Professor of Political Science
Walker Family Professor for the Arts and Sciences
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
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Professor Prakash studies environmental policy, climate governance, NGOs and nonprofits, and voluntary/private regulation. He secured B.A. (Hons) in Economics from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi and MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Then, he worked as a manager in the marketing department of Procter and Gamble, India. After completing a Joint Ph.D. from the Department of Political Science and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA), Indiana University, Bloomington, he joined the faculty of the School of Business at The George Washington University. Since 2002, he has served on the faculty of the Department of Political Science at University of Washington, Seattle.
Professor Prakash founded the Environmental Politics and Governance (EPG) network . He is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and elected member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences . He has served as International Research Fellow at the Center for Corporate Reputation, University of Oxford and on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Board on Environmental Change and Society.
His awards include the American Political Science Association (1) 2025 John Gaus Award for “lifetime of exemplary scholarship in the joint tradition of political science and public administration,” (2) Public Policy Section’s 2024 Excellence in Mentoring Award, (3) 2020 Elinor Ostrom Career Achievement Award in recognition of "lifetime contribution to the study of science, technology, and environmental politics; the International Studies Association (1) 2023 Environmental Studies Section’s Distinguished Scholar Award which “recognizes outstanding scholars whose long history of excellent research and teaching has had a substantial impact on fields associated with international relations and environmental issues,” (2) 2019 Distinguished International Political Economy Scholar Award that recognizes "outstanding senior scholars whose influence and path-breaking intellectual work will continue to impact the field for years to come," as well (3) 2018 James N. Rosenau Award for "scholar who has made the most important contributions to globalization studies," and the 2018 Regulatory Studies Development Award from the European Consortium for Political Research Standing Group on Regulatory Governance that recognizes a senior scholar who has made notable "contributions to the field of regulatory governance."
In a recent ranking by Research.com of the best researchers in each discipline, Professor Prakash was ranked 33rd in the United States and 59th in the world.
With Nives Dolsak, he maintained a byline in Forbes.com., contributing over 150 commentaries during 2019-2025.
Research
Selected Research
- Gallo-Cajiao, Eduardo & Dolsak, Nives & Prakash, Aseem & Mundkur, Taej & Harris, Paul & Mitchell, Ronald & Davidson, Nick & Hansen, Birgita & Woodworth, Brad & Fuller, Richard & Price, Melissa & Petkov, Nicky & Mauerhofer, Volker & Morrison, Tiffany & Watson, James & Chowdhury, Sayam & Zöckler, Christoph & Widerberg, Oscar & Yong, Ding Li & Biggs, Duan. (2023). Implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the governance of biodiversity conservation. Frontiers in Conservation Science. 4. 989019. 10.3389/fcosc.2023.989019.
- Eduardo Gallo-Cajiao, Susan Lieberman, Nives Dolšak, Aseem Prakash, Ronald Labonté, Duan Biggs, Christine Franklin, Tiffany H Morrison, A M Viens, Richard A Fuller, Raphael Aguiar, Pedro Fidelman, James E M Watson, Cécile Aenishaenslin, Mary Wiktorowicz, Global governance for pandemic prevention and the wildlife trade, The Lancet Planetary Health, Volume 7, Issue 4, 2023, Pages e336-e345, ISSN 2542-5196, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00029-3.
- Lim, Sijeong & Prakash, Aseem. (2023). Does carbon pricing spur climate innovation? A panel study, 1986–2019. Journal of Cleaner Production. 395. 136459. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136459.
