Department of Political Science
 

Cyrus Cyrus Ernesto "Ernie" Zirakzadeh (University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D.) has taught political science at the University of Connecticut for more than twenty years, and directed the University's cross-college and multiple-campus Honors Programs for five of those years. He has written on participatory politics, twentieth-century political thought, and contemporary social movements in Europe, Latin America, and North America. His research has appeared in several books, edited volumes, and professional journals, including Polity, West European Politics, Journal of Theoretical Politics, and Comparative Studies in Society and History. Dr. Zirakzadeh's Social Movements in Politics: A Comparative Study was named a "Choice Outstanding Academic Book."

• "John Steinbeck on the Political Capacities of Everyday Folk: Moms, Reds, and Ma Joad's Revolt." Polity 2004.


• "Economic Changes and Surges in Micro-Nationalist Voting in Scotland and the Basque Region of Spain." Comparative Studies in Society and History 1989.

 
• "Theorizing about Workplace Democracy: Robert Dahl and the Cooperatives of Mondragon." Journal of Theoretical Politics 1990.

 
• A Rebellious People: Basques, Protests and Politics. University of Nevada Press, 1991.

 
• Social Movements in Politics: A Comparative Study. Addison Wesley Longman Limited, 1997.