Paulette Kurzer

Interests

Teaching

comparative politics - Europe - European Union

Research

political economy, EU policy process

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Books

• Kurzer, P., & Johnson, A. (2021). Bricks in the Wall: The Politics of Housing in Europe,. UK London: Routledge. doi:https://www.routledge.com/Bricks-in-the-Wall-The-Politics-of-Housing-in-Europe/Johnston-Kurzer/p/book/9780367743284
• Kurzer, P. -. (2009). The Netherlands.
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  ;Full Citation: Unit in Primis/McGraw Hill, Comparative Governance.;
• Kurzer, P. -. (2006). The Netherlands. Primis/McGraw Hill.
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  ;Full Citation: “The Netherlands" Comparative Governance, Phil Shively, ed. Primis/McGraw Hill. 2006 ;

Chapters

• Kurzer, P. (2022). EU Health Policy: Pandemic Crisis Management and the Construction of a European Health Union. In The EU under Strain? – Current Crises Shaping European Union Politics. Oxford University Press.
• Kurzer, P., & Cooper, A. (2018). THE IDEOLOGY OF HOME OWNERSHIP: GERMAN “EXCEPTIONALISM” and THE EUROPEAN TURN TO NEO-LIBERAL HOUSING MARKETS. In Invested Narratives: German Responses to Economic Crisis and Ordnung. Berghahn Publisher.
• Kurzer, P., & Cooper, A. (2019). The Ideology of Homeownership: German “Exceptionalism” in the European Turn to Neoliberal Housing Markets. In Invested Narratives: German Responses to Economic Crisis and Ordnung. Berghahn.
• Kurzer, P., & Cooper, A. (2022). Housing Crises and the Crisis of Housing: German Experiences with Neoliberal Reforms. In Invested Narratives: German Responses to Economic Crisis. Berghahn.
• Kurzer, P. -. (2014). The EU and the International System.. In Stephen Hanson and Jeffrey Kopstein, eds. Comparative Politics: Interests, Identities, and Institutions in a Changing Global Order.(pp 200-32). New York:: Cambridge University Press.
• Kurzer, P. -. (2013). Conclusion. In European Union Public Health Policy: Regional and Global trends(pp 194-207). London/New York: Routledge.
• Kurzer, P. -. (2013). Non-communicable diseases: The EU declares war on Fat. In European Union Public Health Policy: Regional and Global trends(pp 155-70). London/New York: Routledge.
• Kurzer, P. -. (2013). The Netherlands. In Comparative Governance (textbook)(p. 51). New York:: McGraw Hill.
• Kurzer, P. -., & Skogstad, G. (2012). An Unfinished Project: the evolution of the EU's mode of governance of biotechnology. In Regulating Next Generation Agri-Food Bio-Technologies: Lessons from European and Asian Experiences, edited by Michael Howlett David Laycock.(pp 128-47). New York: Routledge: Society and Genetics Series.
• Kurzer, P. -., & Skogstad, G. (2012). The EU's Governance of Plant Biotechnology Risk Regulation: Still Contested, Still Distinct. In Michael Howlett, ed. Next Generation Genomics in North American, Europe, and Asia. New York: Routledge Genetics and Society Series. Routledge.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2011). Beyond the Welfare State: Consumer Protection and Risk Perceptions in the European Union and Austria. In Ben Ansell, Peter Cohen, Robert Cox, and Jane Gingrich, eds. Social Policy in the New Europe: Small European States Experiences(pp 209-29). New York: Berghahn.
• Kurzer, P. -. (2011). Beyond the boundaries of social policy - how Austria copes with new consumer challenges. In Ben Ansell, Peter Cohen, Robert Cox, and Jane Gingrich, eds. Social Policy in the New Europe: Small European States Experiences.. Berghahn.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2008). The EU as a Political System. Cambridge University Press.
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  ;Full Citation: ““The EU as a Political System.” Mark Lichbach and Jeffrey Kopstein, eds. Comparative Politics: Interests, Identities, and Institutions in a Changing Global Order. Cambridge University Press, 2008.” ;
• Kurzer, P. -. (2008). The EU as a Political System.. In Mark Lichbach and Jeffrey Kopstein, eds. Comparative Politics: Interests, Identities, and Institutions in a Changing Global Order.. Cambridge University Press.
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  “The EU as a Political System.” Mark Lichbach and Jeffrey Kopstein, eds. Comparative Politics: Interests, Identities, and Institutions in a Changing Global Order. Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.;
• Kurzer, P. -. (2006). Who steers the field of consumer protectin and environmental regulations? An American-European Comparison.. Elsevier JAI, 2006.
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  ;Full Citation: “Who steers the field of consumer protectin and environmental regulations? An American-European Comparison.” Laible, Janet. Barkey, Henri Eds. European responses to globalization : resistance, adaptation and alternatives. London : Elsevier JAI, 2006.;
• Kurzer, P. -. (2005). Transatlantic Risk Perceptions, Public Health and Environmental Concerns: Coming Together or Drifting Apart?. Oxford University Press.
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  ;Full Citation: Transatlantic Risk Perceptions, Public Health and Environmental Concerns: Coming Together or Drifting Apart? Craig Parson and Nicolas Jabko, eds. With US or Against US: European Trends in American Perspective. Oxford University Press, 2005.;
• Kurzer, P. -. (2004). Moralization of Product Markets: Genetically Modified Food and Tobacco Compared. Transaction Books.
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  ;Full Citation: Moralization of Product Markets: Genetically Modified Food and Tobacco Compared," Nico Stehr et.al. Markets and Moralizations. New Brunswick: Transaction Books 2004.;

