David Julian Samuels Academic Employment and Experience Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota 2012- Fulbright Distinguished Chair, Pontifícia Universidade Católica - Rio de Janeiro Fall 2013 Benjamin E. Lippincott Assistant Professor (1998), Associate Professor (2003), 1998-2012 and Professor (2010), University of Minnesota Visiting Scholar, Fundação Getúlio Vargas - São Paulo 2001-02 Visiting Scholar, Centro de Estudos da Cultura Contemporânea - São Paulo 1996-97 Education University of California at San Diego, Ph.D. in Political Science 1993-1998 Swarthmore College, B.A. with High Honors in Political Science 1985-1989 Books Publications 7. Partisans, Anti-Partisans, and Non-Partisans: Voter Behavior in Brazil (with Cesar Zucco). Forthcoming, Cambridge University Press. 6. Inequality and Democratization: An Elite-Competition Approach (with Ben Ansell). Cambridge University Press, 2014. Woodrow Wilson Foundation award for best book on government, politics, or international affairs, American Political Science Association (2015). William Riker award for best book, Political Economy Section of the American Political Science Association (2015). 5. Comparative Politics. Pearson Higher Education, 2012. 2 nd edition forthcoming 2017. 4. Case Studies in Comparative Politics (editor). Pearson Higher Education. 2 nd edition forthcoming 2019. 3. Presidents, Parties, and Prime Ministers: How the Separation of Powers Affects Party Organization and Behavior (with Matthew Shugart). Cambridge University Press, 2010. 2. Decentralization and Democracy in Latin America (co-edited with Alfred Montero). University of Notre Dame Press, 2004. 1. Ambition, Federalism, and Legislative Politics in Brazil. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Refereed Journal Articles 33. Crafting Mass Partisanship at the Grass Roots (with Cesar Zucco). British Journal of Political Science 45(4) (2015): 755-75. 32. Lulismo, Petismo, and the Future of Brazilian Politics (with Cesar Zucco). Journal of Politics in Latin America 6(3): 129-158 (2014). 31. The Impact of Participatory Democracy: Evidence from Brazil s National Public Policy Conferences (with Thamy Pogrebinschi). Comparative Politics 46(3): 313-332 (2014). 30. The Power of Partisanship in Brazil: Evidence from Survey Experiments (with Cesar Zucco). American Journal of Political Science 58(1): 212-225 (2014). 29. Book Citations Count. PS: Political Science and Politics 46(4): 785-790 (2013). 28. Party Capacity in New Democracies: How Executive Format Affects the Recruitment of Presidents and Prime Ministers (with Matthew Shugart). Democratization 21(1): 137-160 (2013). Frank Cass Award for best paper in Democratization, 2014 27. The Modal Number of Citations to a Political Science Article is Greater than Zero: Accounting for Citations in Articles and Books. PS: Political Science and Politics 44(4): 783-792 (2011). 26. Crisis and Rapid Reequilibration: The Consequences of Presidential Challenges and Falls in Latin America (with Kathy Hochstetler). Comparative Politics 43(2): 127-146 (2011). 25. The Ideological Coherence of the Brazilian Party System (with Kevin Lucas). Journal of Politics in Latin America 2(3): 39-69 (2010). Republished as A coerência ideológica do sistema partidário brasileiro, 1990-2009 in Timothy Power and Cesar Zucco (eds.), O Congresso por ele mesmo. Belo Horizonte: Editora UFMG (2011), 61-104. 24. Inequality and Democratization: A Contractarian Approach (with Ben Ansell). Comparative Political Studies 43(12): 1543-1574 (2010). Best Paper Award for 2010, Comparative Democratization Section of the American Political Science Association 23. Electoral Accountability and the Clarity of Responsibility: A Conceptual and Empirical Reassessment (with Timothy Hellwig). Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties, 20(4): 393-414 (2010). 22. La nomination et la révocation du premier ministre en régime semi-présidentiel: L impact de la présidentialisation des parties [Selection and deselection of the prime minister in semi-presidential systems: the impact of party presidentialization] (with Matthew Shugart). Revue Internationale de Politique Comparée (Louvain) 17(1): 93-110 (2010). 21. A Evolução do Petismo [The Evolution of Petismo]. Opinião Pública (São Paulo) 14(2): 302-18 (2008). 20. Electoral Accountability and the Variety of Democratic Regimes (with Timothy Hellwig). British Journal of Political Science 38(1): 65-90 (2008). 19. Voting in Open Economies: The Electoral Consequences of Globalization (with 2
