Scott G. Nelson
Department of Political Science
531 Major Williams Hall (0130)
220 Stanger Street
Blacksburg, VA 24061
scnelson@vt.edu
Scott G. Nelson is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science.
- Global Governance
- Political Economy
- Contemporary Political Theory
- International Relations Theory
- International Law and Organizations
- PhD, Arizona State University
- MA, Virginia Tech
- BA, College of Wooster
- Past Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science, Virginia Tech
- American Political Science Association
- International Studies Association
- Western Political Science Association
- 2000 Department of Political Science Outstanding Teaching Recognition Award, Virginia Tech.
- 1991 Cummings-Rumbaugh Government Prize for outstanding work in the discipline of Political Science, Department of Political Science, College of Wooster.
- 1991 The Parker Myers Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to community service, College of Wooster.
Books
Sovereignty and the Limits of the Liberal Imagination (London: Routledge, 2010). 193 pages.
The Ashgate Research Companion to Modern Theory, Modern Power, World Politics: Critical Investigations, (eds). Nelson, S. and Soguk, N., Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate Publishers, forthcoming 2015.
Journal Articles
Nelson, S. “Sovereignty, Ethics, Community,” Philosophy and Social Criticism (November, 2004), pp. 816-841.
Nelson, S. “Any Given We,” Journal of International Political Theory, Vol. 6 (1) Spring 2010, pp. 23-46.
Nelson, S. “The Communal Machinery of Evil: Reflections on ‘Hannah Arendt,’” Spectra, Vol. 3, (2) September 2014.
URL: http://spectrajournal.org/2014/08/31/3-2-14-the-communal-machinery-of-evil-reflections-on-hannah-arendt/
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