Thomas Ertman

Associate Professor of Sociology

Education

Ph.D. 1990, M.A. 1985, B.A. 1981, Harvard University.

Areas of Research/Interest

Comparative/historical sociology; political sociology; social theory; sociology of the arts.

Articles:

  • "Democracy and Dictatorship in Interwar Western Europe Revisited." World Politics, April 1998.

Books:

  • Taming the Leviathan: Building Democratic Nation-States in 19th and 20th Century Western Europe. (In Progress.) 
  • Birth of the Leviathan: Building States and Regimes in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Cambridge University Press, 1997. Barrington Moore Prize of the ASA 1998.