Timothy Hellwig). Comparative Political Studies 40(7): 283-306 (2007). 18. Sources of Mass Partisanship in Brazil. Latin American Politics and Society 48(2): 1-27 (2006). Republished in Opinião Pública (São Paulo) 10(2): 221-241 (2004); América Latina Hoy (Salamanca) 37(4): 63-80 (2004); and Latin American Democratic Transformations: Actors, Institutions and Processes, William C. Smith (ed.) Malden (MA): Wiley/Blackwell (2009), pp. 231-250. 17. From Socialism to Social Democracy? The Evolution of the Workers Party in Brazil. Comparative Political Studies 37(9): 999-1024 (2004). 16. Presidentialism and Accountability for the Economy in Comparative Perspective. American Political Science Review 98(3): 425-436 (2004). 15. Fiscal Straightjacket: The Political Economy of Macroeconomic Reform in Brazil. Journal of Latin American Studies 35:1-25 (2003). 14. Presidentialism, Elections and Representation (with Matthew Shugart). Journal of Theoretical Politics 15(1): 33-60 (2003). 13. Pork-Barreling is Not Credit-Claiming or Advertising: Campaign Finance and the Sources of the Personal Vote in Brazil. Journal of Politics 64(3): 845-863 (2002). 12. Presidentialized Parties: The Separation of Powers and Party Organization and Behavior. Comparative Political Studies 35(4): 461-483 (2002). 11. Does Money Matter? Campaign Finance in Newly Democratic Countries: Theory and Evidence from Brazil. Comparative Politics 34: 23-42 (2001). 10. The Value of a Vote: Malapportionment in Comparative Perspective (with Richard Snyder). British Journal of Political Science 31(3): 651-671 (2001). Republished in Ernesto Calvo and Juan Manuel Abal Medina (eds.), El Federalismo Electoral Argentino: Sobre-representación, Reforma Política y Gobierno Dividido en la Argentina. Buenos Aires: EDUBA (2000), pp. 25-53, and in David Farrell and Matthew Shugart (eds.), Electoral Systems. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications (2012). 9. Money, Elections and Democracy in Brazil. Latin American Politics and Society 43(2): 27-48 (2001). 8. Incumbents and Challengers on a Level Playing Field: Assessing the Impact of Campaign Finance in Brazil. Journal of Politics 63(2): 569-584 (2001). 7. The New Politics of the Governors: Federalism and the Brazilian Transition to Democracy (with Fernando Abrucio). Publius: the Journal of Federalism 30(2):43-61 (2001). Also published as Política Subnacional e Transição Democrática no Brasil, Lua Nova 40/41: 137-66 (1997). 6. When Does Every Penny Count? Intra-party Competition and Campaign Finance in Brazil. Party Politics 7(1): 89-102 (2001). 5. Concurrent Elections, Discordant Results: Presidentialism, Federalism, and Governance in Brazil. Comparative Politics 33(1): 1-20 (2000). 4. Ambition and Competition: Explaining Legislative Turnover in Brazil. Legislative Studies Quarterly 25(3): 481-497 (2000). 3. The Gubernatorial Coattails Effect: Federalism and Congressional Elections in Brazil. 3
Journal of Politics 62(1): 240-253 (2000). 2. Incentives to Cultivate a Party Vote in Candidate-Centric Electoral Systems: Evidence from Brazil. Comparative Political Studies 32(4): 487-518 (1999). Also published as Determinantes do Voto Partidário em Sistemas Eleitorais Centrados no Candidato: Evidências sobre o Brasil. Dados - Revista de Ciências Sociais 40(3): 493-536 (1997). 1. The Absence of Centripetal Incentives in Double-Member Districts: The Case of Chile (with Marc Rosenblum and Eric Magar). Comparative Political Studies 31(6): 714-39 (1998). Chapters in Edited Volumes 20. Partisans, Anti-Partisans and Voting Behavior in Brazil. Forthcoming in Barry Ames (ed.), Handbook of Brazilian Politics, Routledge Press. 19. Party-Building in Brazil: the Rise of the PT in Perspective (with Cesar Zucco). In Steven Levitsky et al. (eds.), Party-Building in Latin America. New York: Cambridge University Press (2016), pp. 331-355. 18. Brazilian Democracy in the PT Era. In Constructing Democratic Governance in Latin America (4 th ed.), Jorge Dominguez and Michael Shifter (eds.