Journals/Publications

• Kurzer, P. -., & Cooper, A. (2007). EU Institutions, Consumer Activism, Global Markets: The fights about GM Foods.. Journal of Public Policy, 27(2), 103-28.
• Kurzer, P., & Anderson, K. (2020). The politics of mortgage credit expansion in the small coordinated market economies. West European Politics, 43(2), 366-389. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2019.1596421
• Kurzer, P., & Johnston, A. (2020). Bricks in the wall: the politics of housing in Europe. West European Politics, 43(1), 275-296. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2019.1660514
• Kurzer, P. (2020). Good Governance Gone Bad: How Nordic Adaptability Leads to Exces. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, ?(?), ?. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2020.1753036
• Kurzer, P., & Anderson, K. (2020). The politics of mortgage credit expansion in the small coordinated market economies. West European Politics, 43(2), 366-389. doi:10.1080/01402382.2019.1596421
• Kurzer, P., & Cooper, A. (2019). Similar Origins – Divergent Paths: The Politics of German and Dutch Housing Markets. German Politics.
• Kurzer, P., & Cooper, A. (2020). Similar Origins – Divergent Paths: The Politics of German and Dutch Housing Markets. German Politics, xx(xx), xx. doi:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09644008.2020.1764541
• Kurzer, P., & Anderson, K. (2018). The Politics of Mortgage Credit Expansion in the Small CMEs. West European Politics.
• Kurzer, P., & Cooper, A. (2018). 'Die kleinen Unterschiede und ihre grossen Folgen’”: The Politics of German and Dutch Housing Markets. German Politics.
• Kurzer, P., & Johnston, A. (2018). Bricks in the Wall: The political economy of housing in Europe. West European Politics.
• Kurzer, P., & Cooper, A. (2016). The Dog That Didn’t Bark: Explaining Change in Germany's Tobacco Control Policy at Home and in the EU. German Politics, 25(4), 541-60. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2016.1196664
• Kurzer, P. -. (2014). Review of Global Tobacco Control: Power, Policy, Governance and Transfer Hardcover by Paul Cairney Donley T. Studlar Hadii M. Mamudu. Governance.
• Kurzer, P. -. (2014). Review of Vicheara Houn. Bamboo Promise: Prison Without Walls. (2012). Bloomington, IN: Abbott Press.. Journal of Southeast Asian American Education & Advancement, 9:, 1-5..
• Kurzer, P. -. (2013). The Politics of Ideas in Reforming the Dutch Disability Fund. Governance, 26(2), 283–305.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2013). The Politics of Ideas in Reforming the Dutch Disability Fund. Governance, 26:(2), 283–30.
• Kurzer, P. -., & Cooper, A. (2013). Issue Framing and Policy-Making in the EU: the Struggle to Enact the Consumer Information Regulation. Journal of European Public Policy.
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  primary author;Your Role: primary author;Full Citation: “Issue Framing and Policy-Making in the EU: the Struggle to Enact the Consumer Information Regulation,” Journal of European Public Policy 20 (May 2013): 722-740.;
