Doner

Richard F. Doner

Professor of Political Science, Emory University
Areas of Expertise:
  • Civic Engagement
  • Election 2012
  • Voting
  • Economic Growth & Innovation

Connect with Richard

(404) 727-7914

About Richard

Doner’s academic work focuses on variation in economic development, especially upgrading and innovation, as a function of institutions (such as business associations and public-private sector networks), and politics (cabinet changes, resource endowments, crises). Although his geographical focus is Southeast Asia, the interaction of markets and institutions is relevant to U.S. cases, such as the emergence of an auto cluster in Greenville, SC. Doner’s civic involvement has included decade-long participation in a school mentoring program; organization of and participation in Emory activities related to citizenship, race, democracy and labor; and extensive participation in the 2000, 2004, and 2008 presidential campaigns, including the creation of a "speakers bureau" to engage rural Georgia voters.

Briefs | Podcast | Publications | In the News

Briefs

School Readiness and Equal Opportunity Start at Birth

  • Kirsten Widner
SSN Basic Facts,

How Recent Changes in Voting Laws Threaten Equal Rights in Georgia - And Beyond

  • Daniel Amsterdam
  • Jonathan Schneer
SSN Basic Facts,

Young Americans Face Clear Choices in the 2012 Elections

SSN Basic Facts,

Podcast

Publications

From Silicon Valley to Singapore: Location and Competitive Advantages in the Disk Drive Industry (with David McKendrick and Stephan Haggard) (Stanford University Press, 2000).
Uses institutional capacities and political pressures to explain the shift of hard disk drive manufacturing from the U.S. to Southeast Asia and the variation in technological capacity within Southeast Asia.
"Systemic Vulnerability and the Origins of Developmental States: Northeast and Southeast Asia in Comparative Perspective" (with Bryan Ritchie and Dan Slater). International Organization 59, no. 2 (2005).
Explains development differences between Northeast and Southeast Asia with an emphasis on external threats, popular pressures and resource endowments.
"University-Industry Linkages and Economic Development: The Case of Thailand" (with Peter Brimble). World Development 35, no. 6 (2006): 1021-1036.
Describes and explains the weakness of ties between universities and business.
"The Political Challenge of Innovation in the Developing World" (with Allen Hicken and Bryan Ritchie). Review of Policy Research 26, no. 1 (2009): 151-171.
Shows how external security threats and popular mobilization influence political support for innovation.
The Politics of Uneven Development: Thailand’s Economic Growth in Comparative Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2009).
Shows the ways in which variation in popular and external pressures influence politics, institutions, and economic performance.

In the News

"Thailand Negotiations Reach a Stalemate as Violence Continues," Richard F. Doner, Interview with Judy Woodruff, PBS NewsHour, May 19, 2010.
"Thai Military Overthrows Government, Declares Martial Law," Richard F. Doner, Interview with Jeffrey Brown, PBS NewsHour, September 19, 2006.
"Watching Alone," Richard F. Doner, The Emory Wheel, September 10, 2002.
"Our Communities, Ourselves," Richard F. Doner (with Gregory Galant), The Emory Wheel, January 20, 2004.
"Incompetence in Iraq," Richard F. Doner (with Alex Hicks), The Emory Wheel, October 20, 2006.
"Science under Siege," Richard F. Doner (with with Harry Findley and colleagues), The Emory Wheel, October 27, 2006.
"Which Party Should We Trust," Richard F. Doner, The Emory Wheel, October 25, 2010.
"Responsibility and Memorial Day: What Does It Really Mean to ‘Support Our Troops’?," Richard F. Doner, NorthDruidHills-BriarPatch.com, June 3, 2011.
"Which Side are You On? – Solidarity and Municipal Bonds," Richard F. Doner, NorthDruidHills-BriarcliffPatch.com, June 13, 2011.
"The Missing Military at Emory," Richard F. Doner (with Matthew Pesce), The Emory Wheel, April 27, 2012.