Elizabeth P. Coughlan

Ph.D. Political Science, Indiana University, 1993
Associate Professor of Political Science, Salem State College
Center Associate, Davis Center

Contact Information
Department of Political Science
Salem State College
352 Lafayette Street
Salem, MA 01970
978.542.7296
ecoughlan@salemstate.edu

Research Interests
Socialism in Europe, Polish civil-military relations, Polish-German relations in the 21st century

Current Projects
"Socialism in Theory and Practice: The Development and Diffusion of Socialism as a Political Ideal since the Collapse of Communism"

Selected Publications
"Polish Peculiarities? Military Loyalty during the 1980-81 Solidarity Crisis," The Carl Beck Papers, Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Pittsburgh (October, 1999).

"Democratizing Civilian Control: The Polish Case," Armed Forces and Society, volume 24, number 4, Summer 1998.

"Dilemmas of Democratization in Poland: Who Controls the Military" in Andre Liebich, ed. Dilemmas of Democratization After Communism, Studies and Working Papers Series, Geneva: Graduate Institute of International Studies, 1997.