Francesco Duina is associate professor of sociology at Bates College and visiting professor at the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark.

His research and teaching interests include economic sociology, globalization, the nation state, the cultural underpinnings of trade, the European Union, South America's Mercosur, and NAFTA. Duina's recent publications include articles on the nature of law in the European Union, Mercosur and NAFTA (2006, 2004), national parliaments and legal authority in the European Union and Mercosur (2007, 2005, 2003), culture in the European Union (2002), the similarities between European Union and Mercosur law (2001), the drivers of European integration (2000), the relationship between the nation state and the European Union (1999), and the question of social contexts and legal implementation in the European Union (1997).

Duina holds a B.A. in political science and M.A in social sciences from the University of Chicago and a M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard University.

• A Review of Arno Tausch's Book "The City on the Hill" (June 29, 2006)