Comparative Politics
Political Economy
Latin American Politics

Political Science 144T: Democracies and Dictatorships
Political Science 248S: Latin American Politics
Political Science 440D: Workshop in Comparative Politics

1. Books

 

• Voting for Autocracy: Hegemonic Party Survival and its Demise in Mexico (2006) Cambridge University Press.
• A la Puerta de la Ley: El Estado de Derecho en México, with Luis Rubio and Edna Jaime (eds) 1993 México: CIDAC-Cal y Arena. 

3. Book Manuscript

 

• Strategies of Vote-Buying: Poverty, Democracy, and Social Transfers in Mexico, with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros and Federico Estevez (some chapters can be downloaded at http://www.stanford.edu/~albertod/conference/)

4. Books in Progress

 

• The Comparative Logic of Autocratic Survival 
• Democratic Accountability and the Rule of Law in Mexico, with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros (edited volume with funding from the Democracy, Development and Rule of law Center (CDDRL), Stanford University. Almost  completed

5. Articles in Progress (submitting or revising)

 

• “The Comparative Logic of Autocratic Survival”
• “Elections Under Autocracy and the Strategic Game of Electoral Fraud”
• “Hegemonic Party Autocracies Around the World”
• “The New Mexican Supreme Court in the Emerging Democracy”, with Arianna Sánchez
• “Why Authoritarian Governments Sabotage Economic Growth: Land Reform in Mexico” with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros and Barry Weingast
• “Buying Votes from the Poor: Social Transfers in the Mexican 2000 and 2006 Elections” with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros and Federico Estévez

6. Published Articles

 

With Vidal Romero “Political Determinants of Mass Attitudes Towards Free Trade and Privatization in Latin America” (forthcoming) Latin American Research Review

with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros (2001) “Party Dominance and the Logic of Electoral Design in Mexico’s Transition to Democracy” Journal of Theoretical Politics 13(3):271-293

“Autocratic Political order and the Role of Courts: The Case of Mexico” In  Ginsburg Tom and Moustaffa, Tamir (eds) Rule By Law: The Politics of Courts in Authoritarian Regimes (forthcoming) Cambridge University Press

with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros and Federico Estévez (2006) “Clientelism and Porfolio Diversification: A model of Electoral Investment with Applications to Mexico” In Herbert Kitschelt and Steven Wilkinson Patrons of Policies London: Cambridge University Press.

(2005) “The Demise of Mexico’s One-Party Dominant Regime: Elite Choices and the Masses in the establishment of Democracy” in Scott Mainwaring and Frances Hagopian (eds) The Third Wave of Democratization in Latin America: Advances and Setbacks in Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

with Alberto Diaz Cayeros (2004) “Designing Electoral Rules by a Dominant Party” in Josep Colomer Handbook of Electoral System ChoicePalgrave-Macmillan

with Guillermo Zepeda (2004) “Democratization, Crime and Judicial Reform in Mexico” in Kevin Middlebrook Dilemmas of Change in Mexican Politics joint publication of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD and the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London.

with Alejandro Poiré (2004) “Strategic Coordination in the 2000 Mexican Presidential Race” in Jorge Domínguez and Chappell Lawson Mexico’s Pivotal ElectionsStanford: Stanford University Press

with Alejandro Poiré (2004) “Issues, the Vote and the Mandate for Change” in Jorge Domínguez and Chappell Lawson Mexico’s Pivotal ElectionsStanford: Stanford University Press

(2003) “Authoritarianism, Democracy and the Supreme Court: Horizontal Exchange and the Rule of Law in Mexico” in Scott Mainwaring and Christopher Welna (eds) Democratic Accountability in Latin America. Oxford University Press.

with Alejandro Moreno (2003) “Catching-All-Souls: The PAN and the Politics of Catholicism in Mexico”, in Timothy Scully and Scott Mainwaring (eds) Christian Democracy in Latin America. Stanford: Stanford University Press

(2002) “El Poder Judicial en el Siglo XX” in Soledad Loaeza (coordinadora) Gran Historia de México IlustradaMéxico: Planeta, Tomo V (Textbook on political history of Mexico in the XXth century)

(1999) “Is the PRI fading? Economic Performance, Electoral Accountability and Voting Behavior” in Jorge Domínguez and Alejandro Poiré (eds.) The New Mexican Party System. New York: Routledge.

(1996) "Dominancia de Partido y Dilemas Duvergerianos en las Elecciones Federales de 1994" (Party Dominance and Duvergerian Dilemmas in the 1994 Federal Elections) Política y Gobierno Vol.3, Num. 2.

(1994) "Elección Racional y Voto Estratégico: Algunas Aplicaciones al caso Mexicano" (Rational Choice and Strategic Voting: Some Applications to the Mexican Case) Política y Gobierno, Vol. 1, Num 2.

with Alberto Diaz (1999) “Autoridad Presupuestal del Poder Legislativo en México: una Primera Aproximación” (Budgetary Authority of the Mexican Legislature: A Preliminary Assessment) Política y Gobierno.