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Aspen Brinton







Adjunct Faculty Member, Carnegie Mellon Qatar
Ph.D., Government: Georgetown University.
Phone (U.S.): (202) 294-7514
Phone (Qatar): +974 492 7915
Fax: + 974 492-7866
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 Research Interests
Aspen Brinton has four main areas of research interests:
  • Political Theory: History of Political Thought, Democratic Theory, Continental Political Philosophy, the Frankfurt School, the Philosophy of Social Science.
  • Democracy and Civil Society: Democratic Theory, Third Sector Studies, Intellectual History of Civil Society, Transnational Actors/Global Civil Society, Transitions to Democracy/Democratization
  • International Relations: Transnational Actors/Global Civil Society, International Organizations
  • European Studies: European Politics, European Civilizations

Selected publications
"Theories of Civil Society: de Tocqueville." International Encyclopedia of Civil Society, ed. Helmut Anheir and Stephen Toepler. Springer International, forthcoming.

Review of Funding Civil Society: Foreign Assistance and NGO Development in Russia by Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom. Democracy and Society, Spring 2007.