Faculty
Daniel Posner
Professor
Daniel N. Posner is the James S. Coleman Professor of International Development in the Department of Political Science at UCLA.
His research focuses on ethnic politics, research design, distributive politics and the political economy of development in Africa. His most recent co-authored book, Coethnicity: Diversity and the Dilemmas of Collective Action (Russell Sage, 2009) employs experimental games to probe the sources of poor public goods provision in ethnically diverse communities. His first book, Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa (Cambridge, 2005), explains the conditions under which politics revolves around one dimension of ethnic cleavage rather than another. He has received several awards for his work, including the Luebbert Award for best book in Comparative Politics (2006 and 2010), the Heinz Eulau Award for the best article in the American Political Science Review (2008), the Michael Wallerstein Award for the best article in Political Economy (2008), the best book award from the African Politics Conference Group (2006), and the Sage Award for the best paper in Comparative Politics presented at the APSA annual meeting (2004). He has been a Harvard Academy Scholar (1995-98), a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution (2001-02), a Carnegie Scholar (2003-05) and a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (2010-11). He currently serves on the editorial boards of World Politics, the Journal of Politics, World Development, and the Journal of Experimental Political Science. He is the co-founder of the Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE). He received his BA from Dartmouth College and his PhD from Harvard University.
Office Hours
Thursdays 1-3pm
Degrees
Harvard, 1998
Fields of Study
Comparative Politics
Previous Courses by Term
2016 Spring Quarter
Political Economy of Development
2016 Winter Quarter
Seminar: Comparative Politics
2015 Fall Quarter
Seminar: Comparative Politics
2015 Spring Quarter
Introduction to Comparative Politics
2015 Winter Quarter
Variable Topics Research Seminars: International Development Studies -- Senior Seminar
2014 Fall Quarter
African Politics
2014 Spring Quarter
Introduction to Development Studies: Political Economy of Development
Political Economy of Development
2013 Fall Quarter
Selected Topics in Comparative Politics
2010 Spring Quarter
African Politics: Government and Politics of Africa
Selected Topics in Comparative Politics
2010 Winter Quarter
Comparative Responses to Aids in Africa
Seminar: Comparative Politics
2009 Fall Quarter
Introduction to Comparative Politics -- Research Version
2009 Spring Quarter
Introduction to Comparative Politics
2008 Spring Quarter
Special Studies in Comparative Politics
2008 Winter Quarter
Special Studies in Comparative Politics
2007 Fall Quarter
African Politics
2007 Spring Quarter
Selected Topics in Comparative Politics
2006 Fall Quarter
African Politics: Government and Politics of Africa
2006 Spring Quarter
Explaining Ethnic Violence
Research Design Seminar for Honors Thesis
2005 Fall Quarter
Introduction to Comparative Politics -- Research Version
2005 Winter Quarter
Introduction to Comparative Politics -- Research Version
2004 Fall Quarter
African Politics
2004 Spring Quarter
Introduction to Development Studies: Political Economy of Development
Introduction to Comparative Politics -- Research Version
Political Economy of Development
2003 Winter Quarter
Introduction to Comparative Politics
2002 Fall Quarter
African Politics: Government and Politics of Africa
African Politics
2001 Winter Quarter
Special Studies in Comparative Politics
2000 Fall Quarter
African Politics: Government and Politics of Africa
2000 Spring Quarter
Introduction to Comparative Politics
2000 Winter Quarter
Special Studies in Comparative Politics
African Politics
1999 Spring Quarter
African Politics: Government and Politics of Africa
Seminar for Majors: Comparative Government
1999 Winter Quarter
Special Studies in Comparative Politics
Previous Courses by Course
POL SCI M167C
Political Economy of Development
Political Economy of Development
2016 Spring Quarter
2014 Spring Quarter
2004 Spring Quarter
INTL DV M120
Political Economy of Development
Political Economy of Development
2016 Spring Quarter
POL SCI 240B
Seminar: Comparative Politics
Seminar: Comparative Politics
2016 Winter Quarter
2010 Winter Quarter
POL SCI 240A
Seminar: Comparative Politics
Seminar: Comparative Politics
2015 Fall Quarter
POL SCI 50
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Introduction to Comparative Politics
2015 Spring Quarter
2009 Spring Quarter
2003 Winter Quarter
2000 Spring Quarter
INTL DV 191
Variable Topics Research Seminars: International Development Studies -- Senior Seminar
Variable Topics Research Seminars: International Development Studies -- Senior Seminar
2015 Winter Quarter
POL SCI 241
African Politics
African Politics
2014 Fall Quarter
2007 Fall Quarter
INTL DV M100B
Introduction to Development Studies: Political Economy of Development
Introduction to Development Studies: Political Economy of Development
2014 Spring Quarter
2004 Spring Quarter
POL SCI 259
Selected Topics in Comparative Politics
Selected Topics in Comparative Politics
POL SCI 151A
African Politics: Government and Politics of Africa
African Politics: Government and Politics of Africa
2010 Spring Quarter
2006 Fall Quarter
2002 Fall Quarter
2000 Fall Quarter
1999 Spring Quarter
POL SCI 98T
Comparative Responses to Aids in Africa
Comparative Responses to Aids in Africa
2010 Winter Quarter
POL SCI 50R
Introduction to Comparative Politics -- Research Version
Introduction to Comparative Politics -- Research Version
2009 Fall Quarter
2005 Fall Quarter
2005 Winter Quarter
2004 Spring Quarter
POL SCI 169
Special Studies in Comparative Politics
Special Studies in Comparative Politics
2008 Spring Quarter
2008 Winter Quarter
2001 Winter Quarter
2000 Winter Quarter
1999 Winter Quarter
POL SCI 88SE
Explaining Ethnic Violence
Explaining Ethnic Violence
2006 Spring Quarter
POL SCI 191H
Research Design Seminar for Honors Thesis
Research Design Seminar for Honors Thesis
2006 Spring Quarter
POL SCI C241
African Politics
African Politics
2004 Fall Quarter
2002 Fall Quarter
2000 Winter Quarter
POL SCI C197D
Seminar for Majors: Comparative Government
Seminar for Majors: Comparative Government