Sona N. Golder

Assistant Professor

Tel: 850.644.3676
Office: 553 Bellamy Building
Email: sgolder@fsu.edu
Website: http://homepages.nyu.edu/~sln202/

Background:

Ph.D. New York University, 2004. MA. New York University, 2001. B.A. University of Chicago, 1993. Interests include Comparative Politics (Institutions, Coalitions, Political Parties, Government Formation), Area Studies (Advanced Industrialized Democracies with Specialization in Europe, particularly France), Methodology (Game Theory, Statistics).

Member of the Political Institutions Working Group.

Research Agenda:

Golder's research addresses a central topic in comparative politics, namely the interaction between political elites and institutional rules. Some of the specific puzzles she has studied are the following: Under what conditions will party leaders form pre-electoral coalitions rather than compete independently in elections? What are the effects of pre-electoral coalitions on government formation and duration? She has forthcoming articles on the institutional determinants of bargaining delays in the government formation process as well as conceptualizing and measuring government duration and stability. In addition, she has co-authored a recent textbook on comparative politics, Principles of Comparative Politics (CQ Press). Golder's current research projects focus on topics such as (i) government stability, (ii) party leaders and coalition dynamics, and (iii) the government formation process in Europe.

Undergraduate Courses:

CPO2002: Introduction to Comparative Political Science
CPO3103: Government and Politics of Europe
CPO3930: Institutional Approaches to Democracies and Dictatorships

Graduate Courses:

CPO5934: Comparative Political Institutions
POS5723: Game Theory