• Kurzer, P. -. (2012). Review of Danny Breznitz's Innovation and the State: Political Choice and Strategies for Growth in Israel, Taiwan, and Ireland. Comparative Political Studies, 45:, 1063-67.
• Kurzer, P. -., & Cooper, A. (2011). Hold the Croissant: EU declares war on Obesity. Journal of European Social Policy 21: 108-120.
• Kurzer, P. -., & Cooper, A. (2011). Hold the Croissant: Europe faces Obesity. Journal of European Social Policy, 21, 107-20.
• Kurzer, P. -., & Cooper, A. (2011). Hold the croissant! The European Union declares war on obesity. Journal of European Social Policy.
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  ;Your Role: Primary Author;Full Citation: Hold the croissant! The European Union declares war on obesity. Journal of European Social Policy 2011 21: 107-20.;
• Kurzer, P. -. (2008). Public Health in the EU: Is Europe subject to Americanization?.
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  ;Full Citation: “Public Health in the EU: Is Europe subject to Americanization?” German Policy Studies, 4 (2008): 180-221.;Electronic: Yes;
• Kurzer, P. -., & Cooper, A. (2007). Consumer Activism, EU Institutions and Global Markets: The Struggle over Biotech Foods.. Journal of Public Policy, 27(2), 103-128.
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  ;Your Role: Principal Author;Full Citation: “Consumer Activism, EU Institutions and Global Markets: The Struggle over Biotech Foods.” Journal of Public Policy, 27 (2007). ;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: University of Mississippi;
• Kurzer, P. -., & Cooper, A. (2007). What's for Dinner? European Farming and Food Traditions Confront American Biotechnology. Comparative Political Studies September, 40(9), 1035-1058.
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• Kurzer, P. -., & Cooper, A. (2007). What's for Dinner? European Farming and Food Traditions Confront American Biotechnology. Comparative Political Studies, 41.
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  “What's for Dinner? European Farming and Food Traditions Confront American Biotechnology .” Comparative Political Studies. Sept 2007.
• Kurzer, P. -., & Duina, F. (2004). Smoke in your eyes: the struggle over tobacco control in the European Union. Journal of European Public Policy.
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  ;Your Role: equal;Full Citation: (with Francesco Duina) "Smoke in your eyes: the struggle over tobacco control in the European Union," Journal of European Public Policy (2004), 11: 57-77.;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: ;
• Kurzer, P. -. (2003). Comparativists teaching Comparative Politics: The State of the Field. Perspectives on Politics.
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  ;Full Citation: Comparativists teaching Comparative Politics: The State of the Field." Perspectives on Politics (2003), 1: 373-78.;
• Kurzer, P. -., & Cooper, A. (2003). Rauch ohne Feuer, Why Germany lags in Tobacco Control. German Politics and Society.
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  ;Full Citation: (with Alice Cooper) "Rauch ohne Feuer, Why Germany lags in Tobacco Control," German Politics and Society, (2003), 68, 24-47.;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: ;

