Dr. Luis Roniger

Reynolds Professor
Political Science & Latin American Studies
Beginning Fall 2004

 



Education:

        BA, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, MA,PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 

Professional Experiences:

        Taught at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Chicago, Carleton University in Ottawa, Catholic University of El Salvador and National Universities of La Plata and Cordoba in Argentina, and University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

 

Professional/Research Focus:

         Democracy, clientelism and civil society; individualism, globalization and the transformation of public culture; political exiles; redemocratization processes and human rights in Latin America.

       

Selected Publications:
  • Exile and the Politics of Exclusion in Latin America”, co-authored with James N. Green, introduction to special issue on Exile and the Politics of Exclusion in Latin America, Latin American Perspectives, 34, 4 (2007): 3-6.
  • Political Exile in Latin America”, co-authored with Mario Sznajder. Latin American Perspectives, 34, 4 (2007): 7-30
  • Exile and the Setting of Future Research Agendas”,  co-authored with James N. Green, Latin American Perspectives, 34, 4 (2007): 106-108.
  • Citizenship in Latin America: New Works and Debates”, Citizenship Studies, 10, 4 (2006): 489-502.
  • Global Times Once Again: Representative Democracy and Countervailing Trends in Iberoamerica”. Iberoamericana (Berlin), 17 (2005): 66-85.
  • From Argentina to Israel: Escape, Evacuation and Exile”, co-authored with Mario Sznajder. Journal of Latin American Studies, 37, 2 (2005): 351-377.
  • Political Clientelism, Democracy and Market Economy”, Comparative Politics,  36, 3 (2004): 353-375.
  • O legado das violações dos direitos humanos no Cone Sul. Sao Paulo: Editora Perspectiva, 2004.
  • Multiple Modernities Comparative Perspectives on the Americas, Coedited with Carlos Waisman, Sussex Academic Press, 2002
  • The Collective and the Public in Latin America. Cultural Identities and Political Order. Coedited with Tamar Herzog. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2000.
  • The Legacy of Human Rights Violations in the Southern Cone. Co-authored with Mario Sznajder, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
  • Constructing Collective Identities and Shaping Public Spheres: Latin American Paths. Coedited with Mario Sznajder. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 1998.
  • Democracy, Clientelism, and Civil Society Coedited with Gunes-Ayata, 1994
  • Towards a Comparative Sociology of Trust in Modern Societies Messina: Rubettino Editore, 1992
  • Hierarchy and Trust in Modern Mexico and Brazil. New York: Praeger, Lynne Rienner, 1990
  • Patrons, Clients and Friends. Co-authored with SN Eisenstadt. Cambridge University Press, 1984
   

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