Peter Haschke, Ph.D.

Peter Haschke received his PhD and MA in Political Science from the University of Rochester, and a BA in Political Science from the University of North Carolina Asheville. His current research explores mechanisms of state perpetrated violence in democracies – especially violence that cannot be subsumed under a national security centric repression account. His teaching and research interests generally are in the field of comparative politics, with a focus on the study of democratic institutions and processes.

Curriculum Vitae

Access Peter Haschke’s Curriculum Vita here: Haschke CV

Education

• PhD in Political Science from the University of Rochester
• MA in Political Science from the University of Rochester
• BA in Political Science from the University of North Carolina — Asheville

Recent Publications

• “What Bias? Changing Standards, Information Effects, and Human Rights Measurement.” with Daniel Arnon in Journal of Human Rights 19(1): 33-45. (2020)
• Human Rights in Democracies (Routledge, 2018)
• “Are Global Human Rights Conditions Static or Improving.” with Mark Gibney in Peace and Conflict (2017)
• “Youth, Revolution, and Repression.” with Mehdi Shadmehr in Economic Inquiry 54(2):778–793. (2016)
• “Introduction to the Societal Violence Scale: Physical Integrity Rights Violations and Non-State Actors.” with Linda Cornett and Mark Gibney in Human Rights Quarterly 38: 1102-1108. (2016)
• “Violations of Human Rights Standards” with Linda Cornett, Mark Gibney, Reed Wood and Daniel Arnon in Oxford Research Encyclopedia. (2016)
• “Why States Repress: Evaluating Global Patterns of Abuse with the Political Terror Scale.” with Reed Wood and Mark Gibney in Peace and Conflict (2016)

Courses Taught

• POLS 178: Ethnicity, Politics, & Conflict in Global Perspective
• POLS 261: Comparative Politics
• POLS 290: Political Analysis
• POLS 396: Quantitative Reasoning (course page)
• POLS 316: Comparative Political Parties and Elections
• POLS 311: Comparative Conflict Processes
• POLS 490: Senior Research Seminar

Website

His personal website can be found here: www.peterhaschke.com.