Publications
Books, Chapters, Articles
Book
Political Culture and Institutional Development in Nicaragua and Costa Rica: World Making in the Tropics crafts a synthetic approach to political culture by blending rationalist, structuralist, and culturalist theories. The book also deploys this synthetic approach to show how political-cultural factors have shaped political and economic development in two paradigmatic cases of failure and success. Cambridge University Press (2005). Book Prize: Choice Outstanding Academic Title (2006).
Book Chapters and Articles
Perspectives on Politics. Review of Mario Sznadjer and Luis Roniger, The Politics of Exile in Latin America (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009), forthcoming.
“Costa Rica: Political Culture and Performance,” co-authored, forthcoming, in edited volume on Cultural Continuity and Change (Basic Books).
“Democracy in Central America,” in edited volume, Larry Diamond and Marc Plattner, eds., Latin America’s Struggle for Democracy (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008).
Perspectives on Politics. Review of Frances Hagopian and Scott Mainwaring, eds., The Third Wave of Democratization in Latin America: Advances and Setbacks (Cambridge University Press, 2005). June 2006.
Political Science Quarterly. Review of David Slater's Geopolitics and the Post-colonial (Malden: Blackwell, 2004). Winter 2005-06.
“Latin American Citizenship: Civic Microfoundations in Historical Perspective,” in Katherine Hite and Paola Cesarini eds., Authoritarian Legacies and Democratization in Latin America and Southern Europe. (Notre Dame Press, 2004). Blind review process.
“The New Latin American Citizen: First-World Models and Third-Wave Products,” in Riordan Roett & Carol Wise, eds., Post-Stabilization Politics in Latin America: Competition, Transition, Collapse (Brookings Institution/Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003). Blind review process.
“Reform and Counter-reform: the Path to Market in Hungary and Cuba,” Comparative Politics. Co-authored. January 2002.
“Identity and Persuasion: How Nations Remember their Pasts and Make their Futures,” World Politics. April 2000.
"The New Military Autonomy in Latin America," Journal of Democracy. Co-authored. October 1998.
"Toy Countries," Political Science Quarterly. Review. Winter 1997-98.
"Mistrust and Violence," Latin American Research Review. Review. Winter 1995.