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Education:
BA, Bradley University, MA,PhD, Georgetown University
Courses Taught
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Political Science 114: Comparative Government and Politics
- LAS 210 Introduction to Latin American Studies
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Political Science 236: Latin American Government and Politics
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Political Science 253: International Political Economy
- Political Science 257 –Interamerican Relations
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Political Science 280: Political Science Methods
- Political Science 292: Seminar: The Political Economy of Democratization: Latin America In Comparative Perspective
Professional/Research
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Governability and the Perfomance of Democratic Regimes, Legislative Institutions and Electoral Laws in the Southern Cone of South America, Latin American Parties and Party Systems, Local Government in Latin America.
Selected Publications
- Pathways to Power: Political Recruitment and Candidate Selection in Latin America, co-edited with Scott Morgenstern. (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, summer 2008).
- “Candidate Selection Procedures in Transitional Polities: A Research Note,” Party Politics, (September 2008)14:5: 619-638, with Bonnie Field
- “How New is Bachelet’s Chile?” Current History 106: 697 (February 2007): 70-76.
- “Electoral Reform Doesn’t Matter—or Does it?: A Moderate PR System for Chile” Revista de Ciencia Política 26:1 (2006): 216-225.
- “Accommodating Informal Institutions and Democracy in Chile,” in Gretchen Helmke and Steven Levitsky (eds.), Informal Institutions and Democracy: Lessons from Latin America. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006): 33-55.
- “Insurance for Good Losers and the Survival of Chile’s Concertación” Latin American Politics and Society 47:2(Summer 2005): 1-22, with John Carey. Published in Spanish as "El "Seguro para los Subcampeones Electorales y la Sobrevivencia de la Concertación," Estudios Públicos, 90 (Fall, 2003): 5-27, with John Carey.
- “Electoral System, Coalitional Disintegration and Democracy in Chile,” Latin American Research Review 40:1 (2005):56-82. Published in Spanish as, “Sistema electoral, desintegración de coaliciones y democracia en Chile: ¿El fin de la Concertación?” Revista de Ciencia Política 24:1 (2004): 58-80.
- “Party and Social Structure,” in Richard Katz and William Crotty (eds.) Handbook of Political Parties (London: Sage, 2005): 359-370.
- “Chile: The Unexpected (and Expected) Consequences of Electoral Engineering,” in Michael Gallagher and Paul Mitchell (eds.) The Politics of Electoral Systems (London: Oxford University Press, 2005): 433-452.
- “Chile: A Strong State,” in Peter Burnell and Vicki Randall (eds.) Politics in the Developing World (London: Oxford University Press, 2005): 297-307.
- “The Hidden Logic of Candidate Selection for Chilean Parliamentary Elections,” Comparative Politics, 34:4 (July 2002): 419-438.Revised and updated version in Spanish published as, “La lógica oculta de la selección de candidatos en las elecciones parlamentarias chilenas” Estudios Públicos (Fall 2005): 189-225.
- The President and Congress in Post-Authoritarian Chile: Institutional Constraints to Democratic Consolidation (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000), 245 pages.
- “Continuity and Change in the Chilean Party System: On the Transformational Effects of Electoral Reform,” Comparative Political Studies, 30:6 (December, 1997): 651-674.
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