Alexandra Hennessy

Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics
283 Bertrand H. Snell Hall
E-mail: ahenness@clarkson.edu
Web page: http://people.clarkson.edu/~ahenness
Phone: 315-268-2335
Fax: 315-268-7117

Education
B.A./ M.A. (Diplom), Social Sciences, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
Ph.D., Political Science, Boston University

Courses
  • Politics in Cross-National Perspective
  •  International Relations


Scholarly Interests
I study the politics of corporate pension reform. My dissertation examined how European Union pension policies are affected by welfare-finance regimes in coordinated and liberal market economies. I am currently engaged in a project comparing the compliance of West and Central European member states with EU pension directives.


Publications

  • "Explaining German selectivity regarding European Union pension directives." Journal of Public Policy (2008), vol. 28, no. 3. 
  • "Economic Interests and the Construction of a Single European Pension Market." British Journal of Politics and International Relations (2008), vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 05-128.