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Karen Alter

Karen Alter

· Professor of Political Science

Northwestern University · Comparative and Historical Social Science

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Research topics

  • Political science
  • Law
  • Law and economics
  • Sociology
  • Business

Frequent coauthors

  • Laurence R. Helfer

    77 shared

  • Emilie M. Hafner‐Burton

    30 shared

  • Emily Schraudenbach

    George Washington University

    17 shared

  • Andrew Moravcsik

    17 shared

  • Laura Rozier

    17 shared

  • Jean Clipperton

    Carnegie Corporation of New York

    17 shared

  • James D. Fearon

    Stanford University

    16 shared

  • Stephen J. Silvia

    16 shared

Education

  • Ph.D., Political Science

    University of Chicago

    2000

  • M.A., Political Science

    University of Chicago

    1996

  • B.A., Political Science

    University of California, Berkeley

    1993

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