Gregory Mahler

Gregory S. Mahler
Born	(1950-08-12) August 12, 1950 (age 74) Palo Alto, California, United States
Alma mater	Oberlin College
Scientific career
Fields	political science, Canadian Studies, Israeli politics, parliamentary studies
Institutions	Earlham College

Gregory S. Mahler is an American political scientist with a general interest in comparative politics, and more specific interests in legislatures and constitutionalism.

Education

Mahler completed his undergraduate studies at Oberlin College and received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Duke University.^[citation needed]

Career

Mahler taught political science at the University of Vermont for 12 years, then moved to the University of Mississippi where he served as Chair of the Political Science Department.[1] He subsequently moved to Kalamazoo College, where he served as the Chief Academic Officer of the College for ten years.[1] Thereafter he moved to Earlham College, in Richmond, Indiana, where he is a former Academic Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs.[2][3]

Professor Mahler's scholarly work has been published widely. He has contributed to numerous journals and edited volumes, and has authored or edited over twenty-five books that fall into three broad groups: comparative politics, politics of Israel and the Middle East, and politics of Canada. In 1996 he was a visiting professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, at which time he also served as a visiting scholar at the Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs where he ran a workshop and authored a book titled Constitutionalism and Palestinian Constitutional Development. Dr. Mahler was one of the co-founders of the Association for Israel Studies in the United States,^[citation needed] and served as President of that group for a two-year period.[4] He also served as President of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States.

Mahler has lectured widely on Israeli politics, the Middle East peace process, constitutional development, Canadian politics, Quebec politics, and many other topics. In addition to numerous speaking engagements in the United States, he has lectured in such foreign settings as Albania, Amsterdam, Beijing, Cardiff, Côte d'Ivoire, Jerusalem, Liberia, Mauritania, Mexico City, Minsk, Moldova, Moscow, Port-of-Spain, and Tel Aviv.

Mahler has had numerous grants to support his research over the years, including support from the U.S. Department of Education (two Fulbright grants), the U.S. Department of State, the Government of Canada, the Organization of American States, the Government of Israel, the Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs, and the U.S.S.R. Institute for the Study of the U.S. and Canada.

Books

• Comparative Politics: Exploring Concepts and Institutions Across Nations (6th ed., Lynne Riener Pub., 2019)
• Principles of Comparative Politics (Pearson, 2013)
• The Arab-Israeli Conflict An Introduction and Documentary Reader (with Alden R. W. Mahler, Routledge, 2008; 2nd ed., 2018)[5]
• Politics and Government in Israel: The Maturation of a Modern State (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004; 3rd ed., 2016)[6]
• Israel in the Nineties: Development and Conflict (edited with Frederick Lazin, University of Florida Press, 1996)[7]
• Contemporary Canadian Politics, 1988–1994: An Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood Press, 1995)
• Israel at the Crossroads (edited with Efraim Karsh, British Academic Press, 1994)[8]
• Israel after Begin (edited, State University of New York Press, 1990)[9]
• Israel: Government and Politics in a Maturing State (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990)[10]
• Contemporary Canadian Politics: An Annotated Bibliography, 1970–1987 (Greenwood Press, 1988)
• New Dimensions of Canadian Federalism: Canada in a Comparative Perspective (Fairlegh Dickinson Press, 1987)[11]
• Bibliography of Israeli Politics (Westview Press, 1985)
• Comparative Politics: An Institutional and Cross-National Approach (Schenkman Pub. Co., 1983; Prentice Hall, 2008)
• Readings in the Israeli Political System: Structures and Processes (edited, University Press of America, 1982)
• The Knesset: Parliament in the Israeli Political System (Fairleigh Dickinson Press, 1981)[12]

References

1. "Earlham gets new academic dean". The Herald-Palladium. 5 April 2007. ProQuest 441057208.
2. "Greg Mahler". Earlham College. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
3. Berrett, Dan (6 November 2011). "For Cash-Strapped Colleges, Handling Donors' Conditions Can Be a Delicate Dance". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
4. Mahler, Gregory (Fall 1991), "Message From the President", Newsletter of the Association for Israel Studies, 7 (1): 3, JSTOR 41804668
5. Review of The Arab—Israeli Conflict: An Introduction and Documentary Reader:
   • Jensehaugen, Jørgen (May 2010), Journal of Peace Research, 47 (3): 350–351, JSTOR 20752179
6. Reviews of Politics and Government in Israel: The Maturation of a Modern State:
   • Safran, William (Winter 2005), Israel Studies Forum, 20 (2): 150–153, JSTOR 41805151
   • Cohen-Almagor, Raphael (July 2012), "Politics and Government in Israel. The Maturation of a Modern State", Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 11 (2): 286–288, doi:10.1080/14725886.2012.686571, S2CID 145012645
   • Sinai, Joshua (August 2016), Perspectives on Terrorism, 10 (4): 107, JSTOR 26297640
7. Reviews of Israel in the Nineties: Development and Conflict:
   • Kumaraswamy, P R. (July 1997), "Review", Domes, 6 (3): 51, doi:10.1111/j.1949-3606.1997.tb00744.x, ProQuest 205056409
   • Mendilow, Jonathan (Fall 1998), Israel Studies Bulletin, 14 (1): 15–17, JSTOR 41805401
   • Brinner, William M. (Winter 1998), Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, 32 (2): 275, doi:10.1017/S0026318400038116, JSTOR 23061844
8. Reviews of Israel at the Crossroads:
   • Tal, Lawrence (January 1995), International Affairs, 71 (1): 187, doi:10.2307/2624084, JSTOR 2624084
   • Silverbrug, Sanford R. (July 1995), "Review", Domes, 4 (3): 24, doi:10.1111/j.1949-3606.1995.tb00567.x, ProQuest 205039161
9. Reviews of Israel After Begin:
   • Dowty, Alan (Fall 1991), Newsletter of the Association for Israel Studies, 7 (1): 29–31, JSTOR 41804677
   • Peretz, Don (Summer 1992), Journal of Palestine Studies, 21 (4): 105–106, doi:10.2307/2537673, JSTOR 2537673
10. Review of Israel: Government and Politics in a Maturing State:
    • Peretz, Don (December 1990), Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, 24 (2): 229–231, doi:10.1017/S0026318400023440, JSTOR 23060948
11. Reviews of New Dimensions of Canadian Federalism: Canada in a Comparative Perspective:
    • Cody, Howard (Spring 1988), Publius, 18 (2, Bicommunal Societies and Polities): 175–178, doi:10.2307/3330470, JSTOR 3330470
    • Chandler, William Mayhew (December 1988), Canadian Public Administration, 31 (4): 635–638
12. Reviews of The Knesset: Parliament in the Israeli Political System:
    • Mikardo, I. (1982), The Parliamentarian, 63 (3): 193
    • Divine, Donna Robinson (December 1982), The American Political Science Review, 76 (4): 936–937, doi:10.2307/1963037, JSTOR 1963037
    • Habib, Henry (December 1982), Canadian Journal of Political Science, 15 (4): 849–850, doi:10.1017/S0008423900052318, JSTOR 3229850
    • Rothman, Rozann (February 1983), The Journal of Politics, 45 (1): 253–254, doi:10.2307/2130350, JSTOR 2130350

External links

• Earlham College, Press Release. March 30, 2007. Earlham Welcomes Gregory Mahler as New Academic Dean