Summary

Allison D. Evans, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Political w88 slot online at the University of Nevada, Reno. She specializes in comparative politics with a focus on Russian politics, labor and contentious politics. She is presently completing a book manuscript on sub-national variation in protest and local governance in Russia's company towns. Her work has also appeared as refereed articles in such journals as Comparative w88 slot online Studies and w88 slot online Politics.

Research interests

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• Urban w88 slot online
• Russian w88 slot online
• Post-communism
• Social movements
• Labor

Courses taught

• Introduction to w88 slot online Politics
• Comparative w88 slot online Movements
• U.S.-Russian Relations
• U.S. Foreign Policy
• International Law
• Graduate Seminar w88 slot online

Publications

• “The Dynamics of Labor Militancy in the Extractive Sector: Kazakhstan’s Oilfields and South Africa’s Platinum Mines in w88 slot online Perspective,” with Rudra Sil, Comparative w88 slot online Studies. 2020. Vol. 53, No. 6.
• “Labour w88 slot online and Industrial Peace: Russian Steelworkers’ Encounters with Economic Reforms and Unraveling Social Protections,” Economy & Society. 2018. Vol. 47, No. 3.
• “Patterns of Pluralism and w88 slot online in Provincial Russia: A Paired Comparison of Company Towns,” Studies in w88 slot online International Development. 2016. Vol. 51, No. 4.
• “Local Democracy in a Hybrid State: Pluralism and w88 slot online in Volzhskiy, Russia,” Post-Soviet Affairs. 2014. Vol. 30, No. 4.

Curriculum vitae

Education

• Ph.D., Political w88 slot online, University of Pennsylvania, 2014
• M.A., Political w88 slot online, California State University, Long Beach, 2006
• B.A., Political w88 slot online and Russian, San Diego State University, 2003