Sidney Plotkin

Professor of Political Science

Office:Rockefeller Hall 202; Box 448

Phone: (845) 437-5566

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  • B.A., M.S., Ph.D., City University of New York

Sidney Plotkin has published articles on land use policy, community, and political power, and two books, Keep Out: The Struggle for Land Use Control (California, 1987) and Private Interest, Public Spending (South End, 1994).  Recently, Mr. Plotkin's scholarly focus has centered on the political and social ideas of the American radical thinker, Thorstein Veblen, publishing articles dealing with such themes as democracy, ecology and power in Veblen's work. 

Mr. Plotkin teaches courses on power, democracy, public policy, and the political economy of Thorstein Veblen.

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