John P Willerton

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Chapters

• Willerton, J. P. (2023). "The Presidency". In Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics and Society(pp 87-98). Routledge.
• Willerton, J. P. (2019). "Presidency and Executive". In Developments in Russian Politics 9(pp 18-37). Durham / London: Duke University Press (US) / Macmillan International.
• Willerton, J. P. (2019). "The Russian Federation: Complexity and Uncertainty". In Comparative Politics(pp 50 page electronic manuscript for modular book). New York: McGraw Hill.
• Willerton, J. P. (2016). "Russian Federation: Complexity and Uncertainty". In Comparative Politics(pp 50 page electronic manuscript; no specified page numbers). McGraw-Hill.
• Willerton, J. P. (2008). Semi-presidentialism and the evolving executive. Duke University Press.
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  Stephen White, editor, "Developments in Russian Politics 7," Duke University Press/Macmillan, 2009.;Your Role: sole author;
• Willerton, J. P. (2013). Russian Federation: System Building and Policy Making 'a la Russe'. In Comparative Politics(pp 50 page electronic chapter). Primus: McGraw-Hill.
• Willerton, J. P. (2010). Presidency. In Handbook of Russian Politics. Routledge.
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  Edited by Graham Gill, this volume addresses important facets of evolving Russian politics, the text oriented to specialists, academics, and those with a significant (or primary) interest in Russia and other former Soviet Union (FSU) countries.;Your Role: author;
• Willerton, J. P. (2012). Hegemonic Presidency. In Developments in Russian Politics 8. Macmillian (UK); Duke University Press (US).
• Willerton, J. P. (2011). Russian Presidency. In Handbook of Russian Politics.
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  A chapter prepared and under review for a forthcoming book, "Handbook of Russian Politics," edited by Graeme Gill, to be published by Routledge, tentatively in late 2010/early 2011.;Full Citation: Russian Presidency.;Status: Submitted But Not Yet Accepted;
• Willerton, J. P. (2011). “The Presidency and Executive Branch.. Routledge.
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  ;Your Role: Sole author.;Full Citation: “The Presidency and Executive Branch,” in Graeme Gill, ed., Handbook of Russian Politics and Society, N.Y.: Routledge, 2011, pp. 99-115.;
• Willerton, J. P. (2010). Semi-presidentialism and the Evolving Executive. Duke University Press (US); Macmillan-Palgrave (UK).
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  This text is a major volume that is published approximately once every three years assessing the politics of Russia (formerly the USSR). It first appeared in 1990. [Note I had listed this for 2009, but it was published in 2010.];Your Role: author;Full Citation: In Stephen White, Richard Sakwa, and Henry E. Hale, eds., DEVELOPMENTS IN RUSSIAN POLITICS 7.;
• Willerton, J. P. (2009). Semi-presidentialialism and the evolving executive.
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  ;Your Role: Sole author;Full Citation: Semi-presidentialism and the evolving executive," in Stephen White, Richard Sakwa and Henry E. Hale, eds., Developments in Russian Politics 7, Duke University Press/Macmillan, 2009, pp. 20-42.;