- Uji A, Song J, Dolšak N, Prakash A (2023) Pursuing decarbonization along with national security: Assessing public support for the Thacker Pass lithium mine. PLoS ONE 18(1): e0280720. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280720
- Mrchkovska, N., Dolšak, N. & Prakash, A. Pope Francis, climate message, and meat tax: evidence from survey experiment in Italy. npj Clim. Action 2, 10 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-023-00040-x
- Mohlakoana N, Lokhat M, Dolšak N, Prakash A (2023) Varieties of just transition: Public support in South Africa’s Mpumalanga coal community for different policy options. PLOS Clim 2(5): e0000205. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000205
- Hadden J, Prakash A. Introduction: What Scholars Know (and Need to Know) about the Politics of Climate Change. PS: Political Science & Politics. 2024;57(1):17-20. doi:10.1017/S1049096523000562
- Kinyon, L., Dolšak, N. & Prakash, A. When, where, and which climate activists have vandalized museums. npj Clim. Action 2, 27 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-023-00054-5
- Uji A, Song J, Dolšak N, Prakash A (2023) Does partisanship shape public support for suspending U.S. federal gas tax? A survey experiment. PLOS Climate 2(6): e0000163. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000163
- Uji A, Song J, Dolšak N, Prakash A (2023) Comparing public support for nuclear and wind energy in Washington State. PLOS ONE 18(4): e0284208. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284208
- Mrchkovska N, Dolšak N, Prakash A (2023) Does ESG privilege climate action over social and governance issues? A content analysis of BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s annual letters. PLOS Sustain Transform 2(12): e0000090. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pstr.0000090
- Ko I, Dolšak N, Prakash A (2023) Wind turbines as new smokestacks: Preserving ruralness and restrictive land-use ordinances across U.S. counties. PLoS ONE 18(12): e0294563. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294563
- McGuire W, Holtmaat EA, Prakash A (2022) Penalties for industrial accidents: The impact of the Deepwater Horizon accident on BP’s reputation and stock market returns. PLoS ONE 17(6): e0268743. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268743
- Liam F. Beiser-McGrath, Thomas Bernauer & Aseem Prakash (2023) Command and control or market-based instruments? Public support for policies to address vehicular pollution in Beijing and New Delhi, Environmental Politics, 32:4, 586-618, DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2022.2113608
- Ping Qin, Yifei Quan, Antung A. Liu, Joshua Linn & Jun Yang. (2023) The Welfare Cost of Beijing’s Lottery Policy: Evidence from a Contingent Valuation Survey. Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, pages 1-24.Crossref
- Prakash, Aseem and Nives Dolsak. "Three Faces of Climate Justice." Annual Review of Political Science, 2022, 25: 283–301
- Ko, Inhwan, Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash. Forthcoming. Have Renewable Energy Leaders Announced Aggressive Emission Reduction Goals? Examining Variations in the Stringency of Country-Level Net-Zero Emission Pledges. PLOS Climate. 2022.
- Carmack M, Dolšak N, Prakash A (2022) Electoral appeal of climate policies: The Green New Deal and the 2020 U.S. House of Representatives elections. PLOS Clim 1(6): e0000043. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000043
- Prakash, Aseem and Kendra Dupuy. "Why Restrictive NGO Foreign Funding Laws Reduce Voter Turnout in Africa’s National Elections." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2022, 51(1): 170-189.
- Prakash, Aseem, Liam F. Beiser-McGrath and Thomas Bernauer. "Do Policy Clashes between the Judiciary and the Executive Affect Public Opinion? Insights from New Delhi’s Odd-Even Rule against Air Pollution." Journal of Public Policy, 2022, 42: 185–200.
- Prakash, Aseem and Nives Dolsak. "Different Approaches to Reducing Aviation Emissions: Reviewing the Structure Agency Debate in Climate Policy." Climate Action, 2022, 1(2).
- Prakash, Aseem and Inhwan Ko. "Signaling Climate Resilience to Municipal Bond Markets: Does Membership in Adaptation-Focused Voluntary Clubs Affect Bond Rating?" Climatic Change, 2022, 171(9).
- Prakash, Aseem, Laura Evans and Nives Dolsak. "Do Windy Areas have more Wind Turbines: An Empirical Analysis of Wind Installed Capacity in Native Tribal Nations." 2022. PLoS ONE, 17(2): e0261752.
- Prakash, Aseem, Sijeong Lim, Seiki Tanka, and Nives Dolsak"Distributional Concerns and Public Opinion: EV Subsidies in the U.S. and Japan." Energy Policy. 2022. 164: 112883.
- Prakash, Aseem and Christopher Adolph. "Does the Economic Decline of the West and the Rise of China Encourage NGO Crackdown?" Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. Forthcoming.
- Prakash, Aseem and Nives Dolsak. "NGO Failure: A Theoretical Synthesis." Voluntas. Forthcoming.
- Prakash, Aseem, Joannie TremblayBoire and M. Apolonia Calderon. "Delivering Public Services to the Underserved: Nonprofits and the Latino Threat Narrative." Public Administration Review.
