Jalal Alamgir is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, specializing on the inter-relationships between globalization and representational politics. His recent book, India’s Open-Economy Policy: Globalism, Rivalry, Continuity, (London and New York: Routledge, Nov. 2008) was selected by Asia Policy as a recommended book for its 2008 “Policymaker’s Library.” His papers have appeared in the Journal of Democracy, International Studies Review, Asian Survey, Asian Studies Review, Issues and Studies, Pacific Affairs, Brown Economic Review, The Journal of Contemporary Asia, The Journal of Bangladesh Studies, The Journal of Social Studies, Encyclopedia of Globalization, States in the Global Economy (ed. Linda Weiss, Cambridge University Press), and Globalization and Politics in India (ed. Baldev Raj Nayar, Oxford University Press). He has also written for different newspapers and magazines, including Foreign Policy, China Daily, The Nation, openDemocracy, GlobalPost, The Daily Star, Forum, and Catamaran: Journal of South Asian American Writing. Prior to joining UMass, Dr. Alamgir held research appointments at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University, the Southern Asian Institute at Columbia University, and the Center for Policy Research, New Delhi. Aside from his research, he has consulted for the United Nations Population Fund and strategy consulting firms. Dr. Alamgir holds a Ph.D. from Brown University.

Read Professor Alamgir's latest article: "Bangladesh's Fresh Start," Journal of Democracy, Vol. 20, No. 3, July 2009.

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Email: jalal.alamgir@umb.edu
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