Strom Cronan Thacker is an American political scientist and academic administrator. He is expected to take office as the seventh president of Pitzer College in July 2023.[needs update][1] As a scholar, his work focuses on the political economy of development in Latin America and other regions of the world.[1]

Books edit

  • Big Business, the State, and Free Trade: Constructing Coalitions in Mexico. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2000. ISBN 9780521781688.[2]
  • With Gerring, John (2008). A Centripetal Theory of Democratic Governance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780511756054.[3][4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Gould, Donald P. "Introducing President-Designate Strom C. Thacker". Office of the President. Pitzer College. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  2. ^ Minushkin, Susan (2002). "Opening Mexico's Economy". International Studies Review. 4 (1): 210–214. JSTOR 3186294.
  3. ^ Hrubeš, Milan (2012). "Review of A Centripetal Theory of Democratic Governance". Czech Sociological Review. 48 (1): 177–180. JSTOR 23535598.
  4. ^ Holtermann, Helge (2009). "Review of A Centripetal Theory of Democratic Governance". Journal of Peace Research. 46 (3): 455–456. doi:10.1177/00223433090460030906. JSTOR 25654420. S2CID 108462757.