- Prakash, Aseem and Nives Dolsak. "Three Faces of Climate Justice." Annual Review of Political Science. Forthcoming.
- Prakash, Aseem, Azusa Uji and Jaehyun Song. "Does the “NIMBY syndrome” Undermine Public Support for Nuclear Power in Japan?" Energy Policy, 2021, 148: 111944.
- Prakash, Aseem and Sijeong Lim. "Pandemics and Citizen Perceptions about Their Country: Did COVID-19 Increase National Pride in South Korea." Nations and Nationalism, 2021, 27(3): 623-637.
- Prakash, Aseem, Rachel Castellano and Nives Dolsak. "Willingness to Help Climate Migrants: A Survey Experiment in the Korail Slum of Dhaka, Bangladesh." PLoS ONE, 2021, 16(4): e0249315.
- Prakash, Aseem, Azusa Uji, Jaehyun Song, and Nives Dolsak. "Public Support for Climate Adaptation Aid and Migrants: A Conjoint Experiment in Japan." Environmental Research Letters, 2021, 16: 124073.
- Evans, Laura & Dolsak, Nives & Plog, Megan & Prakash, Aseem. (2020). Native American tribal governments, cross-sectoral climate policy, and the role of intertribal networks. Climatic Change. 160. 10.1007/s10584-019-02641-0.
- Prakash, Aseem, Nives Dolsak and Christopher Adolph. "Policy Design and Public Support for Carbon Tax: Evidence from a 2018 U.S. National Online Survey Experiment." Public Administration, 2020, 98(4): 905-921.
- Sijeong Lim, Aseem Prakash. "How the opposing pressures of industrialization and democratization influence clean water access in urban and rural areas: A panel study, 1991–2010." Wiley Online Library, vol. 20, February 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.1883
- Rebecca Scurlock, Nives Dolsak & Aseem Prakash. "Recovering from Scandals: Twitter Coverage of Oxfam and Save the Children Scandals."VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, vol. 31, 2020, pp. 94–110.
- "Why Restrictive NGO Foreign Funding Laws Reduce Voter Turnout in Africa’s National Elections." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, January 6, 2020, Kendra Dupuy, Aseem Prakash, https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764019897848
- Climatic Change, 2020, Aseem Prakash, Laura Evans, Nives Dolsak, and Megan Plog, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02641-0
- Nives Dolšak, Christopher Adolph, and Aseem Prakash. "Policy Design and Public Support for Carbon Tax: Evidence from a 2018 U.S. National Online Survey Experiment." Wiley Online Library: Public Administration, First published: 04 February 2020, https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12657
- Hunter, Lori & Prakash, Aseem. (2019). Hardin’s oversimplification of population growth. Nature Sustainability. 2. 78. 10.1038/s41893-019-0230-5.
- Karceski, S.M., Dolšak, N., Prakash, A. et al. "Did TV ads funded by fossil fuel industry defeat the Washington carbon tax?." Climatic Change, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02626-z
- Shalini Iyengar & Nives Dolšak & Aseem Prakash. "Selectively Assertive: Interventions of India’s Supreme Court to Enforce Environmental Laws." Sustainability, MDPI, Open Access Journal, vol. 11, no. 24, December 2019, pp. 1-18.
- Ellen Alexandra Holtmaat, Christopher Adolph and Aseem Prakash. "The global diffusion of environmental clubs: how pressure from importing countries supports the chemical industry’s Responsible Care® program." Science Direct, 14 November 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104735
- Lim, S. and Prakash, A. (2018), Inter-Governmental Regimes and Recruitment to Private Regimes: GATT/WTO and the ISO, 1951–2005. Glob Policy, 9: 352-364. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12554
- Aseem Prakash, Elizabeth Chrun and Daniel Berliner. "Stakeholder Scrutiny, Urban Bias, and the Private Provision of Public Goods." Business and Politics, vol. 20, no. 2, 2018, pp. 273-300.
