{{Short description|American politician (born 1946)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Thomas John Volgy | image = | image_size = | caption = | office = 38th Mayor of Tucson, Arizona | term_start = 1987 | term_end = 1991 | predecessor = Lewis C. Murphy | successor = George Miller | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|03|19}} | birth_place = Budapest, Hungary | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | alma_mater = {{Plainlist | * Oakland University * University of Minnesota }} | profession = Professor of Political Science, University of Arizona | spouse = | party = Democratic }}
'''Thomas John Volgy''' (born March 19, 1946)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uf4tAAAAYAAJ|title=Biographical Directory|last=Association|first=American Political Science|date=1973-01-01|publisher=The Association|language=en}}</ref> is a professor of political science at the University of Arizona, where he has been on faculty since 1971.<ref>[http://www.u.arizona.edu/~volgy/vita.html Volgy's CV at University of Arizona]</ref> He is also the Executive Director (since 1995) of the International Studies Association.<ref>ISA, [http://www.isanet.org/history_purpose/2007/12/executive-direc.html Executive Directors of ISA], accessed 7 June 2009</ref>
He is a former member of the Tucson, Arizona City Council (1977–1987) and was Mayor of Tucson 1987-1991. In the United States House of Representatives elections, 1998 he was the Democratic Party's candidate in Arizona's 5th congressional district.
He is a graduate of Oakland University (BA) and the University of Minnesota (MA and PhD).
==Books== * John E. Schwartz and Thomas J. Volgy (1993), ''The Forgotten Americans'', W. W. Norton * Thomas J. Volgy (2001), ''Politics in the Trenches: Citizens, Politicians, and the Fate of Democracy'', University of Arizona Press * Thomas Volgy et al. (2009), ''Mapping the New World Order'', Wiley-Blackwell * Volgy, Thomas J., Renato Corbetta, Keith A. Grant, and Ryan G. Baird (eds.) 2011. Major Powers and the Quest for Status in International Politics. Palgrave/MacMillan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.volgy.org/cv|title=CV | Beyond the Water's Edge}}</ref>
==See also== *2003 Tucson mayoral election
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==External links== * [http://www.u.arizona.edu/~volgy/bio.html Volgy's bio at University of Arizona]
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