Motyl, Alexander J(ohn)
MOTYL, Alexander J(ohn)
MOTYL, Alexander J(ohn). American, b. 1953. Genres: Area studies, Politics/Government. Career: Columbia University, NYC, assistant professor, 1985-90, associate professor, 1990-92, associate director of the Harriman Institute, 1992-99; Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, associate professor, 1999-2001, professor, 2001-; Center for Global Change and Governance, associate director, 1999-; RFE-RL, consultant, 1989-90. Publications: The Turn to the Right: The Ideological Origins and Development of Ukrainian Nationalism, 1919-1929, 1980; Will the Non-Russians Rebel?: State, Ethnicity, and Stability in the USSR, 1987; Sovietology, Rationality, Nationality: Coming to Grips with Nationalism in the USSR, 1990; Dilemmas of Independence: Ukraine after Totalitarianism, 1993; Revolutions, Nations, Empires: Conceptual Limits and Theoretical Possibilities, 1999; Imperial Ends: The Decay, Collapse, and Revival of Empires, 2001. EDITOR: (with H. Kostiuk) Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Diary: 1921-1925, 1983; The Post- Soviet Nations: Perspectives on the Demise of the USSR, 1992; Thinking Theoretically about Soviet Nationalities: History and Comparison in the Study of the USSR, 1992; The Encyclopedia of Nationalism, 2000. Address: Center for Global Change and Governance, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07102-1895, U.S.A. Online address: ajmotyl@andromeda.rutgers.edu