Richard Baum
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Area of Expertise: China: technology and modernization, peasant movement; Comparative Politics; Chinese Politics; Comparative Communism;
Biography
Professor Richard Baum is author and editor of eight books on Chinese politics and numerous articles. During his 35 years on the faculty, he has held visiting scholar or professor appointments in China (Beijing Universiyt), Japan (Meiji Gakuin University), Hong Kong (Chinese University of Hong Kong), India (Delhi University), Sweden (Lund University), and the Netherlands (Leiden University). His recent work concerns (1) the impact of China's post-Mao reforms on local governance in the PRC; (2) globalization and political institutionalization in post-reform China; and (3) US-China relations and the prospects for war and peace across the Taiwan Strait. Dr. Baum has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Contemporary China, The China Quarterly, China Information, Asian Survey, and Communist and Post-Communist Studies. As a media commentator, Professor Baum shares his expert knowledge of Chinese Politics with CNN International, the BBC, NPR, the Asian Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Voice of America (VOA).
