Alan Dowty

Alan Dowty
Alan Dowty in 2008.
Born	(1940-01-15) January 15, 1940
Occupation	Professor emeritus
Education	BA, MA, Ph.D.
Alma mater	Shimer College; University of Chicago
Genre	nonfiction
Subject	international relations

Alan Dowty (born January 15, 1940) is an American author and Professor of Political Science Emeritus, University of Notre Dame.^[1] He was formerly Kahanoff Chair Professor of Israel Studies at the University of Calgary, 2003-2006, and President of the Association for Israel Studies, 2005-2007.

His recent work focuses on Israeli politics and the Arab-Israeli conflict.^[2][3]

Ira Sharkansky of The Hebrew University calls Dowty's "The Jewish State: A Century Later," "the most thorough and sensitive assessment of Israel's democracy that I have seen."^[4]

Early life and education

Dowty earned a B.A. from Shimer College (1959) and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (1963). He returned to Shimer to teach for a time in 1966, and as of 2010 is the vice president of the Shimer College Alumni Association.^[5]

Publications

• The Limits of American Isolation, (New York University Press, 1971)
• Middle East Crisis: U.S. Decision Making in 1958, 1970, and 1973, (University of California Press, 1984)
• Closed Borders: The Contemporary Assault on Freedom of Movement, (Yale University Press, 1987)
• The Jewish State: A Century Later, (University of California Press, 1998, 2001)
• Israel/Palestine, (Polity Press, 2005, 2008)

References

External links

• Books by Alan Dowty