Jack Goldstone

Jack A. Goldstone is an American sociologist and political scientist, specializing in studies of social movements, revolutions, and international politics. According to Peter Turchin (Historical dynamics. Princeton: PUP, 2003), he made a significant contribution to the development of cliodynamics. He is an author or editor of 9 books and nearly 100 research articles.

He is currently a professor in the School of Public Policy at George Mason University. He has also worked as a consultant of the US government, for example, serving as chair of the National Research Council's evaluation of USAID Democracy Assistance Programs.

Publications

Selected publications:

• Understanding the Revolutions of 2011: Weakness and Resilience in Middle Eastern Autocracies Foreign Affairs (2011)
• The New Population Bomb, Foreign Affairs (2010)
• Why Europe? The Rise of the West in World History 1500-1850 (2008)
• Silence and Voice in Contentious Politics (2001)
• Revolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern World (1991)
• Revolutions of the Late Twentieth Century (1991)

References

• New Population Bomb - Goldstone's blog on The Megatrends Shaping International Security and National Politics
• Goldstone's homepage at George Mason University
• Goldstone's faculty page at GMU's School of Public Policy
• Goldstone's Bio at Mercatus Center

External links

• Responses to Tilly's "Predictions"
• Review of Goldstone's Revolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern World, Journal of Social History, Summer, 1993 by Michael Richards
• JACK GOLDSTONE: “CONTAINING TEHRAN”
• Jack Goldstone’s Model and the English Civil War by Brandon W Duke
• The Revolution Over the Revolution by Lawrence Stone
• Who's Counting By JACK A. GOLDSTONE
• Whose Measure of Reality?