Barbara Hicks
Her research specialization is in Central and Eastern Europe, and she's currently working on a book about how transnational influences affect the role of social movements as channels of citizen participation in the new democracies of Central Europe.
Recent Courses
Transitions to Democracy in Comparative Perspective
Selected Publications
Carmin, J., Hicks, B., & Beckmann, A. (2003). Leveraging local action: Grassroots initiatives and transboundary collaboration in the formation of the White Carpathian Euroregion. International Sociology, 18(4), 703-725.
Hicks, B. (2004). Setting agendas and shaping activism: EU influence on Central and Eastern European environmental movements. Environmental Politics, 13(1), 216-233.
Hicks, B. (2005). Setting agendas and shaping activism: EU influence on Central and Eastern European environmental movements. In J. Carmin, & S. D. VanDeveer (Eds.), EU Enlargement and the Environment: Institutional Change and Environmental Policy in Central and Eastern Europe. New York: Routledge.
Hicks, B., & Carmin, J. (2002). International triggering events, transnational networks, and the development of the Czech and Polish environmental movements. Mobilization, 7(2), 304-324.
