Michael Clancy

 

Michael Clancy is Professor of the Department of Politics and Government at the University of Hartford where he specializes in teaching international politics. He is currently chair of the Department of Politics and Government and also coordinates the interdisciplinary International Studies program. Clancy earned a B.A. at St. Olaf College and a Masters and Ph.D from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Before coming to Hartford, Clancy taught briefly at Smith, Mount Holyoke and Williams Colleges. At Hartford he specializes in International Relations, but also teaches introductory Introduction to Politics and the capstone course for majors as well as International Studies courses. Clancy has also taught in the First Year Seminar program and in the All University Curriculum, teaching Sources of Power.
 
 

Teaching

Current Courses, Spring 2012

POL 130: International Relations
POL 439: Seminar: Security and Democracy in the Age of Terror 


Other Courses:

First Year Seminar 100: Globalizing People
POL 100: American Government
POL 200w: Politics
POL 290ST: Global Political Economy
POL 321: Political Change and Development
POL 330: U.S. Foreign Policy
POL 331: International Organization and Law
POL 332w: The Politics of War
POL 400: Capstone in Politics in Government
POL 439: Seminar: The Iraq War

IS 100: Introduction to International Studies

HON 385: The Politics of International Tourism
AUC 110: Sources of Power

Research and Professional

Michael Clancy's research intersects the fields of international and comparative politics by focusing upon the political economy of development with a concentration on international tourism. He has written about various aspects of tourism and development in the Global South as well as sex tourism. His book Brand New Ireland: Tourism, Development and National Identity in the Irish Republic was published by Ashgate Press in 2009. He is also the author of Exporting Paradise: Tourism and Development in Mexico (London: Pergamon 2001).

His writing has also appeared in the Review of International Political Economy, Latin American Research Review, Annals of Tourism Research, Studies in Comparative International Development and Globalizations. Most recently, he published an article on the economic crisis and its impact on the Irish accommodation sector in Irish Geography (2012), another article in the Journal of International Relations and Development (2011) on tourism, nation branding and national identity, as well as a book chapter on tourism and commodity chain research in Jan Mosedale's Political Economy and Tourism: A Critical Perspective (Routledge, 2011) He is currently at work on slow tourism and ethical consumption. Clancy has also written teaching cases published by the Case Program at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University.

He is a contributing editor at the Annals of Tourism Research and is a member of the International Studies Association and American Political Science Association.

Curriculum Vitae

 

Michael Clancy Dept. of Politics and Government University of Hartford 200 Bloomfield Avenue  West Hartford, CT 06117  860.768.4284 clancy@hartford.edu