Contact

Professor John Constantelos
Department of Political Science
1125 Au Sable Hall
Grand Valley State University
1 Campus Drive
Allendale, MI 49401-9403
e-mail: [email protected]
tel.:  (616) 331-2869

Education
Ph.D., Political Science, Duke University, 1996
M.S., International Food and Nutrition Policy, Tufts University, 1986
M.A., International Relations, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, 1980
B.A., Political Science, Tufts University, 1978

Courses
Issues in World Politics Evaluations
International Political Economy
Government and Politics of Western Europe Evaluations
The European Union Evaluations
Political Analysis Evaluations
International Relations Capstone Evaluations

Selected Publications

"Can’t Buy Me Love (with Foreign Aid)” (with Polly J. Diven and H. Whitt Kilburn). Foreign Policy Analysis 19:4 (2023). Link

“Lobbying across the USA: from state vetoes to federal venues.” Interest Groups & Advocacy 7:1 (2018). Download 

"Vetoes and Venues: Economic Crisis and the Roads to Recovery in Michigan and Ontario." Canadian Journal of Political Science 47:4 (2014). Download

"The Roots of Confidence in the European Union" (with Polly J. Diven).  Horyzonty Polityki / Horizons of Politics 4:8 (2013). Download

“The Domestic Foundations of Confidence in the United Nations” (with Polly J. Diven). Peace Studies Journal 4:2 (2011). Download

"Playing the Field: Federalism and the Politics of Venue Shopping in the United States and Canada." Publius: The Journal of Federalism 40:3 (2010). Download

“Explaining Generosity: A Comparison of U.S. and European Public Opinion on Foreign Aid” (with Polly J. Diven). Journal of Transatlantic Studies 7:2 (2009). Download

"Interest Group Strategies in Multi-level Europe." Journal of Public Affairs 7:1 (2007). Download

“The Europeanization of Interest Group Politics in Italy: Business Associations in Rome and the Regions.” Journal of European Public Policy 11:6 (2004). Download

"Continental Europe: France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece" in Research Guide to U.S. and International Interest Groups, Clive S. Thomas, ed. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004.

“Italy: The Erosion and Demise of Party Dominance” in Political Parties and Interest Groups: Shaping Democratic Governance, Clive S. Thomas, ed. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001.

"Multi-level Lobbying in the European Union: A Paired Sectoral Comparison Across the French-Italian Border." Regional and Federal Studies 6:3 (1996). Download

Biography
I developed and have taught a variety of comparative politics, international relations, and research methods courses for the political science department, and also have served as the department chair and international relations program coordinator. My research focuses on the domestic politics of European and international integration. This work includes projects on global public opinion and on interest group strategies in Canada, the U.S., France, and Italy. My interest in Italy began as a graduate student at the Johns Hopkins Bologna Center. Later, I was a visiting fellow at the EU's European University Institute in Florence, and a Fulbright scholar in Genoa. I helped develop the department's faculty exchange with the University of Perugia, and have visited Grand Rapids' beautiful sister city several times. I also enjoy visiting Greece, where I have family in the Peloponnese and Chios. Before starting my academic career, I was an international economist for a management consulting firm, and a manager for two international development agencies, CRS in Senegal, and ACCION in Boston.