Recent Books

Politics, Identity, and Mexico's Indigenous Rights Movements
Todd A. Eisenstadt, ed.

The book further points to recent indigenous rights movements in neighboring Oaxaca, Mexico, as examples of bottom-up multicultural institutions that might be emulated in Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America. (Cambridge University Press, 2011) More Info | About Todd A. Eisenstadt

From Protest to Parties – Party-Building & Democratization in Africa
Adrienne LeBas, ed.

The book examines differences in opposition party strength in hybrid regimes in Africa.Moreover it provides a unique window into the politics of mobilization and protest in closed political regimes as well as shedding light on how the choices of political elites affect organizational development. (Oxford University Press, 2011)
More Info | About Adrienne LeBas

Grants Park: The Democratization of Presidential Elections, 1968-2008
Candice J. Nelson, ed.

While utilizing the metaphor of Chicago's famous Grant Park, the book examines the democratization of the presidential election process over four turbulent decades.(Brookings Institute, 2011) More Info | About Candice J. Nelson

Cairo Contested: Governance, Urban Space, and Global Modernity
Diane Singerman, ed.

This cross-disciplinary volume explores how the convergence between neoliberalism, globalization, and electoral authoritarianism has further divided and polarized this mega-city. (AUC Press, 2010)
More info | About Diane Singerman

Campaigns and Elections American Style, 3rd edition.
James A. Thurber and Candice J. Nelson, eds.

With new and revised essays throughout, this book provides a real education in practical campaign politics. (Westview Press, 2009) More Info | About James A. Thurber | About Candice J. Nelson

Rivals for Power: Presidential-Congressional Relations
James A. Thurber, ed.

Leading scholars and knowledgeable former public officials consider the historical, political, and constitutional foundations of conflict between the two branches. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009) More Info | About James A. Thurber

Human Dignity and Bioethics
Edmund D. Pellegrino, Adam Schulman, and Thomas W. Merrill, eds.

This collection of essays, commissioned by the President’s Council on Bioethics, explores a fundamental concept crucial to today’s discourse in law and ethics in general and in bioethics in particular. (University of Notre Dame Press, 2009) More Info | About Thomas W. Merrill

Recent Articles and Papers

CHRISTINE DEGREGORIO

• "Calling Out the Troops: Interest Groups, Press Releases and Policy Promotion Through Speech." 2009. Politics and Policy 37 (3): 463-484. View Online
  

TODD EISENSTADT

• "Agrarian Tenure Institution Conflict Frames, and Communitarian Identities: The Case of Indigenous Southern Mexico." 2009. Comparative Political Studies 42(1): 82-113. View Online
  
• "Walking Together, but in Which Direction? Gender Discrimination and Multicultural Practices in Oaxaca, Mexico" (with Michael Danielson). 2009. Politics & Gender 5: 153-184.

JENNIFER LAWLESS

• "Sexism and Gender Bias in Election 2008: A More Complex Path for Women in Politics, Politics and Gender." 2009. Politics & Gender 5(1): 70-80.

WILLIAM LEOGRANDE

• "Engaging Cuba: A Roadmap." Winter 2008/09. World Policy Journal 25(4): 87–99. View Online
  
• "La Habana-Washington: México, mediator oficioso" (With Peter Kornbluh). Proceso. January 11, 2009: 46-49.

JILL RICKERHAUSER

• "Volatility in Prediction Markets: A Measure of Information Flow in Political Campaigns" (with Carlos M. Carvalho). 2009. In The Oxford Handbook of Applied Bayesian Analysis, eds. Tony O'Hagan and Mike West. View Online