Faculty
Sidney Plotkin
Professor of Political Science on the Margaret Stiles Halleck Chair
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Sidney Plotkin teaches courses on power, public policy, urban politics and the politics of capitalism. His research and writing have centered on the US national and sub-national political economy, with a focus on land use and fiscal politics. He has also written on urban political movements. His current scholarly interest centers on the political and social ideas of the early 20th-century American radical thinker, Thorstein Veblen. Since 2004, he has served as President of the International Thorstein Veblen Association.
BA, CUNY Brooklyn College; MA, CUNY New York City College of Technology; PhD, CUNY Graduate School and University Center
At Vassar since 1981
Departments and Programs
Courses
POLI 140 American Politics
POLI 236 The Military and American Politics
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