Presentations

• Kurzer, P., & Cox, R. (2021, July 10-15). Nipped in the Bud: How the European Union’s “Political Commission” Quashed Good Policy Initiatives. IPSA - 26th World Congress of Political Science. virtual.
• Kurzer, P., & Cox, R. (2021, June). EU Health: Learning from the Past – Failing Forward towards the Future. 27th International Conference of Europeanists. virtual!.
• Kurzer, P. (2019, June). Obesity: Ten Years after the Crisis. Council of European Studies. Madrid: CES.
• Kurzer, P. (2019, Sept). Policy Overshooting: The case of housing bubbles. APSA. Washington DC: APSA.
• Kurzer, P. -. (2013, June). EU Health Crises and the ‘Voice of the European People’ (the European Parliament).. Council for European Studies. Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam.
• Kurzer, P. -. (2013, September). Welfare state reforms: How to explain Voters’ Accommodation to retrenchment. APSA. Chicago: American Political Science Assocation.
• Kurzer, P. (2018, August). Discussant : Author Meets Critic: Geopolitics in Health: Understanding the BRICS. APSA. Boston.
• Kurzer, P. (2018, June). Divergent development in Home Ownership Trajectories: German and Dutch housing market compared. 30th Annual Meeting of SASE. Kyoto Japan: Society for the Advancement of Socio economics.
• Kurzer, P., & Anderson, K. (2018, March). Asset Bubbles and Busts: Housing Markets in Small Coordinated Market Economies. 25th International Conference of Europeanists. Chicago: 25th International Conference of Europeanists.
• Kurzer, P., & Cooper, A. (2018, January). The Politics of German and Dutch Housing Markets. Social Science Research Centre, Berlin. Berlin: International Association for the Study of German Politics.
• Kurzer, P. (2016, December). The Politics of Mortgage Financing and Regulation in Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden. European Union Center of California. Claremont, CA: Scripps College, Claremont.
• Kurzer, P., & Anderson, K. (2016, September). The Politics of Mortgage Regulation in the Netherlands and Sweden.. APSA Annual Convention, Philadelphia. Philadelphia.
• Kurzer, P., & Anderson, K. (2016, april). The Politics of Debt and Credit in Scandinavia. 23rd International Conference of Europeanists. Philadelphia: Council for European Studies.
• Kurzer, P. (2014, April 8). “Germany and the Euro Crisis.”. Talk. University of Arizona.
• Kurzer, P. (2014, August 28-31). Paper, “How Different Are Northern and Southern Europe? A look at housing bubbles and crashes.”. American Political Science Association,. Washington DC.
• Kurzer, P. (2014, March 12th). “Housing bubbles and the European Welfare State: The State of the Debate.”. Talk. Princeton University,: Princeton University,.
• Kurzer, P. (2014, March 16-18). Chair/Discussant, “Foreign policy and security in the EU,”. Council of European Studies,. Washington DC.
• Kurzer, P. (2014, September 18-21). Paper, “The Dog that didn’t bark: Explaining Change in Germany’s Tobacco Control Policy at Home and in the EU,”. German Studies Association,. Kansas City, MO.
• Kurzer, P. -., & Anderson, K. (2012, 2012-03-01). Small EU States: Has membership in the eurozone strengthened or weakened the capacity to address the global crisis?. Council for European Studies. Boston, MA: Council for European Studies.
• Kurzer, P. -. (2011, 2011-03-01). The Netherlands' Successful Coping Strategies in Spite of Structural Vulnerabilities in a Eurozone Member. EUSA. Boston.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2011, 2011-06-01). What can we learn from the eurocrisis. Ben Gurion University.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2011, 2011-09-01). SMALL STATE LITERATURE REVISITED: DO SMALL EUROZONE STATES HAVE AN ADVANTAGE IN NAVIGATING THE CRISIS? LESSONS FROM THE NETHERLANDS. APSA. Boston.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2011, 2011-10-01). Policy Learning in Eurozone. Rutgers University.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2011, 2012-03-01). Why do some countries weather the crisis better: Lessons from the Netherlands. Indiana University.
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• Kurzer, P. -., & Cooper, A. (2011, 2011-03-01). Ongoing debate on participatory Governance in the EU. WPSA. San Antonio.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2010, 2010-04-01). Global Dissemination of Public Health Concepts and Ideas. Western Political Science Associatio. San Francisco, CA.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2010, 2010-04-01). Hold the Fries: Europe Declares War on Obesity. Council for European Studies, 17th Conference. Montreal, Canada.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2010, 2010-07-01). An Unfinished Project: the evolution of EU's mode of governance of biotechnology.. Brocher Symposium on Regulating Next Generation Genomics. Geneva, Switzerland.
