Walter C. Clemens, JR.

Send us Fan MailMy guest today is Walter C. Clemens, JR. Walter C. Clemens, JR. is Associate, Harvard University Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Boston University. His many books include America and the World 1898 – 2025: Achievements, Failures, Alternative Futures; and more recently, The Republican Virus in the Body Politic – How to Reboot America. He is also the author of numerous articles and editorials. Professor Clemens is an American political scientist best known for advancing complexity science as an approach to the study of international relations and comparative politics. He has been active in the analysis of complexity science, arms control and disarmament, and U.S. relations with communist and post-communist countries.Associate, Harvard University Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, 1963--; faculty, Boston University, 1966-2012; MIT, 1963-66; U of Calif., Santa Barbara, 1961-63; Iolani School, Honolulu, 1960-61.  Ph.D., Columbia University, 1961;  M.A., Columbia 1957; A.B., Magna Cum Laude,  Notre Dame, 1955  Research at Moscow State University, 1958-59, and U of Vienna, 1952-53.  Links for today’s episode: Walter C. Clemens, JR. detailed résumé   http://www.bu.edu/polisci/people/faculty/clemens/Also in WikipediaWalter’s review page on The New York Journal of BooksNew York Journal of BooksMandy’s review page on The New York Journal of BooksThe Republican Virus in the Body Politic: How to Reboot America – Walter C. Clemens, JR. Bookshop.orgThe Republican Virus in the Body Politic: How to Reboot America – Walter C. Clemens, JR. – Amazon A Promised Land – Barack ObamaBecoming – Michelle Obama Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community - Robert D. Putnam    Support the showThe Bookshop PodcastMandy Jackson-BeverlySocial Media Links