Office Hours:
Monday
2:30 - 4:00
RAJ 107
Tuesday
11:00 - 12:30
LIB CAFE
and by appointment

Nadia R. Horning
Assistant Professor of Political Science
on leave academic year
Phone: 802.443.3428
Email: nhorning@middlebury.edu
Degrees, Specializations & Interests:
Ph.D. (2004), M.A. (1998) Cornell University; M.A. (1992), B.A. (1990) George Mason University

Courses Taught

PSCI 0103: Introduction to Comparative Politics 
PSCI 0202: African Politics
PSCI 0209: Local Green Politics
PSCI 0431: Seminar on African Government

Winter Term Courses Taught

PSCI 1016:  Dictators and Democrats


Publications

Horning, Nadia R., "Behind Sacredness:   Rules, Local Interests, and Forest Conservation in Bara Country, Madagascar," in Nyamweru, Celia and Michael Sheridan (eds) African Ethnoforests:  Sacred Groves, Culture, and Conservation, accepted by James Currey Ltd., forthcoming

"Les nouvelles idees de gestion locale des ressources renouvelables et le processus de promulgation de la loi 96-025," with Alain Bertrand in Pierre Montagne and Zo Razanamaharo (eds.), Le Transfert de Gestion a Madagascar:  de 1995 a 2005; Dix Ans d'Efforts, RESOLVE/CIRAD/CITE, forthcoming

Horning, Nadia R., "The Cost of Ignoring Rules:  Forest Conservation and Rural Livelihood Outcomes in Madagascar", Forests, Trees and Livelihoods, 15:  149-166, 2005

Horning, Nadia R., "How Rules Affect Conservation Outcomes" in Goodman, Stephen and Jonathan Benstead (eds.)  The Natural History of Madagascar. University of Chicago Press, 2004


Works in Progress



Horning, Nadia R., "Strong Support for Weak Performance:  Mutual Dependence between the State and Donors in Madagascar"

Horning, Nadia R., "The Challenge of Biodiversity Conservation in Madagascar:  Do Community Dynamics Apply at the National Level?"



Research Interests


Development in Sub-Sahraran Africa
The Politics of Biodiversity Conservation
Community-Based Natural Resource Management
Institutions, Interests, and Rule Compliance