- Sijeong Lim, Aseem Prakash. "Inter‐Governmental Regimes and Recruitment to Private Regimes: GATT/WTO and the ISO, 1951–2005." vol. 9, Issue 3, 09 April 2018, https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12554
- Brian Greenhill, Nives Dolšak & Aseem Prakash. "Exploring the Adaptation-mitigation Relationship: Does Information on the Costs of Adapting to Climate Change Influence Support for Mitigation?." Environmental Communication, vol. 12, no. 7, 2018, pp. 911-927, DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2018.1508046
- "The Politics of Climate Change Adaptation." Annual Review of Environment and Resources, vol. 43, October 2018, pp. 317-341, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-102017-025739
- Ronelle Burger & Trudy Owens & Aseem Prakash, "Global Non-Profit Chains and the Challenges of Development Aid Contracting." Nonprofit Policy Forum, De Gruyter, vol. 9, no.4, December 2018, pp. 1-12.
- Joannie Tremblay‐Boire and Aseem Prakash. "Biased Altruism: Islamophobia and Donor Support for Global Humanitarian Organizations." Public Administration Review, vol. 79, no. 1, 2019, pp. 113-124, https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13012
- Thomas Bernauer, Aseem Prakash and Liam F. Beiser‐McGrath. "Do exemptions undermine environmental policy support? An experimental stress test on the odd‐even road space rationing policy in India." Wiley Online Librady, vol.12, October 2018, https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12225
- Nives Dolšak and Aseem Prakash. "The Politics of Climate Change Adaptation. Annual Review of Environment and Resources." Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 2018.
- Kendra Dupuy and Aseem Prakash. "Do Donors Reduce Bilateral Aid to Countries with Restrictive NGO Laws?: A Panel Study, 1993-2012." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, vol. 47, no. 1, 2018, pp.89-106.
- Aseem Prakash, Phi Cong Hoang and William McGuire. "How Voluntary Environmental Programs Reduce Pollution." Public Administration, vol. 78, no. 4, 2018, pp. 537-544.
- Grønbjerg, K., Prakash, A. Advances in Research on Nonprofit Advocacy and Civic Engagement. Voluntas 28, 877–887 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-016-9712-5
- Levy DL, Prakash A. Bargains Old and New: Multinational Corporations in Global Governance. Business and Politics. 2003;5(2):131-150. doi:10.2202/1469-3569.1051
- Chrun, Elizabeth & Berliner, Daniel & Prakash, Aseem. (2017). Stakeholder scrutiny, urban bias, and the private provision of public goods. Business and Politics. 20. 1-28. 10.1017/bap.2017.33.
- Mcguire, William & Hoang, Phi & Prakash, Aseem. (2017). How Voluntary Environmental Programs Reduce Pollution. Public Administration Review. 78. 10.1111/puar.12832.
- Aseem Prakash, Phi Cong Hoang and William McGuire. "How Voluntary Environmental Programs Reduce Pollution." Public Administration Review, vol. 78, no. 4, 2017, pp. 537-544.
- Kendra Dupuy and Aseem Prakash. " Do Donors Reduce Bilateral Aid to Countries With Restrictive NGO Laws? A Panel Study, 1993-2012." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, vol. 47 issue. 1, October 27 2017, pp. 89-106, https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764017737384
- Phi Cong Hoang, William McGuire and Aseem Prakash. "Reducing Toxic Chemical Pollution in Response to Multiple Information Signals: The 33/50 Voluntary Program and Toxicity Disclosures." Ecological Economics, vol.146, 2017, pp.193-202.
- Rafeel Wasif and Aseem Prakash. "Do Government and Foreign Funding influence Individual Donations to Religious Nonprofits?: A Survey Experiment in Pakistan." Nonprofit Policy Forum, vol. 8, no. 3, 2017, pp. 237–273.
- Sijeong Lim and Aseem Prakash. "Do Economic Problems at Home Undermine Worker Safety Abroad?: A Panel Study, 1980-2009." World Development, vol. 96, August 2017, pp. 562–577.
- Joannie Tremblay-Boire and Aseem Prakash. "Will You Trust Me?: How Individual American Donors Respond to Informational Signals Regarding Local and Global Humanitarian Charities." Voluntas, vol.28, no.2, 2017, pp. 621–647.
- Christopher Adolph, Vanessa Quince, and Aseem Prakash. "The Shanghai Effect: Do Exports to China Affect Labor Practices in Africa?" World Development, vol. 89, 2017 January, pp. 1-18.
- Dolšak, Nives. “Confronting the ‘China Excuse:’ The Political Logic of Climate Change Adaptation.” The Solutions Journal, 8 July 2020, thesolutionsjournal.com/confronting-the-china-excuse-the-political-logic-of-climate-change-adaptation/.
