Thomas John Volgy (born March 19, 1946) is a professor of
political science
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at the
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it ...
, where he has been on faculty since 1971. He is also the Executive Director (since 1995) of the
International Studies Association
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.
He is a former member of the
Tucson, Arizona
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City Council (1977–1987) and was Mayor of Tucson 1987-1991. In the
United States House of Representatives elections, 1998
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he was the Democratic Party's candidate in
Arizona's 5th congressional district
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The district contains Gilbert, Queen Creek, southern and eastern Chandler, and eastern ...
.
He is a graduate of
Oakland University
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(BA) and the
University of Minnesota
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(MA and PhD).
Books
* John E. Schwartz and Thomas J. Volgy (1993), ''The Forgotten Americans'', W. W. Norton
* Thomas J. Volgy (2001), ''Politics in the Trenches: Citizens, Politicians, and the Fate of Democracy'', University of Arizona Press
* Thomas Volgy et al. (2009), ''Mapping the New World Order'', Wiley-Blackwell
* Volgy, Thomas J., Renato Corbetta, Keith A. Grant, and Ryan G. Baird (eds.) 2011. Major Powers and the Quest for Status in International Politics. Palgrave/MacMillan.
See also
*
2003 Tucson mayoral election
The 2003 Tucson mayoral election occurred on November 4, 2003, to elect the mayor of Tucson, and occurred coinciding with the elections to the Tucson City Council wards 1, 2 and 4. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Bob Walkup.
Nomi ...
References
External links
Volgy's bio at University of Arizona
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Living people
20th-century mayors of places in Arizona
Arizona city council members
Arizona Democrats
University of Arizona faculty
Oakland University alumni
University of Minnesota alumni
Mayors of Tucson, Arizona
1946 births
Hungarian emigrants to the United States