Department of Political Science

Political Science
1414 Social Sciences Building
267 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-624-4144
Fax: 612-626-7599
E-mail: polisci@umn.edu

Chair: Raymond D. Duvall

August Nimtz Jr

612-624-4144
Political Science 1414 Soc Sci

Specialties

  • African politics
  • comparative politics
  • ethnic politics
  • Marxism
  • political development
  • urban politics
  • politics of the transition to socialism
  • political economy

Educational Background

  • Ph.D.: Political Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1973.

Publications

  • Marx and Engels -- The Unsung Heroes of the Democratic Breakthrough: Nimtz Jr, August H, Science and Society, 63(2) 203-231, 1999.
  • Marxism: An Interpretive Essay: Nimtz Jr, August H, The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World, Oxford University Press, 569-575, 1993.

Awards

  • College of Liberal Arts Teaching Award, 1991
  • Horace T. Morse-University of Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education, 2001 - 2002

Courses Taught

  • Pol 4478 - Contemporary Politics in Africa and the Colonial Legacy
  • Pol 5478 - Contemporary Politics in Africa and the Colonial Legacy
  • Pol 8633 - Comparative Sociopolitical Change
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