I am very interested in Latin America in general, and especially interested in the region's politics.
My core work is on political institutions, and most of my graduate training has been within the Comparative
Politics and Political Methodology fields. I've had field experience in
Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile and Uruguay, and my dissertation
examines how presidents use political resources to obtain support in
legislatures. My other research interests include the measurement and meaning of ideology, electoral politics and poverty and democracy.
Publications |
- (2009) Ideology or What? Legislative Behavior in Multiparty Presidential Settings The Journal of Politics, 71(3), p.1076-1092.
Data available here.
- (2009, with Timothy
Power) "Estimating Ideology of Brazilian Legislative Parties, 1990-2005" Latin American Research Review, 44(1), p218-246.
Data available here.
- (2008) "The President's `New' Constituency: Lula and the Pragmatic
Vote in Brazil's 2006 Presidential Election" Journal of Latin American Studies, 40, p29-49. Data available
here.
- (2008, with Daniela Campello) "A esquerda em um país democrático, globalizado e desigual: Uma análise do Brasil de Lula" in Moreira, Carlos et al (Editors), Perspectivas Analíticas Sobre Nuevos Gobiernos y Sociedad en America Latina. Trilice, Montevideo.
- (2007) "Where's the Bias: A Reassessment of the Chilean Electoral System'' Electoral Studies, 26, p303-14
- (2006,Op-ed piece) "O Eleitorado Governista'' O Globo, Nov/7/2006, p.7
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Working Papers and Work in Progress |
- Transparency and Access to Information:
- Executive Legislative Relations:
- The Political Economy of Ordinary Politics (with Paulo Melo-Filho - Paper)
- Making Votes Talk: Ideology and Government Influence on Legislative
Behavior (with Ben Lauderdale - Paper)
- Executive Influence Over Legislative Behavior in Uruguay(Paper)
- Legislative Capitalism: Governing after reforms (Paper)
- Conditional Cash Transfers:
- Cash-transfers, voting behavior and the economy (Paper)
- Ideology
- Parliament During the Big Bang: Ideology and Behavior in the Brazilian Constitutional Assembly (Work in Progress)
- The Worth of a Label: Inferring the Value of Parties from Party Switching Patterns (Work in Progress)
- Ideology and Electoral Incentives: Alliance Patterns in Brazilian Municipal Elections (Work in Progress)
- Stability Without Roots: Party System Institutionalization in Brazil
(Paper)
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Grants and Fellowships Received |
- (2009) Bolsa de Pós-Doutorado Junior, CNPq (Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology)
- (2007) Center for the Study of Democratic Politics Pre/Post Doctoral Fellowship, Princeton University
- (2007) Prize Post-Doctoral Felloship in the Social Sciences, Nuffield Colledge/Oxford (declined)
- (2006) Dissertation Year Fellowship, UCLA Graduate Division
- (2005) International Dissertation Research Fellowship, Social Sciences Research Council
- (2005) Mentored Teaching Fellowship, UCLA Graduate Division and Political Science Department
- (2005) Graduate Student Grant, UCLA Latin American Center
- (2003) Graduate Student Grant, UCLA Latin American Center
- (2001-04) Scholarship for Ph.D. Studies Abroad (BEX), CAPES-Brazilian Ministry of Education
- (2000) Bolsa Nota 10 FAPERJ, Rio de Janeiro State
Gov. (Master's level)
- (1999) Bolsa de Mestrado, CAPES, Brazilian Ministry of Education (Master's level)
- (1994) Programa Especial de Treinamento-PET, CAPES (Undergaduate level)
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Academic References |
In the US
- Barbara Geddes (UCLA)
- Jeff Lewis (UCLA)
- Kathy Bawn (UCLA)
- Tim Groseclose (UCLA)
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