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (2013), pp. 152-176. 17. Presidentes, Partidos, y Relaciones Ejecutivo-Legislativo [Presidents, Parties, and Executive-Legislative Relations]. In Manuel Alcántara and Mercedes García Montero (eds.): Algo más que presidentes. El papel del Poder Legislativo en América Latina. Zaragora: Fundación Manuel Giménez Abad de Estudios Parlamentarios y del Estado Autonómico (2011), pp. 66-99. 16. A Left Turn in Latin America? Evidence from Public Opinion (with Jason R. Arnold). In Steven Levitsky and Kenneth Roberts (eds.), Latin America s Left Turn: A Conceptual and Theoretical Overview. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (2011), pp. 31-51. 15. Campaign Finance, Corruption, and Reelection in Brazil (with Lúcio Rennó and Carlos Pereira). In Timothy Power and Matthew Taylor (eds.), Corruption and Democracy in Brazil. University of Notre Dame Press (2011), pp. 80-102. 14. Brazilian Democracy under Lula and the PT. In Constructing Democratic Governance in Latin America (3 rd ed.), Jorge Dominguez and Michael Shifter (eds.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins (2008), pp. 152-176. Republished as A Democracia Brasileira sob o Governo de Lula e do PT. in O Partido dos Trabalhadores e a Política Brasileira (1980-2006): uma História Revistada. Vitor de Angelo and Marco Villa (eds.). Florianópolis: Editora UFSCar, pp. 239-271 (2010). 13. Political Ambition, Candidate Recruitment, and Legislative Politics in Brazil. In Scott Morgenstern and Peter Siavelis (eds.), Pathways to Power in Latin America. State College: PSU Press (2008), pp. 76-91. Republished in POSTData: Revista de Reflexión y Análisis Político (Buenos Aires) 16(2): 281-309 (2011). 12. Separation of Powers. In Susan Stokes and Carles Boix, (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics. Oxford, OUP (2007), pp. 703-726. 11. O Alto Custo de Financiamento de Campanha e a Reforma Política. [ The High 4
Cost of Campaign Finance and Political Reform. ] In Marcos Mendes (ed.), Gasto Público Eficiente: 91 Propostas para o Desenvolvimento do Brasil. São Paulo: Instituto Fernand Braudel/Editora Topbooks (2006), pp. 445-475. 10. Número e Distribuição de Cadeiras na Câmara dos Deputados. [Number and Distribution of Seats in the Chamber of Deputies. ] In Fátima Anastasia and Leonardo Avritzer (eds.), Reforma Política no Brasil. Belo Horizonte: Editora UFMG (2006), pp. 137-141. 9. Financiamento de Campanhas e Propostas de Reforma. [Campaign Finance and Reform Proposals.] In Lúcio Rennó and Gláucio Soares (eds.), Reforma Política: Lições da História Recente. Rio de Janeiro: FGV (2006), pp. 133-156. Reprinted in Suffragium: Revista do Tribunal Regional Eleitoral do Ceará 3(4): 11-28 (2007). 8. Informal Institutions where Formal Contracts are Prohibited: Campaign Finance. In Steven Levitsky and Gretchen Helmke (eds.), Informal Institutions and Politics in Latin America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (2006), pp. 87-105. 7. The Political Determinants of Decentralization in Latin America (with Alfred Montero). In Montero and Samuels (eds.), Decentralization and Democracy in Latin America. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press (2004). 6. The Political Logic of Decentralization in Brazil. In Montero and Samuels (eds.). 5. Strong Federalism, Constraints on the Central Government, and Economic Reform in Brazil (with Scott Mainwaring). In Edward Gibson (ed.), Representing Regions: Federalism and Territorial Politics in Latin America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (2004), 85-131. 4. Legislative Malapportionment in Latin America: Historical and Comparative Perspectives (with Richard Snyder). In Gibson (ed.), 131-172. 3. Financiamento de Campanhas e Eleições no Brasil: O Que Podemos Aprender do Caixa Um e Propostas de Reforma. [ Campaign Finance and Elections in Brazil: What We Can Learn from the Caixa Um, and Proposals for Reform. ] In Maria Victoria Benevides, Paulo Vannochi and Fábio Kerche (eds.), Reforma Política e Cidadania. São Paulo: Instituto Cidadania/Editora Fundação Perseu Abramo (2003). 2. Progressive Ambition, Federalism, and Pork-Barrel Politics in Brazil. In Scott Morgenstern and Benito Nacif (eds.), Legislative Politics in Latin America. New York: Cambridge University Press (2002), pp. 315-340. 