John W. Harbeson (City University of New York, New York, New York)

Submitted:  Mon, 25 August 2003


John W. Harbeson
Professor of Political Science
Graduate Center and City College
The City University of New York

E-mail: Jwharbeson@aol.com

He served as U.S.A.I.D's Regional Democracy and Governance Advisor for
Eastern and Southern Africa from 1993-1995. He has been co-founder and
first chair of the Comparative Democratization Section of the American
Political Science Association and is founder and current chair of the
African Politics Conference Group, affiliated with both the African
Studies Association and the American Political Science Association.  He
has been a Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace.

Professor Harbeson's books on Africa include: 

-- Forthcoming.  The Resurrection of Political Community:  Democracy 
and the State in Africa.
-- Civil Society and the State (ed. with Donald Rothchild and Naomi 
Chazan)
-- Africa and World Politics (ed. with Donald Rothchild, 3rd.ed)
-- The Ethiopian Transformation, The Military in African Politics (ed.) 
-- Nation Building in Kenya: The Role of Land Reform.

In addition, he has authored 75 articles and book chapters on democratization,
development, and civil society in Africa.