The Contributors
- The Contributors
David B. Carter is an associate professor of political science at Washington University in St. Louis. His recent research addresses territoriality and conflict and how the historical legacies of boundary institutions shape patterns of conflict and cooperation among states. A widely published author, Carter’s ongoing projects explore topics such as how instability in the international system, that is, crises involving great powers, influence the emergence and character of territorial claims and the shape and consequences of secessionist groups’ territorial claims. He can be reached at davidcarter@wustl.edu.
H. E. Goemans is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Rochester. His recent work examines the role of territory, territoriality, and borders in international disputes. His previous research focused on the role of leaders in war termination and war initiation. His most recent book, Leaders and International Conflict, coauthored with Giacomo Chiozza, was published in 2011. He can be reached at henk.goemans@rochester.edu.
Erik Bleich is a professor of political science at Middlebury College. His research focuses on topics related to race and ethnicity in liberal democracies. Bleich is the author of Race Politics in Britain and France: Ideas and Policymaking since the 1960s (2003) and The Freedom to Be Racist? How the United States and Europe Struggle to Preserve Freedom and Combat Racism (2011). His most recent book, Migrants, Minorities, and the Media: Information, Representations, and Participation in the Public Sphere (2017), is coedited with Irene Bloemraad and Els de Graauw. Bleich’s current projects focus on hate speech adjudication and the media’s coverage of minorities. He can be reached at ebleich@middlebury.edu.
Tulia G. Falleti is an associate professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Decentralization and Subnational Politics in Latin America (2010) and coeditor, with Orfeo Fioretos and Adam Sheingate, of The Oxford Handbook of Historical Institutionalism (2016), and with Emilio Parrado, of Latin America Since the Left Turn (2017). Her articles on decentralization, federalism, authoritarianism, and qualitative methods have been widely published. Falleti was the World Politics visiting fellow in 2013–14. She can be reached at falleti@sas.upenn.edu.
Thea N. Riofrancos is an assistant professor of political science at Providence College. Her research focuses on the politics of resource extraction, social movements, and radical democracy in Latin America. She is currently working on a book manuscript entitled “Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador.” She can be reached at triofran@ providence.edu.
Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner is an assistant professor of politics and global studies at the University of Virginia. Her research examines citizen-state relations and social welfare provision. Her book, Claiming the State: Active Citizenship and Social Welfare in Rural India, will be published in 2018. She is currently engaged in work that builds on this study of claim-making and examines strategic interventions aimed at strengthening citizen voice and increasing official accountability in public service provision. She can be reached at gkk5x@virgina.edu. [End Page ii]
