Education
Shefter graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in government from Cornell University in 1964 and completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree at Harvard University in 1970.
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His doctoral dissertation examined "City Hall and State House: State Legislative Involvement in the Politics of New York City and Boston." Shefter taught political science at Harvard, Cornell, and the University of Chicago, before returning to Cornell in 1986 where he is a professor in the department of government. Shefter is a member (since 1995) of the executive committee of the Politics and History Section of the American Political Science Association and served as president of the section for 1996-1997. (written with Benjamin Ginsberg).
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Shefter teaches urban politics, political parties and movements, and American political development. Political Parties and the State: The American Historical Experience.
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