My research agenda has grown out of my interest in how to make political sense of issues that are grounded in personal or intimate-life behaviors, like reproductive choice, sexual orientation, caring for children and doing housework, and decisions about eating. My most recent research tackles an area in which little has been done in political science, which is a comparative approach to food and agriculture policy. This builds on the strength of my recent work on social welfare policies (especially work-family support policies), represented by my book, The Politics of Work-Family Policies: Comparing Japan, France, Germany and the United States that came out in May 2015 from Cambridge University Press.

My curriculum vita:     boling_vita_11_26_18.pdf​