Jack A. Goldstone

George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government

Hazel Professor of Public Policy

3351 Fairfax Drive

Arlington, VA 22201

United States

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Scholarly Papers (16)

1.

Toward a Fourth Generation of Revolutionary Theory

Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 4, pp. 139-187, 2001
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 06 Jan 2010
Jack A. Goldstone
George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government
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Revolution, social theory

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A Global Model for Forecasting Political Instability

American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 190-208, January 2010, GMU School of Public Policy Research Paper No. 2010-09
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 06 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2010
George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government, Harvard University - Department of Government, Columbia University - Department of Political Science, Independent, affiliation not provided to SSRN, George Mason University, School of Public Policy, Independent and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Forecasting, Instability, Revolution, Civil War, Democracy, Regimes

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The Great and Little Divergence: Where Lies the True Onset of Modern Economic Growth?

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 11 May 2015
Jack A. Goldstone
George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government
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Economic Growth, California School, Great Divergence, Little Divergence

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Democratic Transitions

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 31 Jul 2006
Columbia University - Department of Political Science, Harvard University - Department of Government, George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government, Columbia University and Columbia University - School of International & Public Affairs
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development, modernization, polical economy

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Bringing Regimes Back in – Explaining Success and Failure in the Middle East Revolts of 2011

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 23 Jun 2013
Jack A. Goldstone
George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government
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Rethinking Revolution: Integrating Origins, Processes and Outcomes

Comparative Studies in South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 18-32, 2009
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 06 Jan 2010
Jack A. Goldstone
George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government
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Revolution, color revolutions, structure, processes

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The Impact of Global Demographic Changes on the International Security Environment

US Institute of Peace International Security Series, Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela Aall, eds., , GMU School of Public Policy Research Paper No. 2009-07
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 13 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2014
Jack A. Goldstone, Hilton L. Root and Monty G. Marshall
George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University - Schar School of Policy and Government and George Mason University, School of Public Policy
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Population, Security, Globalization, Economic Growth, Youth, Conflict, Aging, Urbanization, Migration

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COVID-19 and the Future of the United States as a World Leader

Special Edition Policy Brief, 2020
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 08 Apr 2020
Jack A. Goldstone
George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government
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immigration, foreign policy, healthcare, coronavirus, coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, public health, economics, quarantine, economy, economic crisis

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Forecasting Stability or Retreat in Emerging Democratic Regimes

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 10 Jan 2013
Snigdha Dewal, Jack A. Goldstone and Michael Volpe
George Mason University - School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government and George Mason University - School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs
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democracy, stability, forecasting, transitions, event-analysis

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Global Population Dynamics Drive the Phases of the Great Divergence and Convergence

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 03 Feb 2014
Andrey Korotayev, Jonas Shaende and Jack A. Goldstone
National Research University Higher School of Economics, City University of New York (CUNY) and George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government
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Population, Great Divergence, Income Gap

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Why Does High African Fertility Persist?

Center for the Study of Social Change, Institutions, and Policy, Working paper No. 2-2018
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 06 Jan 2019
George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Institute of Applied Economic ResearchNational Research University Higher School of Economics, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Institute of Applied Economic Research and Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Institute of Applied Economic Research
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Africa, Fertility, Population, Development, Education

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Divergence in Cultural Trajectories: The Power of the Traditional within the Early Modern

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 11 Oct 2019
Jack A. Goldstone
George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government
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Economic Growth, Culture, Orthdoxy, Asia, Europe

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Политическая Демография России. Политика и Государственное Управление (Political Demography of Russia. Politics and State Government)

Number of pages: 95 Posted: 17 Jul 2015
George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Institute of Applied Economic Research, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Institute of Applied Economic Research, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Institute of Applied Economic ResearchNational Research University Higher School of Economics, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Institute of Applied Economic Research, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Institute of Applied Economic Research and Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Institute of Applied Economic Research
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демография, миграция, Россия; demography, migration, Russia

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Политическая Демография Мировой Экономики: Страны Тропической Африки (Political Demography of the World Economy: Tropical Africa)

Number of pages: 92 Posted: 05 Jul 2015
George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Institute of Applied Economic ResearchNational Research University Higher School of Economics and Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA) - Institute of Applied Economic Research
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демография, тропическая Африка, развивающиеся страны, гуманитарныя катастрофа; demography, sub-Saharan Africa, developing countries, humanitarian disaster

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Cultural Foundations of Technological Change in Europe vs. Asia

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 11 Oct 2019
Jack A. Goldstone
George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government
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Economic Growth, Culture, Europe, Asia

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One Effect to Rule Them All? A Comment on Climate and Conflict

Climatic Change 127/3-4: 391–397
Posted: 05 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2017
Peace Research Institute Oslo, Independent, ETH Zurich, ETH Zürich, Independent, University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government, University of Oslo - Department of Political Science, Independent, University of Bern - Department of Economics, Independent, Independent, Independent, Independent, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), University of Hamburg, Independent, Independent, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), The Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) and Uppsala University - Department of Peace and Conflict Research

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