Dr. John Sutcliffe

Associate Professor and Graduate Chair

Email: sutclif@uwindsor.ca
Phone: 519-253-3000 ext 2360
Office: Chrysler Hall North 1147
Fall 2011 office hours: TBA

Education
Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 1998 (Social and Political Science)
M.A., University of Calgary, 1991 (Political Science)
M.A. (Hons) University of Edinburgh, 1989 (Modern History and Politics)

Courses taught
45-130 Comparative Politics in a Changing World
45-244 Government and Politics in Europe (Fall 2011)
45-268 International Organizations
45-367 The Politics of the European Union (Fall 2011)
45-431 Seminar in Comparative Politics
45-560 International Organizations

Research
My research interests include the politics of the European Union with a particular focus on the role of local government within the European Union, as well as the EU’s impact on these governments. I also study the European Union in comparative perspective with regional integration in North America. A particular focus of this research is on critical perspectives towards integration in both settings. 

A further area of current research focuses on the reform of the Detroit River border crossing. I am particularly interested in studying the impact of community activism and local government engagement in the policy-making process surrounding this reform debate.

Principal publications

2011. “Neoliberalism in a Small Canadian City? Windsor City Council and the Reform of the Detroit River Border Crossing,”American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol.41, No.3: 274-292. 

2010. “Critical Interpretations of Integration In North America and the European Union: A Comparative Evaluation,” in Finn Laursen (ed.), Comparative Regional Integration: Europe and Beyond. Aldershot: Ashgate. 

2009. "The Reporting of International News in Canada: Continuity and Change, 1988-2006," American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol.39, No.2: 1-16 (with Walter C. Soderlund, Kai Hildebrandt, and Martha F. Lee).

2008. “Public Participation in Local Politics: The Impact of Community Activism on the Windsor-Detroit Border Decision Making Process,” Canadian Journal of Urban Research, Vol.17, No.2: 57-83.

2007. "Local Government in a Multi-Level Setting: Lessons from England and Ontario," Regional and Federal Studies, Vol.17, No.2: 253-273.

2005. “Women and Crisis Reporting: Television Coverage of Political Crises in the Caribbean,” Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, Vol.10, No.3: 99-124 (with Martha Lee and Walter Soderlund).

2004. “Intergovernmental Relations in the EU and Canada: The Place of Local Government,” in Patrick Crowley (ed.), Crossing the Atlantic: Comparing the European Union and Canada. Aldershot: Ashgate.

2003. “Subnational Lobbying and the Structural Funds: A French-Scottish Comparison,” Local Government Studies, Vol.29, No.2: 107-135 (with Adrian van den Hoven).

2002. “Subnational Influence on the Structural Funds: The Case of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland,” Regional and Federal Studies, Vol.12, No.3: 102-127.