Matthew Baltz
About Matthew Baltz
Educational Background
- B.A., History, Amherst College
- M.A., Nationalism Studies, Central European University, Budapest
- M.A., Sociology, University of California - Los Angeles
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of California - Los Angeles
Current Courses Taught
- SOCI 100: Introduction to Sociology
- SOCI 211: Classical Sociological Theory
- SOCI 247: Class and Politics in the United States
- SOCI 316: Globalization and Social Conflict in the 21st century
- SOCI 345: Nations, Nationalism, and Confounding Problems in the 21st Century
Research Interests
- Political Sociology & Comparative Political Economy
- State Building and Institutions
- Development
- Nationalism
- Comparative and Historical Methods
Selected Publications
Baltz, Matthew J. (2023) "Threats and opportunities: The populist challenge to business elites in Trump's administration." in Business and Populism: The Odd Couple?, edited by Glenn Morgan and Magnus Feldmann. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 59-78.
Baltz, Matthew J. (2022) "What lies beneath the ‘tariff man’? The Trump administration’s response to China’s ‘state capitalism’." Contemporary Politics: 1-19.
Baltz, Matthew J. (2021) “’Americanism not globalism will be our credo!’: An analysis of the economic nationalism(s) of Trump’s administration and an agenda for further research.” Nations and Nationalism, 27, 797-815.
Baltz, Matthew J. (2019) “Navigating the globalization dilemma: democratic pressure and the making of US inward foreign direct investment policy in the 1970s.” Journal of Policy History, 31(1), 101-125.
Baltz, Matthew J. (2017) “Institutionalizing neoliberalism: CFIUS and the governance of inward foreign direct investment in the United States” Review of International Political Economy, 24(5), 859-880.
Baltz, Matthew J. (2015) “Protecting citizens in hard times: citizenship and repatriation pressures in the United States and France during the 1930s.” Theory and Society, 44(2), 101-124.