B.A.  Centre College
M.A. Duke University

Ph.D. Duke University

http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/skjolly/

Courses:

Politics of Western Europe
Ethnic Conflict

Comparative Political Parties

Recent Publications:

"The Europhile Fringe? Regionalist Party Support for European Integration." European Union Politics 8.1 (March 2007): 109-130.

"Location, Location, Location: National Contextual Factors and Public Support for European Integration." (with Adam P. Brinegar), European Union Politics 6.2 (June 2005): 155-180.

"Varieties of Capitalism and Political Divides Over European Integration." (with Adam P. Brinegar and Herbert Kitschelt), in European Integration and Political Conflict, edited by Gary Marks and Marco Steenbergen (2004).

Research Interests:

European and European Union Politics, Political Parties, Ethnic Conflict, Political Economy

Current Research Projects:

I am currently working on two research projects. A Europe of Regions? Regional Integration, Sub-State Nationalism and the Optimal Size of States investigates whether European integration increases sub-state nationalist mobilization within European Union member states. In this research project, I explore the strategies and electoral success of sub-state nationalist political parties in Western Europe. Extending the literature on sub-state nationalist political parties, multi-level governance and the optimal size of nations, I argue that deeper European political and economic integration increases support for sub-state nationalist parties because it increases the viability of independent small states within the European Union.

The second project investigates the causes of xenophobia in western Europe. In particular, how does the presence of immigrants or minorities in a local community affect the attitudes towards these groups?