Dr. David M. McCourt

Dr. David M. McCourt is Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of California, Davis, United States. He is an international political sociologist and his primary research interests lie with the social sources of state action in international politics, with an empirical focus on the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union. He has authored many acclaimed books including The Dragon Defined: How Washington, Canberra, and London Reimagined China (Oxford University Press, 2026); The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Historical Sociology (Edited, with Rebecca Jean Emigh and Richard Lachmann) (Oxford: Oxford University Press); The End of Engagement: America’s China and Russia Experts and U.S. Strategy Since 1989 (Oxford University Press, 2024); The New Constructivism in International Relations Theory (Bristol University Press, 2022); American Power and International Theory at the Council on Foreign Relations, 1953-54 (Edited) (University of Michigan Press); and Britain and World Power Since 1954: Constructing a Nation’s Role in International Politics (University of Michigan Press, 2014).