Since 2006, my work on decentralization has focused on Brazil and the quality of subnational democratic governance. I have published a couple of articles in this research program and I have several works-in-progress and forthcoming pieces available below:

A Reversal of Political Fortune: The Transitional Dynamics of Conservative Rule in the Brazilian Northeast. Latin American Politics and Society (Forthcoming in 2012). Figure 1

No Country for Leftists? Clientelist Continuity and the 2006 Vote in the Brazilian Northeast. Journal of Politics in Latin America 2:2 (2010).

Brazil: The Puzzle of Oligarchical Tendencies in a Participatory Democracy. In The Quality of Democracy in Latin America, eds. Daniel Levine and José Molina. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2011.

Current working papers:

The New Boss Same As the Old Boss? Incumbency and the Decline of Conservative Rule in the Brazilian Northeast. Paper presented at the 2011 American Political Science Association meeting, Seattle, August 31-September 4.

Inequality and the Rise and Decline of Conservatives in Brazilian Democracy. Paper presented at the “Bringing the Right Back In” Conference, Social Science Research Center, July 29, 2011, Berlin, Germany.

Their Separate Ways: Leftist Mobilization and Clientelist Continuity in Brazilian Subnational Politics. Paper presented at the conference, “Political Consequences of Declining Inequality in Brazil,” St. Anthony’s College, Oxford University, UK, December 3, 2010.

Trading Spaces: The Endogenous Dynamics of Subnational Authoritarianism in Brazil. Paper presented at the 2010 Latin American Studies Association meeting, Toronto, Canada, October 6-9.

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