I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Government Department, where I study American and comparative politics, with a focus on American political development, comparative political economy, bureaucratic politics, and social and industrial policy. In my dissertation, I explore how and when states (the United States and the United Kingdom/European Union) wield monopsonistic power to achieve programmatic goals. I focus specifically on the development of labor and environmental standards within the crucible of the public-private contract. I employ interviews, archival research, and quantitative analysis in my work.
Contact
uilavarasan@g.harvard.edu
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Subfields
American Politics | Comparative Politics
Academic Interests
Bureaucracy | Institutions | Non-Governmental Organizations | Race & Ethnicity | State-Society Relations | Technology & Governance
Research Methods
Experiments | Qualitative Methods | Quantitative Methods | Surveys