- Nives Dolšak, We Feel Your Pain: Environmentalists, Coal Miners, and "Embedded Environmentalism", The Solutions Journal, March 20, 2016
- Sandoval, P., & Prakash, A. (2016). The gold rush: The popularity of the gold tier in LEED Certification. Environmental Policy and Governance, 26(6), 543–555. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.1724
- Nives Dolšak and Aseem Prakash. "Join the Club: How the Domestic NGO Sector Induces Participation in the Covenant of Mayors Program." International Interactions, vol. 43, no. 1, 2016, pp. 26-47.
- Kendra Dupuy, James Ron and Aseem Prakash. "Hands Off My Regime! Governments’ Restrictions on Foreign Aid to Non-Governmental Organizations in Poor and Middle-Income Countries." World Development, vol. 84, 2016 August, pp. 299–311.
- Joannie Tremblay Boire, Mary Kay Gugerty and Aseem Prakash. " Regulation by Reputation: Monitoring and Sanctioning in Nonprofit Accountability Clubs." Public Administration Review, vol. 76, no, 5, 2016, pp. 712-722.
- Elizabeth Chrun, Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash. 2016. "Corporate Environmentalism: Motivations and Mechanisms." Annual Review of Environment and Resources, vol. 41, pp. 341–362.
- Aseem Prakash & Matthew Potoski. " The EU effect: does trade with the EU reduce CO2 emissions in the developing world?", Environmental Politics, vol. 26, no. 1, 2016, pp. 27-48.
- Prakash, A., and Potoski, M. (2016) Dysfunctional institutions? Toward a New Agenda in Governance Studies. Regulation & Governance, 10: 115–125. doi: 10.1111/rego.12113.
- Joannie Tremblay-Boire & Aseem Prakash. "Accountability.org: Online Disclosures by U.S. Nonprofits." In: Voluntas, 2015, vol. 26, no.2, pp. 693-719.
- Lim, S., Menaldo, V. & Prakash, A. Foreign aid, economic globalization, and pollution. Policy Sci 48, 181–205 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11077-014-9205-6
- Sijeong Lim, Layna Mosley, and Aseem Prakash. "Revenue Substitution? How Foreign Aid Inflows Moderate the Effect of Bilateral Trade Pressures on Labor Rights." World Development 67 (2015): 295–309.
- Bloodgood, E. A., Tremblay-Boire, J., & Prakash, A. (2014). National Styles of NGO Regulation. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 43(4), 716-736. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764013481111
- Dan Berliner, Aseem Prakash. "'Bluewashing' the Firm?: Voluntary Regulations, Program Design and Member Compliance with the United Nations Global Compact." Policy Studies Journal, vol. 43, no.1, pp. 115-138, 2014.
- Kendra E Dupuy, James Ron & Aseem Prakash. " Who survived? Ethiopia's regulatory crackdown on foreign-funded NGOs", Review of International Political Economy, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 419-456, 2014.
- Victor Menaldo and Aseem Prakash. “Empirical Strategies in International Development Research." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol. 33, no. 4, 2014, pp. 929-931.
- Lim, S. and Prakash, A. (2014), Voluntary Regulations and Innovation: The Case of ISO 14001. Public Admin Rev, 74: 233-244. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12189
- Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash. "Join the ISO 14001 Club!" ISO Focus, July/August 2014.
- Dean Chahim and Aseem Prakash. "NGOization, Foreign Funding, and the Nicaraguan Civil Society." Voluntas 25, no. 2, pp. 487–513, 2014.
- Sijeong Lim and Aseem Prakash. "Quantitative Comparative Analysis," In Edward Elgar Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Politics and Governance, edited by Philipp Pattberg and Fariborz Zelli, Edward Elgar, 2014.
- Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash. "Global Private Regimes, Domestic Public Law: ISO 14001 and Pollution Reduction." Comparative Political Studies, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 369 - 394, 2014.
