- The Contributors
Anna Grzymala-Busse is a professor in the Department of Political Science and the director of the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies at the University of Michigan. Her publications include Redeeming the Communist Past (2002), Rebuilding Leviathan (2007), and Nations under God (2015). She can be reached at abusse@umich.edu.
Erica S. Simmons is an assistant professor of political science and international studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her research focuses on the intersection of market reforms and contentious politics, with a particular focus on Latin America. Her book, Meaningful Resistance: Market Reforms and the Roots of Social Protest in Latin America, is forthcoming in 2016. Simmons also writes on qualitative methods, including ethnography and comparative historical analysis. She can be reached at essimmons@wisc.edu.
Abby Córdova is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Kentucky. Her research focuses on the impact of social exclusion and economic inequality on public opinion and political behavior in the Latin American context. She can be reached at abby.cordova@uky.edu.
Matthew L. Layton is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Ohio University. His research interests include the study of comparative political behavior and public opinion, social policy, and the political effects of conditional cash transfer policies in Latin America. He can be reached at laytonm@ohio.edu.
Adam Michael Auerbach is an assistant professor in the School of International Service at American University. His research interests include the political economy of development, informal institutions, and urban politics, with a regional focus on South Asia and India in particular. He can be reached at aauerba@american.edu.
John D. Huber is a professor of political science at Columbia University. He studies democratic political institutions, bureaucracy, ethnic politics, inequality, and redistribution. He can be reached at jdh39@columbia.edu.
Pavithra Suryanarayan is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University. She studies Indian politics, fiscal capacity, ethnic politics, inequality, and voting behavior. She can be reached at ps2550@columbia.edu. [End Page ii]