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• Kurzer, P. -., & Anderson, K. (2010, 2010-09-01). Weathering the Storm: Consociational Democracy and Crisis Management in the Netherlands. APSA. Washington DC.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2009, 2009-10-01). Future of European Biotechnology. Indianopolis.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2009, 2009-12-01). Welfare State Restructuring in light of the Global Crisis. Scripps College/EU Center of CA.
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• Kurzer, P. -., & Anderson, K. (2009, 2009-04-01). Europeanization and Social Solidarity: Restructuring of Pensions and Health. 11th Biennial Conference EUSA. Los Angeles.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2008, 2008-03-01). The paradox of prosperity: How EU countries approach new social challenges. University of Minneapolis.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2008, 2008-05-01). Europe and the Management of Globalization. Park City, Utah.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2008, 2008-10-01). Austria and Germany: The Paradox of 'Green' countries. German Studies Department. On campus.
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• Kurzer, P. -., & Anderson, K. (2008, 2008-08-01). Re-structuring Solidarity: EU involvement in Pensions and Health. APSA. Boston.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2007, 2007-05-01). Are Europeans becoming Americanized: Europe faces the â€. European Union Studies Association. Montreal.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2007, 2007-09-01). In Search of a Paradigm: The Newest Public Health Agenda of the EU. APSA. Chicago.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2007, 2007-10-01). Strength in Diversity: How the Commission takes on new Policy Fields in the new Europe.. Rocky Mountain European Scholars Consortium. ASU/Tempe.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2006, 2006-05-01). Scandinavians and Biotechnology: Europe's Outliers.. SASS. Oxford MS.
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  “Scandinavians and Biotechnology: Europe's Outliers.” Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies. May 3-5, 2006. Oxford MS;Your Role: ;Submitted: Yes;Interdisciplinary: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
• Kurzer, P. -. (2006, 2006-09-01). The Politics of the European Constitution.. Washington DC.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2005, 2005-03-01). Domestic Opposition to Bioengineering. University of Pittsburgh.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2005, 2005-03-01). Genetic Engineering and Agricultural and Culinary Norms in the EU. European Union Studies Association. Austin, TX.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2005, 2005-09-01). European Parliament. APSA. W.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2005, 2005-10-01). Regional Integration in Asian Perspective. Scripps College/EU Center.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2004, 2004-03-01). European Citizens against Globalization. Lehigh University. Martindale Center for the Study of Enterpreneurship.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2004, 2004-04-01). American and European Perspectives On Environmental Risks: Enduring Divergences?. EU Center of California, USC, LA.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2004, 2004-05-01). Moralization of Product Markets. Conference on Markets and Moralization. Schloss Elmau, germany.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2004, 2004-06-01). For US or Against US. Paris, Sorbonne University,.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2004, 2004-09-01). Domestic Adaptation of Economic Reforms. APSA. APSA Meeting, Palmer House.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2003, 2003-03-01). Smoke in your Eyes: Tobacco Control in the European Union. EUSA. Tennessee.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2003, 2003-07-01). Food for Thought: American and European Public Health Attitudes. Syracuse University. Science Po, Paris.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2003, 2003-09-01). GMO and Tobacco: US and EU Comparison. APSA. Philadelphia.
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• Kurzer, P. -. (2003, 2003-10-01). Divergences in Risk Perceptions and Transatlantic Squabbles,. University of Oklahoma.
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Reviews

• Kurzer, P. (2020. Good Governance Gone Bad.