Latin America-Related Student Research
2011
“The 'New Left' and Policy Uncertainty in Latin America: Patterns of Investments during Presidential Election Cycles in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile,” by Edward Bearnot
“Rewarding Voters through Welfare Transfers in Mexico and Brazil,” by Zaira Gonzalez
2010
“Taming the Dragon: An Explanation for Varied Complementarity Levels Found Between Latin American Countries and China,” by Judy Bao
“First Among the BRICs: Brazil's Necessary Challenging of TRIPs,” by Lyndon DeSalvo
“Unfulfilled Expectations: Brazilian Agrarian Reform (1994-2006)," by Kevin Draper
“Varieties of Neoliberalism in Latin America," by Geoff King
“Foreign Policy of the Andean Rentier State: Two-level Games and Nationalist Policies," by Mack Kolarich
“Reinvention Without Replacement: The Role of Inertial Statism and Brazil's Economic Bureaucracy in Maintaining an Active Developmental State," by Peter Ladner
“Affirmative Action and Democratic Structures: A Comparative Analysis of the United States and Brazil," by Whittney Smith
“Democracy from Below: Decentralized Political Opposition in Bolivia and Venezuela," by Lianna Weissblum
“Coming to the Table: How the Masses Lead RSMOs and the State to Negotiation," by David Zumba
2009
“The Makings of a Paradox: Unionization of Subcontracted Labor in Chilean Copper Industry,” by Steven Rashin
“Poverty, Street Children, and Public Policy: El Centro de Atención Integral de Niñez y Adolescencia (CAINA),” by Emma M. Sando
“Participatory Democracy and Social Welfare in Bolivia: A Challenge to the Good Left?” by Erko M. Abdullahi
“An Embedded Market Approach to Chile’s Neoliberal Transition,” by Andrew BoddySpargo
2008
"Regulatory Frameworks, Weak Ties: Determining the Efficacy of Microfinance in Latin America," by Kathryn J. Paul
"Los que no están ni ahí: The Paradox of Political Disaffection in Post-Pinochet Chile," by Whitney Walter
2007
"Partisan Policy Paradoxes and a New Path Towards Universality? Making Sense of Health Policy Reform in Mexico and Chile ," by Caitlin Canfield
"Source of Funding as a Determinate of Microfinance's Impact on the Informal Sector" by Colin McLain
"Inefficacy, Political Culture and Popular Perceptions The Determinants of Corruption in Latin America," by Robert Nachtsheim
"A Comparison of Urban and Rural Transnational Communities: California vs. Minnesota," by Cary Tiernan
"Empowering Women: Understanding Government Failure and Social Movement Success in Brazil and India," by Aditi Krishna
"Industrial Transformation in the Apparel Industry: A Comparison of El Salvador and Hong Kong," by Avianne Boney
2006
"Solidarity: The Role of the Catholic Church in Chile's Transition to Democracy, 1973-1988," by Emily Zoellner
"Empty Promises or Impulses for Progress? Constitutional Reform and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America," by Laura Grant
2005
"FASINPAT Zanon es del Pueblo: The Struggle of the Fábrica Sin Patrón in Neuquén, Argentina," by Charles Aasgaard Davis
"The Workers’ Party and the Elimination of Racial Inequality: A New Stage in the Politicization of Race in Brazil," by Lesley A. Warner
"Efficient or Egregious Economics? A Theoretical Approach to Understanding Neoliberal Economic Reform in Argentina and Chile," by Dee Bansal
"Politics, Pentecostals, and Democratic Consolidation in Brazil," by N. Ivette Feliciano
"Victims of Wealth? The Venezuelan Petro-State: From Caudillismo to the Chavista Era," by Elise Chahla
""Breaking In or Breaking Out: Institutions and the Political Career Trajectories of Women in Chile," by Lizzie Morris
"Resisting Neoliberal Reform: Political Opportunities and Cultural Framing In the Uruguayan Labor Movement," by Kathryn Grover
"Decentralizing Centralized States: Electoral Incentives Generating Decentralization in Bolivia, Mexico, and Brazil," by Taylor Oatis
"Political Institutions and Fragmentation of the State: A Study of Social Security Reform in Brazil," by Frank Brodie
2004
"Fiscal Federalism and Subnational Profligacy: The Case of Argentina," by Matt Kearney
NOTE: All papers linked to this section are senior-year integrative exercises ("comps"). These papers and all data and appendices are the copyright of the student authors.
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