Jenna Bednar is an American political scientist currently serving as Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. In 2019, her book The Robust Federation: Principles of Design received the American Political Science Association's Martha Derthick Book Award.
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| Alma mater | Stanford University University of Michigan |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Michigan |
| Thesis | The federal problem : the political economy of federal stability (1998) |
Early life and education
editBednar was an undergraduate at the University of Michigan.[1] She moved to Stanford University as a doctoral researcher, where she earned a PhD in 1998.[2] Her doctorate investigated the political economy of federal stability.[3] After graduating, she worked at the University of Iowa.[1]
Research and career
editBender studies the political mechanisms that give rise to stabilities in federal states.[4] She has studied how institutions maintain and distribute authority. Her research showed that the distribution of authority by a constitution can be meaningless if governments do not abide by them. With a focus on the United States, she has examined how the federal government takes advantage of state governments.[citation needed]
In 2009, Bednar published The Robust Federation, Principles of Design, a book which examines how federal constitution can produce resilient governments.[5] The book is mainly theoretical, and was inspired by the writings of the Founding Fathers of the United States.[5] In 2019, The Robust Federation: Principles of Design was awarded the American Political Science Association Martha Derthick Book Award.[6]
Publications
editBooks
edit- Bednar, Jenna (2009). The robust federation : principles of design. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-46431-7. OCLC 313651876.
- Ferejohn, John; Rakove, Jack N.; Riley, Jonathan (October 8, 2001). Constitutional Culture and Democratic Rule. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-79370-4.
- Bednar, Jenna; Page, Scott (February 2007). "Can Game(s) Theory Explain Culture?: The Emergence of Cultural Behavior Within Multiple Games". Rationality and Society. 19 (1): 65–97. doi:10.1177/1043463107075108. S2CID 14181429.
Articles
edit- The Fractured Superpower, Foreign Affairs, September 6, 2022 (co-authored with Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar)[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Jenna Bednar | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy". fordschool.umich.edu. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ^ "Governance for Human Social Flourishing with Jenna Bednar – The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics". Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ^ Bednar, Jenna (1998). "The federal problem: The political economy of federal stability". OCLC 81731130. ProQuest 304454949.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Jenna Bednar | U-M LSA Political Science". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ^ a b Bakke, Kristin M. (April 2010). "The Robust Federation: Principles of Design . By Jenna Bednar. (Cambridge University Press, 2009.)". The Journal of Politics. 72 (2): 599–600. doi:10.1017/S0022381609991009.
- ^ "2019 APSA Organized Section Awards". PS: Political Science & Politics. 52 (4): 838–858. October 2019. doi:10.1017/S1049096519001550. S2CID 233340619.
- ^ Bednar, Jenna; Cuéllar, Mariano-Florentino (September 6, 2022). "The Fractured Superpower". Foreign Affairs. Vol. 101, no. 5. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved March 23, 2024.