- Mitchell Small, Paul Stern, Elizabeth Bomberg, Susan Christopherson, Bernard Goldstein, Andrei Israel, Robert B. Jackson, Alan Krupnick , Meagan Mauter, Jennifer Nash, D. Warner North, Sheila M. Olmstead, Aseem Prakash, Barry Rabe, Nathan Richardson, Susan Tierney, Thomas Webler, and Gabrielle Wong-Parodi, and Barbara Zielinska. "Risks and Risk Governance in Unconventional Shale Gas Development." Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 48, no. 15, pp. 8289-8297, 2014.
- Daniel Berliner, Aseem Prakash, Public Authority and Private Rules: How Domestic Regulatory Institutions Shape the Adoption of Global Private Regimes, International Studies Quarterly, Volume 58, Issue 4, December 2014, Pages 793–803, https://doi.org/10.1111/isqu.12166
- Bloodgood, E. A., Tremblay-Boire, J., & Prakash, A. (2014). National Styles of NGO Regulation. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 43(4), 716-736. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764013481111
- Daniel Berliner and Aseem Prakash. "The United Nations Global Compact: An Institutionalist Perspective." Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 122, no. 2, pp. 217-223, 2014.
- “The World Is Not Scandinavia.” Boston Review, 6 Jan. 2023, www.bostonreview.net/forum_response/world-not-scandinavia/.
- Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash. "Green Clubs: Collective Action and Voluntary Environmental Programs." Annual Review of Political Science, vol. 16, pp. 399-419, 2013.
- Joshua Eastin and Aseem Prakash. "Economic Development and Gender Equality: Is there a Gender Kuznets Curve?" World Politics, vol. 65, no. 1, 2013, pp.156-184.
- Daniel Berliner and Aseem Prakash. "Signaling Environmental Stewardship in the Shadow of Weak Governance: The Global Diffusion of ISO 14001." Law & Society Review, vol. 47, no. 2, 345-373, 2013.
- Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash. "Do Voluntary Programs Reduce Pollution? Examining ISO 14001’s Effectiveness across Countries." Policy Studies Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 273 -295, 2013.
- Cao X, Greenhill B, Prakash A. Where Is the Tipping Point? Bilateral Trade and the Diffusion of Human Rights. British Journal of Political Science. 2013;43(1):133-156. doi:10.1017/S000712341200018X
- Prakash, Aseem, et al. “Foreign Aid to Local NGOs: Good Intentions, Bad Policy.” openDemocracy, 15 Nov. 2012, www.opendemocracy.net/en/foreign-aid-to-local-ngos-good-intentions-bad-policy/.
- Xun Cao and Aseem Prakash. "Trade Competition and Environmental Regulations: Domestic Political Constraints and Issue Visibility." Journal of Politics, vol. 74, no. 1, 2012, pp. 66-82.
- Lily Hseuh and Aseem Prakash. "Incentivizing Self-Regulation: Federal vs. State-level Voluntary Programs in U.S. Climate Change Policies." Regulation & Governance 6, no. 4, 2012, pp. 445-473.
- Lily Hseuh and Aseem Prakash. "Private Voluntary Programs on Climate Change: U.S. Federal Government as the Sponsoring Actor." Private Voluntary Programs in Global Climate Change Policy: Pitfalls and Potentials, edited by Karsten Ronit, United Nations University Press, 2012.
- Lee, T., Johnson, E., & Prakash, A. (2012). Media Independence and Trust in NGOs: The Case of Postcommunist Countries. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 41(1), 8-35. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764010384444
- Daniel Berliner and Aseem Prakash. "From Norms to Programs: The United Nations Global Compact and Global Governance." Regulation & Governance, vol. 6, no. 2, 2012, pp.149–166.
- Eastin, Joshua & Grundmann, Reiner & Prakash, Aseem. (2011). The Two Limits Debates: 'Limits to Growth' and Climate Change. Futures. 43. 10.1016/j.futures.2010.03.001.
- Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash. "Voluntary Programs and the Regulation Dilemma," In Handbook on Regulation, edited by David Levi-Faur. Edward Elgar, 2011.
- Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash. "Accountability and Voluntary Standards: Lessons from the International Organization for Standardization," In Accountable Governance, edited by Melvin Dubnick and H. George Frederickson, ME Sharpe, 2011.
- Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash. "Voluntary Environmental Programs: A Comparative Perspective." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 31, no. 1 (2011): 123-138.
- Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash. "Voluntary Programs, Regulatory Compliance, and the Regulation Dilemma," In Explaining Regulatory Compliance: Business Response to Legal, Voluntary, and Transnational Regulation, edited by Christine Parker and Vibeke Lehmann Nielsen, Edward Elgar, 2011.
