Judith Goldstein (political scientist)

Judith L. Goldstein is an American political scientist. She is the Janet M. Peck Professor of International Communication and chair of the Department of Political Science at Stanford University. She studies international political economy, with a particular focus on international trade policy.

Judith L. Goldstein
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley Columbia University University of California, Los Angeles
Awards	AAAS member
Scientific career
Fields	Political science
Institutions	Stanford University

Education and early career

Goldstein attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating with a BA in political science in 1973.[1] She then received a Masters in International Affairs in 1975 from Columbia University.[1] In 1983, she graduated with a PhD in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles.[2] Goldstein joined the faculty at Stanford University in 1981.[1][2]

Career

Goldstein has been an author or an editor of 6 books. She was the sole author of the 1994 book Ideas, Interests, and American Trade Policy. The book studies the history of American trade policy up to the Presidency of Ronald Reagan. Henry R. Nau wrote that Ideas, Interests, and American Trade Policy argues that these policies "cannot be explained satisfactorily solely in terms of international structural or domestic economic interests", and instead seeks to understand the origins of these policies in terms of "ideas, as well as interests".[3] Thomas W. Zeiler summarised this proposed interaction, writing that Goldstein persuasively argues that "ideas give the pursuit of materialism and power greater credence and, most important, explain the curious anomalies in American trade policy".[4]

Among the books that she has co-edited is Legalization and World Politics, which seeks to develop a common framework for International Relations and International Law scholarship to understand how international law operates in and affects international affairs.[5] Goldstein also co-edited the 2010 Sage series International Institutions with the law professor Richard Steinberg.[6]

Goldstein has been on the editorial boards of International Organization, the World Trade Review, International Studies Quarterly, and World Politics.[1]

A 2019 citation analysis by the political scientists Hannah June Kim and Bernard Grofman listed Goldstein among the top 40 most cited women working as a political scientist at an American university.[2] In the same year, Goldstein was named a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[7][8]

Selected works

• Ideas, Interests, and American Trade Policy (1994)
• Legalization and World Politics, editor (2001)
• International Institutions, co-editor (2010)

Selected awards

• Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

References

1. "Judith L. Goldstein". Stanford University. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
2. Kim, Hannah June; Grofman, Bernard (April 2019). "The Political Science 400: With Citation Counts by Cohort, Gender, and Subfield" (PDF). PS: Political Science & Politics. 52 (2): 296–311. doi:10.1017/S1049096518001786. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
3. Nau, Henry R. (March 1995). "Reviewed Work(s): Ideas, Interests, and American Trade Policy by Judith Goldstein". The American Political Science Review. 89 (1): 252⁠–253. doi:10.2307/2083148. JSTOR 2083148.
4. Zeiler, Thomas W. (September 1994). "Reviewed Work(s): Ideas, Interests, and American Trade Policy. by Judith Goldstein". The Journal of Economic History. 54 (3): 725⁠–727. doi:10.1017/S0022050700015370.
5. Brunnée, Jutta (March 2003). "Reviewed Work(s): Legalization and World Politics". Perspectives on Politics. 1 (1): 231⁠–232.
6. "International Institutions". SAGE publications. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
7. "Judith L. Goldstein". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
8. De Witte, Melissa (17 April 2019). "Six Stanford faculty members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences". Stanford University News. Retrieved 24 February 2020.