Martin Allen Shefter (born 1943) is an

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who is a

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in the department of

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at Cornell University. He is noted for his research on

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and on how changes in the international system shape political

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and the conduct of

in the

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Biography

Shefter graduated with a

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from

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in 1964 and completed his PhD degree at

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in 1970. His doctoral dissertation examined "City Hall and State House: State Legislative Involvement in the Politics of

and

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." Shefter taught

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, and the

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, before returning to

in 1986. Shefter teaches

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, and American political development. Shefter is a member (since 1995) of the executive committee of the Politics and History Section of the American Political Science Association and served as president of the section for 1996–97.

Select Publications

*''Patronage and its Opponents: A Theory and Some European Cases''. 1977.

. *''Political Crisis, Fiscal Crisis: The Collapse and Revival of New York City''. 1985.

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. *''Politics By Other Means: Politicians, Prosecutors, and the Press from Watergate to Whitewater''. 1990.

. (written with Benjamin Ginsberg). *''Capital of the American Century: The National and International Influence of New York City''. 1993. Russell Sage Foundation. (editor). *''Political Parties and the State: The American Historical Experience''. 1994.

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. *''Shaped By War and Trade: International Influences on American Political Development''. 2002.

. (edited with

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).Katznelson, Ira, and Shefter, Martin (eds.), ''Shaped by War and Trade'', Princeton University Press, 2002, ISBN
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