Barry Rabe

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies
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Barry Rabe examines the adoption and implementation of policies relevant to climate change, environmental protection and energy, with particular attention to the role of state governments in the American federal system. His work also examines other federal systems such as Canada as well as the link between public opinion and policy development. He is also the J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, where he directs the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy.

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Expertise

  • Climate and environment policy, state government policy, federalism and intergovernmental relations, comparative federalism, Canadian politics and policy, public management and governance

Experience

Current Positions

  • J. Ira and Nikki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy, Gerald Ford School of Public Policy, and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Environmental Policy, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan—Ann Arbor

Education

  • B.A. Carthage College, History
  • M.A., Ph.D. University of Chicago, Political Science

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