University of Southern California
School of International Relations

Laurie A. Brand

Professor & Director
School of International Relations
Von KleinSmid Center, 330
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0037
(213) 740-3651
brand@usc.edu

 

 

BOOKS

  • Citizens Abroad: Emigration and the State in Middle East and North Africa (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006).
  • Women, The State and Political Liberalization: Middle Eastern and North African Experiences (New York: Columbia University Press, 1998).
  • Jordan's Inter-Arab Relations: The Political Economy of Alliance Making (New York: Columbia University Press, 1995).
  • Palestinians in the Arab World: Institution Building and the Search for State (New York: Columbia University Press, 1988). Arabic translation: Al-Filastiniyyin f-il- Watan al-'Arabi: Buna' al-Mu'assasat w-al-Bahth 'an al-Dawlah (Beirut: Institute for Palestine Studies, 1991).

ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS

  • "The Evolution of the Women's Movement in Jordan: The Interplay of Domestic and External Factors," chapter in forthcoming conference volume from Rockefeller Foundation, New Jordan Research Center and University of Jordan conference, "The Social History of Jordan." Forthcoming.
  • "Women and the Struggle for Political Openings: the Case of Jordan," in Eleanor Doumato and Marsha Posousny (eds), Women and Globalization in the Arab Middle East: Gender Dynamics in Transition (Boulder: Lynne Reinner, 2002).
  • "Displacement for Development?: The Impact of Changing State-Society Relations," World Development, June 2001.
  • "Development in Wadi Rum?: State Bureaucracy, External Funders and Civil Society," forthcoming in International Journal of Middle East Studies, Autumn 2001.
  • "In Search of Budget Security: A Reexamination of Jordanian Foreign Policy," chapter in L. Carl Brown (ed.), Middle East Foreign Policies, (I.B. Tauris, 2001).
  • "Arab Women and Political Liberalization: Challenges and Opportunities," in Howard Handelman and Mark Tessler (eds.), Democratization and Its Limits: Lessons from Asia, Latin America and the Middle East (South Bend: Notre Dame University Press, 2000).
  • "Al-Muhajirin w-al-Ansar: Hashemite Strategies for Managing Communal Identity in Jordan," forthcoming in Leonard Binder (ed.), International Dimensions of Ethnic Conflict in the Middle East (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1999).
  • "Middle Eastern Alliances: From Neorealism to Political Economy," solicited for Mark Tessler (ed.) Area Studies and Social Science: Foundations for Understanding Middle East Politics (Bloomington: Indiana, University Press, 1999).
  • "The Impact of the Peace Process on Political Liberalization in Jordan," Journal of Palestine Studies, winter 1999.
  • "Women and the State in Jordan: Inclusion or Exclusion?" in Women, Gender and Islam, Yvonne Haddad and John Esposito (eds.), (NewYork: Oxford University Press, 1998.
  • "Palestinians and Jordanians: A Crisis of Identity," Journal of Palestine Studies, Summer 1995.
    Translated into French, " Palestiniens et Jordaniens: Une crise d'identite," Revue d'Etudes Palestiniennes, no. 57, Autumn 1995.
  • "In the Beginning was the State…: The Quest for Civil Society in Jordan," in Civil Society in the Middle East, Augustus R. Norton (ed.), (Leiden: Brill, 1994).
  • "Budget Security and Alliances: Jordan's Relations with Syria and Iraq, 1975-1981," International Journal of Middle East Studies, August 1994.
  • "Economic and Political Liberalization in a Rentier State: The Case of Jordan," in Privatization and Liberalization in the Middle East, Iliya Harik and Denis Sullivan (eds.), (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1992).
  • "Liberalization and Changing Political Coalitions: The Bases of Jordan's 1990-91 Gulf Crisis Policy," Jerusalem Journal of International Relations, vol. 13, no. 4, 1991.
  • "Asad's Syria and the PLO," Journal of Middle East and South Asian Studies, special issue on Hafez al-Asad, Winter 1990.
  • "The Intifada and the Arab World: New Roles, Old Players," International Journal (Canada), Summer 1990.
  • "The Shape of Things to Come: Policy and Politics in the Future Palestinian State," in The Palestinians: New Directions, Michael Hudson (ed.), (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, 1990).
  • "The Politics of Passports: Palestinian Legal Status in Arab Host States," in The Middle East and North Africa: Essays in Honor of J.C. Hurewitz, Reeva Simon (ed.). (New York: Columbia University Press, 1990).
  • "Palestinians in Syria: The Politics and Economics of Integration," Middle East Journal, Fall 1988.
  • "Nasir's Egypt and the Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement," Journal of Palestine Studies, Winter 1988.

WORK IN PROGRESS

  • "States and Their Expatriates." A book-length project looking at the founding and operation of state bureaucracies that deal with expatriate affairs. A comparative study of Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon and Jordan

LECTURE TOURS

  • USIS, American Participant Program, 2-10 June 1993. Delivered lectures in Arabic in Yemen and Oman on "U.S. Middle East Policy" and "Regional Developments in Democratization."
  • USIS, American Participant Program, 27 December 1989-12 January 1990. Delivered lectures in Arabic in Egypt and Saudi Arabia on "Recent Developments in U.S. Middle East Policy."
  • USIS, American Participant Program, 17 March-1 April 1989. Delivered lectures in Arabic in Jordan, Kuwait, and Yemen on "Changes and Continuity in U.S. Middle East Policy" and "The Impact of the Intifada on U.S. Domestic Politics."

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Comparative Politics, Columbia University, New York.
  • Master of International Affairs, Columbia University, New York.
  • BS, French, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.