Journals/Publications

• Willerton, J. P. (2020). “USA-Russia, Avanti Piano” (“USA-Russia, Advancing Slowly”). "Limes" ("Borderlands"); "Italian Review of Geopolitics", 2020(11), Online published December 2020; Hard copy published in 2021..
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  Un rapprochement è improbabile: dall’energia al Medio Oriente, dall’Africa all’Asia centrale, gli interessi cozzano. Soprattutto, Mosca non si rassegna al declassamento. Ma a Putin e Biden non manca il pragmatismo. Iran e Ucraina i possibili banchi di prova.di John P. Willerton
• Willerton, J. P. (2017). "Searching for a Russian National Idea: Putin Team Efforts and Public Assessment". Demokratizatsiya / Democratization, 25(3), 209-34.
• Willerton, J. P. (2016). "Russian Public Assessments of the Putin Policy Program: Achievements and Challenges". Russian Politics, 1(2), 131-158.
• Willerton, J. P. (2016). Russia, the U.S., and the Cold War that Never Ended". Limes: Italian Review of Geopolitics, No volume number; published since 1993; simply a year/issue number(2016/2), 115-122.
• Willerton, J. P. (2016). “Washington calls Moscow”. Limes: Italian Review of Geopolitics, 11(16), http://www.limesonline.com/cartaceo/washington-chiama-mosca?prv=true&refresh_ce.
• Willerton, J. P. (2015). Internationalising the Curriculum on Campus -- and Abroad: Juxtaposing the Lecture Hall and Study Abroad. European Political Science, TBA(TBA), TBA.
• Willerton, J. P. (2015). Mistrust and hegemony: Regional institutional design, the FSU-CIS, and Russia. International Area Studies Review, 18(1), 26-52.
• Willerton, J. P. (2015). Treaty Networks and Nesting in the FSU and CIS. International Area Studies Review.
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  Project focused on Russian foreign policy, treaty networks and treaty nesting, with attention to the area of the FSU (former Soviet Union) and CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States).;Other collaborative: Yes;Please specify if you select "Other collaborative" : Collaborative project with Michael Slobodchikoff and Gary Goertz; this one of the current papers out of the long-term project.;Accepted for publication; to appear in 2015.Status: Submitted But Not Yet Accepted;
• Willerton, J. P., & Beznosov, M. (2016). Internationalising the Curriculum on Campus – and Abroad: Juxtaposing the Lecture Hall and Study Abroad”. European Political Science, 15, 61-72.
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  On-line manuscript published fall 2015; hard copy journal published March 2016.
• Willerton, J. P., Goertz, G., & Slobodchikoff, M. (2015). “Mistrust and hegemony: Regional institutional design, the FSU-CIS, and Russia". International Area Studies Review, 18(1), 26-52.
• Willerton, J. P., Goertz, G., & Slobodchikoff, M. (2012). Treaty networks, Nesting, and Interstate Cooperation: Russia, the FSU, and the CIS.
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  ;Your Role: Primary author.;Full Citation: Treaty networks, Nesting, and Interstate Cooperation: Russia, the FSU, and the CIS." (John P. Willerton, Michael Slobodchikoff, and Gary Goertz) International Area Studies Review (Article / Journal) [I took the lead in writing the article, with Michael Slobodchikoff also contributing to the writing of the narrative, and Gary Goertz providing inputs on the data, analysis, and the narrative.]. Peer Reviewed. Collaborative with faculty member in unit. Collaborative with graduate student. Published in April 2012, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 59-82.;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: I took the lead in writing the article, with Michael Slobodchikoff also contributing to the writing of the narrative, and Gary Goertz providing inputs on the data, analysis, and the narrative.;
• Willerton, J. P., Slobodchikoff, M., & Goertz, G. (2011). "Treaty networks, Nesting, and Interstate Cooperation: Russia, the FSU, and the CIS.". International Area Studies Review.
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  Published in April 2012, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 59-82.;Your Role: I took the lead in writing the article, with Michael Slobodchikoff also contributing to the writing of the narrative, and Gary Goertz providing inputs on the data, analysis, and the narrative.;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;Collaborative with faculty member in unit: Yes;

