Associate professor, Department of Political Science
Politics and elections
Expertise: United States political institutions, political development, state violence, the national security state, criminal justice system
Rebecca Thorpe is also the author of the 2014 book “The American Warfare State: The Domestic Politics of Military Spending.”
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