
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science and Geography
Research area: American Political Development, Comparative Political Economy, Regulation of Work and Popular Participation in Politics
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Phone: (210) 458-5618
Office: MS 4.02.56
Office hours: MW 1-3pm and by appointment
Dr. Stephen Amberg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science & Geography at UTSA. His area of specialization is American Political Development, Comparative Political Economy, the Regulation of Work and Popular Participation in Politics.
He has held the position of Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Studies. He was also awarded as a Fulbright Specialist Candidate for 2011 to 2016. Dr. Amberg was appointed to the Fulbright Specialist Roster by the Council of International Exchange of Scholars, the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, and the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Department of State.
Dr. Amberg earned his PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1987.
Some of his published works are “Liberal Market Economy or Composite Regime? Institutional Legacies and Labor Market Policy in the United States”, and “Labor”: The Clash of Conservatism and Liberalism, 1976 to Present”. One of his works in progress is “Reconfiguring Industry Structure: Obama and the Rescue of the Auto Companies”.
“Social Learning in Active Labor Market Policy in Denmark: The Possibility of Policy Experimentalism and Political Development“, Socio-Economic Review 13/4 (2015) pp. 703 – 721.
Main Office: MS 4.03.62
Department of Political Science and Geography
University of Texas at San Antonio
College of Liberal and Fine Arts
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, TX 78249-1644