James Morone

James Morone

2015 photo
Born James Morone
1951
Nationality American
Fields Political Science, Health care in the United States, Participatory democracy
Institutions Brown University
Alma mater Middlebury College (B.A.)
University of Chicago (Ph.D.)
Known for Wealthy, Healthy and Fair, Hellfire Nation, The Democratic Wish

James Morone (born 1951) is an American political scientist and author, noted for his work on health politics and policy and on popular participation and morality in American politics and political development.

Morone graduated with a B.A. from Middlebury College in 1973, where he studied under Professor Murray Dry,[1] and then attended graduate school at the University of Chicago, where he completed an M.A. in 1976 and a PhD degree in political science in 1982. His doctoral dissertation examined "The dilemma of citizen action: representation and bureaucracy in local health politics."

Morone has taught at Brown University since 1982 and is a professor of political science and urban studies. He has also been a visiting professor at Yale University, the University of Bremen, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Morone's book Hellfire Nation (2003) is nonfiction. The Democratic Wish (1990) was awarded the Gladys M. Kammerer Award for the best book on American national policy by the American Political Science Association (APSA).

Morone edited the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law from 1989 to 1994. He was president of the Politics and History Section of APSA for 1999–2000 and of the New England Political Science Association for 2002-03. Along with Rogan Kersh, Morone completed a college textbook on American government titled "By the People" with Oxford University Press in 2012.

Selected publications

References

  1. "Abstracts". Political Philosophy and the Constitution: A Conference in Honor of Professor Murray Dry.
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