Mark Kessler

Professor, Political Science Department
Bates College

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

PUBLICATIONS:

THE PLAY OF POWER, co-author with James Eisenstein, Bruce Williams and Jacqueline Switzer. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. Best Text Award, Women's Caucus of American Political Science Association.

LEGAL SERVICES FOR THE POOR: A COMPARATlVE AND CONTEMPORARY ANALYSIS OF INTERORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1987.

"Lawyers and Social Change in a Postmodern World: A Review Essay," Law & Society Review 29 (1995): 769-789.

"Legal Discourse and Political Intolerance: The Ideology of Clear and Present Danger." Law & Society Review 27 (1993): 559-597.

"Legal Mobilization for Social Reform: Power and the Politics of Agenda Setting." Law & Society Review 24 (1990): 121-143.

"Expanding Legal Services to Rural America: A Case Study of Program Creation and Operations." Judicature 73 (February-March 1990): 273-280. Reprinted in G. Larry Mays and Peter R. Gregware, eds., COURTS AND JUSTICE: A READER. (Prospect Heights, Illinois: Waveland Press, 1995), pp.468-486.

"Taking Legal Culture Seriously." Newsletter of the Law. Courts and Judicial Process Section, American Political Science Association 6 (Fall 1988): 16-21.

"Legal Services Agencies and Low Income Community Groups." In Research in Law and Policy Studies. Edited by Stuart S. Nagel. Greenwich, Connecticut: JAI Press, 1987.

"Interorganizational Environments, Attitudes, and the Policy Outputs of Public Agencies." Administration & Society 19 (May 1987): 48-73.

"The Politics of Legal Representation: The Influence of Local Politics on the Behavior of Poverty Lawyers." Law & Policy 8 (April 1 986): 149-167.

"The Interorganizational Politics of Legal Activity." American Bar Foundation Research Journal (Winter 1986): 1-30.

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