Presentations

• Willerton, J. P. (2020, February 2020). "Fostering Student Sensitivity to Diversity and Inclusion in Today's Classroom". Teaching and Learning Conference, American Political Science Association. Albuquerque, New Mexico: American Political Science Association.
• Willerton, J. P. (2018, February). "Presenting the Adversary Country in the Classroom". APSA Teaching and Learning Conference 2018. Baltimore, Maryland: American Political Science Association.
• Willerton, J. P. (2018, July). "Technology and Teaching in Political Science". Department of Political Science Faculty, Sergio Arboleda University, Bogota, Colombia. Bogota, Colombia: Department of Political Science, Sergio Arboleda University, Bogota, Colombia.
• Willerton, J. P. (2018, July). "Vladimir Putin: Russians Love Him, Westerners Hate Him -- Why". Address Opening the Academic Year, Sergio Arboleda University, Bogota, Colombia. Bogota, Colombia: Department of Political Science, Sergio Arboleda University.
• Willerton, J. P. (2017, June). "Russian Public Opinion and Putin Team Performance. Event. Oslo, Norway: University of Oslo & NEPORUS.
• Willerton, J. P. (2017, May). "Assessing Public Opinion in Putin's Russia". New Russian Political Groups (NEPORUS) Workshop. Oslo, Norway: University of Oslo.
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• Willerton, J. P., & Beznosov, M. (2017, February). "Bringing International Studies into the Undergraduate Classroom". APSA Teaching and Learning Conference. Long Beach, California: American Political Science Association (APSA).
• Willerton, J. P., & Beznosov, M. (2017, February). "The Engaging and Inclusive Classroom". American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference. Long Beach: American Political Science Association.
• Willerton, J. P. (2016, May). "Reflections on the Putin Team and Its Policy Legacy". "State, Society, and Mobilization Under Putin," Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden. Stockholm, Sweden: Swedish Institute of International Affairs and the University of Oslo.
• Willerton, J. P. (2015, June). “Putin, the Governing Team, and Policy Performance: Mixed Public Assessments with a Paramount Leader”. Symposium, "New Political Groups and the Russian State -- Phase 2," St. Petersburg, Russia. St. Petersburg, Russia: University of Oslo, hosted by the European University of St. Peterburg, funded by the Norwegian Research Council..
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  Paper presented at a symposium, organized by the University of Oslo, Norway, hosted by the European University of St. Petersburg, Russia, and funded by the Norwegian Research Council. This paper is one of a series of papers being produced through the NEPORUS Project, studying Russian public opinion. The project currently runs from 2013-2017, with the next meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, May 2016.
• Willerton, J. P. (2015, November). “Russian Public Assessments of the Putin Policy Program: Achievement and Challenge”. Annual Meeting of the Association of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES). Philadephia, PA: Association of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (formerly the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies.
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  Paper presented at the ASEEES (formerly the AAASS), the national professional association of the U.S. devoted to Russian and Slavic Studies.
• Willerton, J. P. (2014, February). The Politics of Happiness and the 'Steve Jobs' Delivery Model. American Political Science Association Teaching and Mentoring Annual Meeting. Philadephia, PA: American Political Science Association.
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  Presentation on my "Politics of Happiness" course and the use of a so-called "Steve Jobs delivery model." The associated paper has been accepted for publication and will appear in 2015 in the journal "European Political Science."
• Willerton, J. P. (2013, March). "Russia in Search of a National Idea". Invited Lecture delivered at St. Antony's College, Oxford University.. St. Antony's College, Oxford University, Great Britain..
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  The St. Antony's Russian Lecture Series is the longest continuing (since the early 1950's) and most prestigious Russian area studies lecture series in the world.
• Willerton, J. P., & none, . (2011, 2011-11-01). Putin, the Presidency, and the 2011-12 Russian Elections. Reflections on Russian Elections, 2011-12. Oslo, Norway: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.
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  I was invited to deliver a lecture on the anticipated second Putin Presidency, meeting organized by the Norwegan Institute of International Relations (NUPI), Oslo, Norway, 23 November 2011.;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Invited/Plenary Speaker;
• Willerton, J. P., & McGovern, P. (2010, 2010-07-01). The Putin-Medvedev Executive and Addressing the Challenges of the Russian. International Congress of Central and East European Studies. Stockholm, Sweden.
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  This is the major international meeting of Russianists and those who study the former Soviet Union (FSU) and Eastern Europe. It is held once every five years.;Your Role: lead co-author;Submitted: Yes;Refereed: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: ;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
• Willerton, J. P., & McGovern, P. (2009, 2009-03-01). Democracy Building Russian Style: Sovereignty, the State, and a Fledgling Civil Society. Western Political Science Association. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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  This paper is part of a larger project on the emerging Russian democracy. The project is interdisciplinary, bridging political science, political theory, and Russian area studies.;Your Role: I was a co-author.;Submitted: Yes;Refereed: Yes;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Professor McGovern is a faculty member at Buffalo State University;Type of Presentation: Professional Organization;
• Willerton, J. P., Powers, K., & Goertz, G. (2008, 2008-07-01). Treaty Nestedness and Interstate Cooperation. 2nd Global Studies Conference of the World International Studies Committee. Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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  The conference and paper were interdisciplinary; I was originally invited to participate and to present a paper.;Your Role: I basically authored and presented the paper.;Invited: Yes;Refereed: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Collaborative with faculty member in unit: Yes;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: I basically authored and was the presenter of this paper. It stems from a broader research project with a colleague in my unit and a colleague at another university.;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference/Workshop;

Reviews

• Willerton, J. P. (2016. Review of Vladimir Gel'man, "Authoritarian Russia". Slavonic & East European Review (SEER), 94, 4, 2016.

Others

• Willerton, J. P. (2014, Spring). Social Movements and Politics in Contemporary Russia. NEPORUS survey research project, Oslo, team budget of $900,000, Norwegian Research Council, 2014-16.
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  I am one of two American participants in the NEPORUS survey research project, University of Oslo, Norway, Geir Flikke, Principal Investigator. Our six-member team (which also includes two Norwegian, one Swedish, and one Russian scholar) was awarded a roughly US$900,000 research grant from the Norwegian Research Council to construct and implement a survey of public opinion about social movements and politics in the Russian Federation, with planned workshops and planned article-length papers; the project runs from 2014-17. Annual meetings in Oslo, Norway (2014), St. Petersburg, Russia (2015), Stockholm, Sweden (2016), and Oslo, Norway (2017).