- Aseem Prakash and Rebecca Szper. "Charity Watchdogs and the Limits of Information-Based Regulation." Voluntas, vol. 22, no. 1, 2011, pp. 112-141.
- Josh Eastin, Reiner Grundmann, Aseem Prakash, The two limits debates: “Limits to Growth” and climate change, Futures, Volume 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-26, ISSN 0016-3287, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2010.03.001.
- Mary Kay Gugerty and Aseem Prakash (eds.). Voluntary Regulations of NGOs and Nonprofits: An Accountability Club Framework. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Cao X, Prakash A. Trade Competition and Domestic Pollution: A Panel Study, 1980–2003. International Organization. 2010;64(3):481-503. doi:10.1017/S0020818310000123
- Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash. "Private Authority Certification Regimes: A Club Theory Perspective," In The Challenges of Global Business Authority: Democratic Renewal, Stalemate or Decay?, edited by Tony Porter and Karsten Ronit, SUNY Press, 2010.
- Cao, X. and Prakash, A. (2011), Growing exports by signaling product quality: Trade competition and the cross-national diffusion of ISO 9000 quality standards. J. Pol. Anal. Manage., 30: 111-135. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.20546
- Mary Kay Gugerty and Aseem Prakash (eds.). Advocacy Organizations and Collective Action. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Darnall, Nicole and Potoski, Matthew and Prakash, Aseem, Sponsorship Matters: Assessing Business Participation in Government- and Industry-Sponsored Voluntary Environmental Programs (March 30, 2010). Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 283-307, 2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1582793
- Prakash, A. and Gugerty, M.K. (2010), Trust but verify? Voluntary regulation programs in the nonprofit sector. Regulation & Governance, 4: 22-47. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-5991.2009.01067.x
- Erik Lundsgaarde and Christian Breunig, and Aseem Prakash. "Instrumental Philanthropy: Trade and the Allocation of Foreign Aid." Canadian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 43, no.3, 2010, pp. 733-761.
- John Ahlquist and Aseem Prakash. "FDI and the Costs of Contract Enforcement in Developing Countries." Policy Sciences, Vol. 43, no. 2, 2010, pp.181-200.
- Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash. "International Standards Organization as a Global Governor: A Club Theory Perspective," In Who Governs the Globe?, edited by Deborah Avant, Martha Finnemore, and Susan Sell, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Erica Johnson and Aseem Prakash. "Future Research: NGOs and Collective Action," In Understanding 21st Century Environmental NGOs, edited by Thomas P. Lyons, RRF Press, 2010.
- Aseem Prakash and Matthew Potoski (eds.). Voluntary Programs: A Club Theory Perspective. Cambridge MA, MIT Press, 2009.
- Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash. "Information Asymmetries as Trade Barriers: ISO 9000 Increases International Commerce." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 28, no. 2, 2009, pp. 221-238.
- GREENHILL B, MOSLEY L, PRAKASH A. Trade-based Diffusion of Labor Rights: A Panel Study, 1986–2002. American Political Science Review. 2009;103(4):669-690. doi:10.1017/S0003055409990116
- Ahlquist, J.S. and Prakash, A. (2008), The influence of foreign direct investment on contracting confidence in developing countries. Regulation & Governance, 2: 316-339. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-5991.2008.00040.x
- Johnson, E., Prakash, A. NGO research program: a collective action perspective. Policy Sci 40, 221–240 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11077-007-9043-x
- Prakash, A. and Potoski, M. (2007), Collective Action through Voluntary Environmental Programs: A Club Theory Perspective. Policy Studies Journal, 35: 773-792. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0072.2007.00247.x
- Aseem Prakash, Matthew Potoski, Investing Up: FDI and the Cross-Country Diffusion of ISO 14001 Management Systems, International Studies Quarterly, Volume 51, Issue 3, September 2007, Pages 723–744, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2478.2007.00471.x
- Prakash, Aseem & Lundsgaarde, Erik & Breunig, Christian. (2007). Trade versus Aid: Donor Generosity in an Era of Globalization. Policy Sciences. 40. 157-179. 10.1007/s11077-007-9040-0.
