Charles Lipson

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Charles H. Lipson (born February 1, 1948) is an American political scientist who is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Chicago. [1] His areas of specialization include international relations, international political economy and modern international history. [1]

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Education

Born and raised in Marks, Mississippi, Lipson attended Yale as an undergraduate, where he studied Political Science and Economics. He received a Master of Arts degree and a doctoral degree from Harvard University. [2] [3]

While studying at Harvard, Lipson won the Chase Prize for the best essay on a subject relating to the promotion of world peace. [2] [4]

Career

Charles Lipson has taught at the University of Chicago since 1977. [5] His research focuses on international cooperation and conflict and political aspects of international trade, debt, and investment. In addition to his political science publications, Lipson writes books on academic integrity, adjusting to college and doing research that are broadly applicable to students of all academic interests.

Lipson is the co-founder and director of the Program on International Politics, Economics, and Security (PIPES), a weekly workshop for graduate students to discuss research issues in international politics. [6]

In 1991, he served as the Secretary of the American Political Science Association [7]

Publications

Books

BookYearTypePublishedISBN
Standing Guard: Protecting Foreign Capital in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries1985Non-fictionUniversity of California Press 978-0520034686
Reliable Partners: How Democracies Have Made a Separate Peace2003Non-fictionPrinceton University Press 978-0691113906
How to Write a BA Thesis: A Practical Guide from Your First Ideas to Your Finished Paper2005Non-fictionUniversity of Chicago Press 978-0226484648
Doing Honest Work in College: How to Prepare Citations, Avoid Plagiarism, and Achieve Real Academic Success 2nd ed.2008Non-fictionUniversity of Chicago Press 978-0226484778
Cite Right: A Quick Guide to Citation Styles—MLA, APA, Chicago, the Sciences, Professions, and More2nd ed2011Non-fictionUniversity Of Chicago Press 978-0226484648

In the book, Reliable Partners: How Democracies Have Made a Separate Peace (2003), Lipson examines "why democracies do not fight wars against each other." [8]

Lipson has also edited several books on international politics:

Editorials

Lipson has contributed editorials to the Chicago Tribune. [9] [10] [11]

Media appearances

In 2013, Lipson frequently appeared as a guest on Beyond the Beltway with Bruce DuMont, a nationally syndicated radio show that provides listeners with weekly political discussions. [12] He also appeared on Pritzker Military Presents Front & Center in 2004. [2]

Awards

In 2011, [13] Lipson received the Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching from the University of Chicago. [14]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Front & Center with John Callaway: Iraq in Transition: What Next?". Pritzker Military Museum & Library. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Home". zipdialog.com.
  4. ↑ "Prize Descriptions". Harvard University. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  5. ↑ Felsenthal, Carol (5 July 2012). "U. of C. Prof. Charles Lipson on the Obama Library". Chicago Magazine. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "PIPES: The Program on International Politics, Economics, and Security". Division of the Social Sciences. University of Chicago. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "PS: Political Science & Politics - Officers and Council - Cambridge Journals Online". PS: Political Science & Politics. 24 (S1): 1. September 1991. doi:10.1017/S1049096500052434. S2CID   251096558.
  8. ↑ "Political Science @ Chicago". uchicago.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
  9. ↑ Lipson, Charles (1 July 2014). "When government fails its citizens". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  10. ↑ Lipson, Charles (10 July 2014). "Summer weekend 2014 worse than St. Valentine's Day Massacre". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  11. ↑ Lipson, Charles (17 June 2014). "Barack Obama's presidency is spiraling downward". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "2013: Beyond the Beltway Programs". Beyond the Beltway . JenniBe Productions. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  13. ↑ "Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching". University of Chicago. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  14. ↑ "Quantrell Award winner Charles Lipson". University of Chicago. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
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