Michael Clancy

 

Michael Clancy is Professor 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 American Government, Introduction to Politics and the capstone course for majors. Clancy has also taught in the All University Curriculum, teaching Sources of Power.
 
 

Teaching

Current Courses, Fall 2011

IS 100w: Introduction to International Studies
POL 330: U.S. Foreign Policy

Previous Courses Taught:

First Year Seminar 100: Globalizing People
POL 100: American Government
POL 130: International Relations
POL 200w: Politics
POL 290ST: Global Political Economy
POL 321: Political Change and Development
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


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

Research and Professional

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 most recent 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 research 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 his article on tourism, nation branding and national identity appeared in the Journal of International Relations and Development (2011). He also contributed a book chapter on tourism and commodity chain research in Jan Mosedale's Political Economy and Tourism: A Critical Perspective (Routledge, 2011).

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.

 

 

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