- Sasser, Erika & Prakash, Aseem & Cashore, Benjamin & Auld, Graeme. (2006). Direct Targeting as an NGO Political Strategy: Examining Private Authority Regimes in the Forestry Sector. Business and Politics. 8. 1163-1163. 10.2202/1469-3569.1163.
- Prakash, A. and Potoski, M. (2006), Racing to the Bottom? Trade, Environmental Governance, and ISO 14001. American Journal of Political Science, 50: 350-364. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5907.2006.00188.x
- Aseem Prakash and Matthew Potoski. The Voluntary Environmentalists: Green Clubs, ISO 14001, and Voluntary Environmental Regulations. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- Potoski, M. and Prakash, A. (2005), Covenants with weak swords: ISO 14001 and facilities' environmental performance. J. Pol. Anal. Manage., 24: 745-769. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.20136
- Potoski, M. and Prakash, A. (2005), Green Clubs and Voluntary Governance: ISO 14001 and Firms' Regulatory Compliance. American Journal of Political Science, 49: 235-248. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0092-5853.2005.00120.x
- Susan K. Sell, Aseem Prakash, Using Ideas Strategically: The Contest Between Business and NGO Networks in Intellectual Property Rights, International Studies Quarterly, Volume 48, Issue 1, March 2004, Pages 143–175, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0020-8833.2004.00295.x
- Potoski, M. and Prakash, A. (2004), The Regulation Dilemma: Cooperation and Conflict in Environmental Governance. Public Administration Review, 64: 152-163. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2004.00357.x
- Aseem Prakash, Kelly L. Kollman, Biopolitics in the EU and the U.S.: A Race to the Bottom or Convergence to the Top?, International Studies Quarterly, Volume 47, Issue 4, December 2003, Pages 617–641, https://doi.org/10.1046/j.0020-8833.2003.00281.x
- Prakash, A. (2002), Green marketing, public policy and managerial strategies. Bus. Strat. Env., 11: 285-297. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.338
- Aseem Prakash, Beyond Seattle: globalization, the nonmarket environment and corporate strategy, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2002
- Kollman, Kelly, and Aseem Prakash. “Green by Choice? Cross-National Variations in Firms’ Responses to EMS-Based Environmental Regimes.” World Politics, vol. 53, no. 3, 2001, pp. 399–430. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25054155. April 2001.
- Prakash, A. (2000). Responsible Care: An Assessment. Business & Society, 39(2), 183-209. https://doi.org/10.1177/000765030003900204
- Aseem Prakash & Jeffrey A. Hart (Eds.). Responding to Globalization. London: Routledge, 2000.
- Aseem Prakash & Jeffrey A. Hart (Eds.). Coping with Globalization. London: Routledge, 2000.
- Aseem Prakash. Greening the Firm: The Politics of Corporate Environmentalism. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
- REUVENY R, PRAKASH A. The Afghanistan war and the breakdown of the Soviet Union. Review of International Studies. 1999;25(4):693-708. doi:10.1017/S0260210599006932
- Aseem Prakash & Jeffrey A. Hart (Eds.). Globalization and Governance. London, Routledge, 1999.
Research Advised
- Wasif, Rafeel. 2020. "Terrorists or Philanthropists: Assessing the Effect of 9/11 on Nonprofits in the US and Pakistan"
- Elizabeth Chrun. 2019. "Anticorruption Agencies in Democracies"
- Kendra E. Dupuy. 2016. "Harnessing Natural Resources for Development: New Legal Regimes for Localized Benefit Sharing in the Mining Sector." Diss., U of Washington.
- Joannie Tremblay-Boire. 2015. "International Grantmaking by American Foundations." Diss., U of Washington.
- Sijeong Lim. 2013. "Modes of Social Policy in the Developing World." Diss., U of Washington.
- Daniel Berliner. 2012. "Institutionalizing Transparency: The Global Spread of Freedom of Information in Law and Practice." Diss., U of Washington.
- Brian Greenhill. 2010. "Norm Transmission in Networks of Intergovernmental Organizations." Diss., U of Washington.
- Taedong Lee. 2010. "Global Cities and Climate Change." Diss., U of Washington.
- Kylie E. Clay. 2020. "FARMERS, FORESTS, AND THE STATE Essays on the Political Economy of Illegal Forest Use in Tanzania"
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