University of California, Los Angeles

Faculty Member, International Institute

Visiting Assistant Professor (2003-2004)

About

I was part of the inaugural group of Global Fellows at the International Institute, UCLA during the 2003-2004 academic year.

During my time at UCLA, I researched why governments enter into human rights treaties. (Presentation: http://www.international.ucla.edu/globalfellows/article.asp?parentid=4990 ). The results were published here:

Vreeland, James Raymond. 2008. Political Institutions and Human Rights: Why Dictatorships enter into the United Nations Convention Against Torture. International Organization 62 (1):65-101.

I also studied the determinants of civil conflict, focusing particularly on the influence of regime type. (Presentation: http://www.international.ucla.edu/globalfellows/article.asp?parentid=11242) The results were published here:

Vreeland, James Raymond. 2008. The Effect of Political Regime on Civil War: Unpacking Anocracy. Journal of Conflict Resolution 52 (3):401-425.

My year at the UCLA International Institute also provided me time to work on an introductory text about the International Monetary Fund, which I published here:

Vreeland, James Raymond. 2007. The International Monetary Fund: Politics of Conditional Lending. New York: Routledge.

During my time at UCLA, I associated mainly with the excellent faculty of the Department of Political Science and had the pleasure of teaching superb students in a class entitled, "International Development -- International Institutions" (IDS 190F). I also interacted with a wonderful group of other Global Fellows:
http://www.international.ucla.edu/globalfellows/article.asp?parentid=13457

Contact Information

Homepage: http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/jrv24