Craig Parsons is Professor and Department Head of Political Science at the University of Oregon. He has published six books and many articles on contemporary political economy, the history of the European Union, and French and British politics. His scholarly work investigates the ideas and institutions that came together to construct today’s Europe; comparisons between the European Union and American federalism; how divisive issues like the authority of the EU affect political parties and democratic representation; and some thorny questions in the philosophy of science and qualitative methodology.