Osvaldo Croci
Professor (and exchange program coordinator)
SN-2034
Department of Political Science, Science Building
Memorial University of Newfoundland
John's, NL A1B 3X9 Canada
Phone: (709) 864-8185
Website: http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~ocroci/index.html
Academics
BA, Laurea (Università di Venezia Ca' Foscari), MA (Carleton), PhD (McGill)
Areas for Student Research Supervision
• European Union
• Foreign and defence policies of Western states, especially Canada and Italy
• Sport and politics
• Transatlantic relations
Examples of Recent Courses Taught
2200 Intro to International Politics; 2990 Europe in the 20th Century; 3280 Canadian Foreign Policy; 4250 The European Union; 6200 International Politics
Select Papers and Publications
Croci, O. (2010) "Canada: Facing up to regional security challenges" in Emil Kirchner and James Sperling (eds), National Security Cultures. Patterns of Global Governance, Abingdon: Routledge, 2010, pp. 127-151.
Croci, O. and L. Tossutti (2010). “A nice place to visit: Italy as seen by Canadians’, Modern Italy, 15, 3: 277-291.
Croci, O. and Tossutti, L. (2009) “Canada and the European Union. A story of unrequited attraction” in F. Laursen (ed), The EU in the Global Political Economy, Bruxelles: P.I.E. Peter Lang, pp. 149-176.
Mintz, E., D. Close and O. Croci (2009 2nd edition and 2006 1st edition), Politics, Power and the Common Good: An Introduction to Politics, Toronto: Prentice Hall.
Croci, O. (2009) “Taking the Field: The EU and Sport Governance” in I. Tommel and A. Verdun (eds), Innovative Governance in the European Union: The Politics of Multilevel Policymaking, Boulder, Lynne Rienner: 139-157.
Croci, O. (2008). "Not a zero-sum game: Atlanticism and Europeanism in Italian foreign policy", The International Spectator, 43, 4: 137-155.
Croci, O. (2008) “The second Prodi government and Italian foreign policy: New and improved or the same wrapped up differently?” Modern Italy, 13, 3: 293-305.
Croci, O. and A. Verdun (eds.) (2006), The Transatlantic Divide. Foreign and security policies in the Atlantic Alliance from Kosovo to Iraq, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
