Contributors
- Contributors
Eduardo Alemán is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Houston. His most recent articles were published in World Politics, the Journal of Theoretical Politics, and the Latin American Research Review. His research focuses on executive-legislative relations, legislative institutions, and political parties.
Sheila Amin Gutiérrez de Piñeres is associate provost and associate professor of economics and political economy at the University of Texas, Dallas. Her research explores the economic development of Latin America, especially macroeconomic trade issues and the role of international liberalization in maintaining sustainable economic growth. She is the author of Export Dynamics and Economic Growth in Latin America: A Comparative Perspective (2000) and articles published in the Journal of Development Economics, Agricultural Economics, Review of Development Economics, Singapore Economic Review, International Executive, Applied Economics, and the Journal of International Consumer Marketing.
Caroline C. Beer is an associate professor of political science at the University of Vermont. Most of her research has focused on democratization and democratic institutions in Mexico. Her book Electoral Competition and Institutional Change in Mexico was published in 2003. She has also written articles in the American Political Science Review, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, and International Studies Quarterly.
Kevin M. Curtin is an assistant professor of geographic information science (GIS) at the University of Texas, Dallas. He specializes in network GIS, optimal location science, and transportation data modeling. He works extensively with academic researchers, government agencies, and private businesses to provide geographically informed data analyses.
Benjamin Goldfrank is an assistant professor of political science at the University of New Mexico. His research focuses on the comparative analysis of Latin American politics, subnational governments, democratization, and social movements. He is coeditor of The Left in the City: Participatory Local Governments in Latin America (with Daniel Chávez, 2004) and author of articles in Politics & Society and Comparative Politics.
Jennifer S. Holmes is an associate professor of political economy and political science at the University of Texas, Dallas. Her research focuses on regime change and democratic stability, with an emphasis on Latin [End Page iii] America and Southern Europe. She is the author of Terrorism and Democratic Stability (2001, 2006) and the editor of New Approaches to Comparative Politics: Insights from Political Theory (2003). Her articles have been published in the Bulletin of Latin American Research, Terrorism and Political Violence, the International Journal of Social Economics, the International Journal of Public Administration, and Revista de Estudios Colombianos. She is an editor of e-extreme, the electronic newsletter of the European Consortium for Political Research Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy.
Barry S. Levitt is an assistant professor of Spanish and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Emory University. His research emphasizes political parties and presidentialism, public trust in institutions, the management and observation of elections, and democracy promotion in the interamerican system. His article “Political Culture and the Science of Politics” appeared in the Latin American Research Review 40, 3 (2005), and he is currently completing a book manuscript titled Echo Chamber: Presidents, Political Parties, and Legislative Institutions in Peru, 1985–2005.
Gabriel L. Negretto is a professor-researcher in the Division of Political Studies, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico City. His research interests include institutional design, constitutionmaking, electoral reform, and democratic performance in Latin America. Recent publications include “Choosing How to Choose Presidents: Parties, Military Rulers, and Presidential Elections in Latin America,” Journal of Politics 38, 2 (May 2006), and “Can Presidentialism Work Like Parliamentarism?” (with Josep Colomer), Government and Opposition 40, 1 (January 2005). He is currently working on a book on constitutional change in Latin America from 1979 to the present.
Aaron Schneider is a Fellow of Governance at the Institute for Development Studies, University of Sussex. He has conducted research on participatory budgeting, public finance, and political organization. He has a particular interest in how governments respond to the fiscal stress of globalization processes, and he has explored these issues in Brazil, India, Central America, and Cuba. His most recent articles have appeared in the Journal of Development Studies, Revista de Sociología e Política, Development Policy Review, and Studies in Comparative International Development.
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