Biography:Dennis Hale (political scientist)

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Dennis Hale
NationalityAmerican
Alma materOberlin College; Brooklyn College; City University of New York Graduate Center
EmployerBoston College
TitleProfessor of Political Science

Dennis Hale (born c. 1944) is an American political scientist who works as a professor of political science at Boston College.

Education

Hale has a B.A. from Oberlin College (1966), an M.A. from Brooklyn College (1969), and a Ph.D. from the City University of New York Graduate Center (1977).

Career

Hale taught at Boston College since 1978, and worked as the department chair for eight years (1989–97).[1] Hale published essays on local government, American political thought, public administration, and the modern experience of citizenship. He co-edited two volumes of essays by French political scientist Bertrand de Jouvenel, and is completing a book on democracy and the jury system. Hale's essays and reviews have appeared in the Political Science Quarterly, PS, Society, The Journal of Politics, Polity, APSR, State and Local Government Review, Administration and Society, The Political Science Reviewer, The Washington Post , and Newsday.[1]

Hale is the editor of The United States Congress, Transaction Publishers, 1983, ISBN:0-87855-939-6, and co-edited The nature of politics: Bertrand de Jouvenel, with Marc Landy, Transaction Publishers, 1992, ISBN:1-56000-607-2, and a number of other books.

He has often been quoted by the media on his areas of expertise, including by The Boston Globe,[2][3][4] The New York Times ,[5] The Boston Phoenix,[6] The New York Sun,[7][8] The Christian Science Monitor,[9] and The Concord Monitor.[10]

Americans for Peace and Tolerance

He is a co-founder of Americans for Peace and Tolerance, along with Charles Jacobs and Islamic scholar Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Subhy Mansour.[11] It states its purpose as "promote peaceful coexistence in an ethnically diverse America by educating the American public about the need for a moderate political leadership that supports tolerance and core American values in communities across the nation."[12] The group is a primary critic of the $15.6 million mosque in Roxbury Crossing, which the group asserts is led by extremist leaders and contributors.[13][14]

Bibliography

Author

The Jury in America: Triumph and Decline, 2016, ISBN:0-70062-200-4

Editor

The New Student Left (with Mitchell Cohen), Beacon Press, 1967

The California Dream (with Jonathan Eisen), The Macmillan Company, 1968

The United States Congress, Transaction Publishers, 1983, ISBN:0-87855-939-6

The Nature of Politics: Selected Essays of Bertrand de Jouvenel (with Marc Landy), Schocken Books, 1987, ISBN:0-80524-023-3

See also

  • List of Oberlin College and Conservatory people
  • List of Boston College people

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Faculty – Dennis Hale – Boston College". Bc.edu. June 29, 2009. http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/polisci/facstaff/hale.html. 
  2. "Former Senate leader returns to campus – The Boston Globe". Boston.com. November 12, 2004. http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2004/11/12/former_senate_leader_returns_to_campus/. 
  3. Kocian, Lisa (September 12, 2004). "More competition pumps life into primary elections – The Boston Globe". Boston.com. http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/09/12/more_competition_pumps_life_into_primary_elections/. 
  4. "Article: For Most in Massachusetts House, Re-Election Is Certain. | AccessMyLibrary – Promoting library advocacy". May 2, 2002. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286-8632480.html. 
  5. Goodnough, Abby (January 7, 2010). "Democrats Anxious Over a Once-Safe Seat - NYTimes.com". The New York Times (Massachusetts). https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/08/us/politics/08massachusetts.html. 
  6. "This Just In | TODAY'S JOLT". http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/daily/documents/02238530.htm. 
  7. "A Bishop's Voice – July 21, 2006 – The New York Sun". July 21, 2006. http://www.nysun.com/article/36454. 
  8. "In 2002, Kerry Welcomed Boston Mosque Now Suspected of Ties to Wahhabism – October 22, 2004 – The New York Sun". http://www.nysun.com/article/3627. 
  9. "Battle waged in Boston over new mosque / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com". Christian Science Monitor. January 5, 2006. http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0105/p13s01-lire.html/(page)/2. Retrieved March 30, 2010. 
  10. Concord Monitor Publishing. "Concord Monitor - Romney: I 'evolved'on abortion". http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050727/REPOSITORY/507270338/1013/NEWS03. 
  11. Paulson, Michael (June 28, 2009). "At mosque opening, tensions permeate interfaith gathering – The Boston Globe". Boston.com. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/06/28/at_mosque_opening_tensions_permeate_interfaith_gathering/?page=2. 
  12. "Mission and About Us". Americans for Peace and Tolerance. November 20, 2008. http://www.peaceandtolerance.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=14. 
  13. Paulson, Michael (June 26, 2009). "Muslim community to celebrate mosque's ceremonial opening – The Boston Globe". Boston.com. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/06/26/muslim_community_to_celebrate_mosque8217s_ceremonial_opening/. 
  14. "Boston area Jews split on Tamir. Russian emigrants demand Israeli envoy's recall, while mainstream groups support him – Jerusalem Post | HighBeam Research – FREE trial". August 11, 2009. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-168777772.html?refid=gnews_1108. 

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