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Book

Workers and Welfare in Latin America: Mexico in Historical and Comparative Perspective, forthcoming with the University of Pittsburgh Press, Pitt Latin American Series.

Visit the book page to download Chapter 1 and the contents.

Selected Published (or Forthcoming) Papers

Economic development, income inequality and preferences for redistribution, with Vicki Birchfield. Forthcoming in International Studies Quarterly (Accepted 2/09).

Blogging in the Political Science Classroom, with Christopher N. Lawrence. Forthcoming in PS: Political Science & Politics, 43, 1 (January), 2010.

Globalization, democracy, and Mexican welfare, 1988-2006, Forthcoming in Comparative Politics, 42, 1 (October), 2009.

All-knowing or all-nurturing? Student expectations, gender roles, and practical suggestions for women in the classroom, PS: Political Science & Politics (abstract), 41, 4 (October), 2008. doi:oi:10.1017/S1049096508081110
See also follow-up Letter to the Editor and Reply. PS (abstract) 42, 1: 1. doi: doi:10.1017/S1049096509090209

Retrenchment, expansion, and the transformation of Mexican social protection policies, Social Policy & Administration (abstract), 42, 4, August 2008. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9515.2008.00613.x

Eradication Efforts, the State, Displacement and Poverty: Explaining Coca Cultivation in Colombia during Plan Colombia, with Catherine Russler (graduate student), Journal of Latin American Studies (abstract), 40, 3, August 2008. doi:10.1017/S0022216X08004380 Replication files available upon request.

International organizations and social insurance in Mexico, Global Social Policy (abstract), April 2008. doi:10.1177/1468018107086086

Pension Reform and Gender Inequality, In Lessons from Pension Reform in the Americas, Stephen Kay and Tapen Sinha, eds. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Poverty, Inequality, Policy and Politics in Latin America. Book review essay. Latin American Research Review, 42, 1 (February) 2007. doi:10.1353/lar.2007.0007

Women’s welfare and social security privatization in Mexico, Social Politics, 13, 3, 2006. doi:10.1093/sp/jxl001

Globalización, democratización and reforma del sistema de seguridad social en México, 1988-2005. Foro Internacional, 183, XLVI 2006, 1.
See also cited interviews (front page of El Norte and La Reforma online edition and business page of El Norte) on the 10th anniversary of the pension privatization.

Globalización, tipo de régimen político y gasto social en países de ingresos medios, 1980-1999. Política y Gobierno, 13, 1 (Semestre 1) 2006.

The political origins of social security in Mexico during the Cárdenas and Avila Camacho Administrations, Mexican Studies, Winter 2005. doi:10.1525/msem.2005.21.1.59

La economia politica del gasto social: El Programa Nacional de Solidaridad, 1988-1994, Estudios Sociologicos, mayo-agosto, 2000.
Cited by José Luis Reyna, in June 2006 opinion piece in El Milenio.

Selected Papers Under Review or in Preparation for Publication

Development, organized labor and welfare in Mexico, 1944-2000. Invitation to revise and resubmit to Studies in Comparative International Development.

Globalization, Political Institutions, and Social Spending Change in the Developing World, 1980-1999, updated version of paper presented at 2004 meeting of the APSA, Chicago, IL.

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Miscellaneous presentations

Why require writing in your classes? Poster presentation for Teaching Day 2004 at Georgia Tech.

Evolution of the welfare state: International comparisons, Presentation as part of the professional certificate program in social policy at CIDE, February 2005.