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Isebill V. Gruhn

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Isebill V. Gruhn
    Title:  Professor Emerita of Politics
    Type:  Emeriti
    Email:  ronnie@ucsc.edu
    Phone:  (831) 459-2555 Message
    Office:  Stevenson 209
    Office Hours:  Winter 2010 Only

Courses Taught 
POLI-146-01 - The Politics of Africa

Interests 
Professor Gruhn's overall area of interest is how weak post-colonial states influence the international system in pursuit of their interests and when and how the international system benefits weak states. Her key focus is on international and transnational institutions and international law. She examines various policy arenas: human rights environment, security policy (e.g. landmines, small arms), development strategies. Her research often, though not exclusively, is empirically focused on Africa.

Education History 
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1967

Selected Publications 
"Land Mines, Human Rights and Africa," Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives and Area Studies, 16, 3-4, September-December 1997.

"NGOs in Partnership with the UN: A New Fix or a New Problem for African Development," Global Society, 11, 3, September 1997.

"Land Mines: An African Tragedy," Journal of Modern African Studies, 34, 4, December 1996.

"Cambodia and Beyond: UN Peacekeeping in Crises." In Themes of Canadian Security, P. Jones (ed.). Toronto: Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, 1994.

"North-South Relations in the 1990s: Old Problems, New Possibilities," Current World Leaders, 35, 6, 1992.

"Eurafrica Reconsidered: The Road Beyond LomĒ," Mediterranean Quarterly, 3, 3, Summer 1992.

"African Debt: Shadow Play of the 1980's," Africa and the World, 1, 3, April 1988.

"The Nature of Human Rights," Social Education, 49, 6, 1985.