Abe Singer

Ph.D.Student
B.A.University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Political Science, English
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E-Mailasinge3@uic.edu

Fields of Interest

Major field:Urban Politics, Comparative Politics

Minor field: Political Theory

Research Interests: Co-operatives, political economy, civil society, affordable housing/housing policy, democratic theory, economic theories of the firm, and normative political philosophy.

Selected Conference Papers

"Fairness and Efficiency in the Co-operative Firm" presented at the Illinois Political Science Association. Chicago, Illinois. 2007.

Selected Activities and Honors

Writer/Researcher/Co-Producer. Who is Deutschland?, a documentary film. Boozik Productions, 2008. This project was supported by the Canadian Centre for German and European Studies at York University and the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Toronto. The film examines the concept of national identity in modern day Germany with the backdrop of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.