Electoral Systems website
Other:
Last edited: August 10, 2009