Michael C. Munger, Professor of Political Science and Economics and Director of Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program  

Office Location: 330 Perkins Library
Office Phone: +1 919 660 4300, +1 919 660 4301
Duke Box: 90204
Email Address: munger@duke.edu
Web Page: http://www.duke.edu/~munger/

Areas of Expertise

  • American Government and Politics, Congressional Decision-making and Reform

Education:
PhD, Washington University, 1984
MA, Washington University, 1982
BA, Davidson College, 1980

Research Categories: American Politics and Methods

Current projects: Ideology of racism in the antebellum south, An investigation of spatial location games using human subjects

Research Description: Research: Election strategies; campaign finance; methods and American institutions

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

  1. M. Munger. Policy Analysis. W.W. Norton and Co., Inc., 2000.
  2. M. Munger with Melvin J. Hinich. Analytical Politics. Cambridge University Press, April, 1997. 253 pp. (published in both hardback and paperback editions. This book was reprinted, in a new Japanese language edition, by Keiso Shobo Publishers, in 1998) (This book was reprinted in a new Spanish edition in 2005) This book was reprinted in a new Chinese edition, and a new Korean edition, in 2010).)
  3. M. Munger with Melvin J. Hinich. Ideology and the Theory of Political Choice. University of Michigan Press, 1994. 267 pp. (paperback edition published September 1996.)
  4. M.C. Munger. “Locking Up Political Speech: How Electioneering Communications Laws Stifle Free Speech and Civic Engagement”. Institute for Justice, June, 2009. [pdf]
  5. Wm Keech and M.C. Munger. "Political Economy." International Encyclopedia of Political Science. Ed. Garrett, Levi, McClain, Alt, and Chambers Congressional Quarterly Press, 2011
  6. M.C. Munger. "Euvoluntary or Not, Exchange is Just." Social Philosophy and Policy Summer 28.2 (Summer, 2011).
  7. M.C. Munger. "Self-Interest and Public Interest: Motivations of Political Actors.." Critical Review 25.1-2 (2011): 1-19.
  8. M.C. Munger. "Basic Income’ is Not an Obligation, But It Might Be a Legitimate Choice." Basic Income Studies 6.2 (2011): 1-13.
  9. M.C. Munger. "Persuasion, Psychology, and the Future of Public Choice." Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 80.2 (2011): 290-300.
  10. M.C. Munger. "Blogging and Political Information: Truth or ‘Truthiness’?”." Public Choice 134.1 (2008): 125-138.

Curriculum Vitae

Michael C. Munger