1. Reinventing Local Government? The Evolution of Brazil s Municipalities. In Peter Kingstone and Timothy Power (eds.), Democratic Brazil: Actors, Institutions and Processes. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press (2000), pp. 77-100. Other Publications 16. Journal Editors and Results-Free Research: A Cautionary Note (with Ben Ansell). Comparative Political Studies 49(13) (2016): 1809-1815. 15. Impeachment e suicídio partidário. Op-Ed published in O Globo (Rio de Janeiro), http://oglobo.globo.com/opiniao/pmdb-impeachment-suicidio-partidario-19032450, April 7 2016. 14. Monkey Cage blog post on research transparency (with Ben Ansell), 5
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/08/25/heres-whathappens-when-scientists-evaluate-research-without-knowing-the-results/, August 25 2016. 13. Why Don t Voters Demand More Redistribution? Washington Post Monkey Cage blog post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/06/05/whydont-voters-demand-more-redistribution/, June 5, 2015. 12. Why Brazil is Still a Sorry Underachiever. Minneapolis Star-Tribune, http://www.startribune.com/why-brazil-is-still-a-sorry-underachiever/320341951/, August 1, 2015. 11. Inequality and Democratization (with Ben Ansell). The Political Economist 10(2): 6-9 (2014). 10. Brazil is a stable and growing democracy, but we re going to protest anyway. Washington Post Monkey Cage blog post: http://themonkeycage.org/2013/06/24/brazil-is-a-stable-and-growing-democracy-andwere-not-going-to-take-it-any-more/, June 24 2013. 9. Democratization. Annotated bibliography entry in The Oxford Bibliographies Online. Oxford University Press, 2011. 8. [ Brazil s Good Neighbor Policy? ] Op-ed published in O Globo (Rio de Janeiro), June 5, 2006. 7. On American Methods, Comparative Theories. In APSA-CP, the Newsletter of the Comparative Politics Section of the American Political Science Association, 16(1): 5-6 (2005). 6. Review of Andrew Reynolds (ed.), The Architecture of Democracy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Perspectives on Politics 1(3): 629 (2003). 5. Financiamento de Campanhas e Democracia no Brasil [Campaign Finance and Democracy in Brazil]. Conjuntura Política #33, April 2002. 4. Dirty Politics in Latin America. In APSA-CP, the Newsletter of the Comparative Politics Section of the American Political Science Association, 13 (2002). 3. Devaluing the Vote in Latin America (with Richard Snyder). The Journal of Democracy 12(1): 146-159 (January 2001). Republished in Larry Diamond and Marc Plattner (eds.), Electoral Systems and Democracy (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006). 2. To Paraphrase Riker, Six Articles in Search of a Subject. On the Political Economy of Decentralization and Federalism. In APSA-CP, the Newsletter of the Comparative Politics Section of the American Political Science Association, 11 (2000). 1. Federalism, Constraints on the Central Government, and Economic Reform in Democratic Brazil (with Scott Mainwaring). Working Paper #271, The Kellogg Institute, University of Notre Dame, November 1999. Current Research Inequality and Democratic Durability (with Ben Ansell). Why Inequality (Mostly) Does Not Undermine Democracy (with Ben Ansell). 6
Land and Power: How Technology Reshapes the Political Impact of Land Inequality (with Henry Thomson) Inequality, Information, and Voter Polarization Inequality and Support for Democracy Inequality and Voting Behavior: 19 th -Century Britain and Germany (with Ben Ansell and Henry Thomson). Negative Partisanship in Comparative Perspective (with Cesar Zucco). The Absence of Party Effects in Campaign Finance in Brazil. Using Facebook for Subject Recruitment for Survey Experiments (with Cesar Zucco). Google Scholar and Using Citation Counts in Political Science. (With Mala Htun et al.) Gender and Book Publishing in Political Science. Fellowships and Grants 22. University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts Single Semester Leave Award (2014) 21. Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Studies, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (Fall 2013) 20. Brazilian Ministry of Education CAPES Foreign Visiting Professor (2013) (declined) 19. UMN Distinguished McKnight University Professorship (2012) ($100,000) 18. University of Minnesota Institute for Advanced Study Residential Fellowship (2012) 17. University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts Single Semester Leave Award (2008) 16. University of Minnesota Graduate Research Partnership Program grant (approximately $5,000) (2007) (with Jason Arnold). 15. J. William Fulbright Scholar to Brazil, 2004-05 (Declined) 14. University of Minnesota Graduate Research Partnership Program grant (approximately $8,000) (2004) (with Timothy Hellwig) 13. University of Minnesota McKnight Land-Grant Professorship ($50,000 and one year s paid sabbatical leave) (2000-2) 12. National Science Foundation Grant for Presidential Coattails in Comparative Perspective (with Mark Jones) (SES 99-11136, $155,000) (2000) 11. University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts Special Events Award ($1,500) - conference support for Decentralization and Democracy in Latin America (2000) 10. University of Minnesota Grant-in-Aid of Research ($26,408) (1999) 9. University of Minnesota Bush Diversity Grant for Course Enhancement ($3,000), 1999 8. Ford Foundation Course Development Grant ($4,000), 1999 7. University of Minnesota Faculty Summer Research Fellowship ($5,000), 1999 6. National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Fellowship ($8,000) (SBER 96-31784), 1996 5. UCSD Center Latin American Studies Dissertation Fellowship ($1,500), 1996 7
4. UCSD Friends of the International Center Field Research Fellowship ($1,000), 1996 3. UCSD Center for Latin American Studies Pre-Dissertation Fellowship ($2,000), 1995 2. Title X Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for Portuguese ($15,000), 1995 1. University of California Tuition Scholarship, 1994 Invited Presentations 119. Partisans, Anti-Partisans and Voting Behavior in Brazil. University of Zurich, March 1, 2018 (scheduled). 118. Partisans, Anti-Partisans and Voting Behavior in Brazil. Cambridge University, Februrary 26, 2018 (scheduled). 117. Partisans, Anti-Partisans and Voting Behavior in Brazil. Oxford University, February 23, 2018 (scheduled). 116. Inequality and the Quality of Democracy. Florida State University, February 9, 2018 (scheduled). 115. Inequality and the Quality of Democracy. University of Texas, November 20, 2017 (scheduled). 114. Partisans, Anti-Partisans and Voting Behavior in Brazil. Carleton College, November 3, 2017 (scheduled). 113. Inequality and Democratic Durability. Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of International Relations & Public Affairs, May 26, 2017 112. Inequality and Democratization. Chan Center for Comparative Politics, Fudan University (Shanghai), May 25, 2017 111. Inequality and Democratic Durability. Chan Center for Comparative Politics, Fudan University (Shanghai), May 24, 2017 110. Inequality and Democratic Durability. Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, May 22, 2017 109. Inequality and Democratic Durability. Northwestern University, April 12, 2017. 108. Partisans, Anti-Partisans and Voting Behavior in Brazil. University of Notre Dame, April 5, 2017. 107. Anxieties of American Democracy: A Comparative Perspective. Social Science Research Council task force conference, Princeton University. October 28-29, 2016. 106. Democracy, Inequality and Redistribution. Presented at the Conference, Inequality: Trends, Causes and the Politics of Distribution sponsored by the National University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Mexican Senate, Mexico City, August 22-24, 2016. 105. Brazil: A Glass More Empty than Full? Western Michigan University, April 5, 2016. 104. Inequality and Democratic Durability. Sam Clark Memorial Lecture, Western Michigan University, April 5, 2016. 103. Inequality and Democratic Durability. McGill University, March 9, 2016. 102. Inequality and Democratic Durability. University of Wisconsin, February 11, 2016. 101. Partisanship and Anti-Partisanship in Brazil. Oxford University, February 5, 2016. 8
100. Inequality and Democratic Durability. Tulane University, January 29, 2016. 99. Inequality and Democratic Durability. Indiana University, January 25, 2016. 98. Inequality and Democratic Durability. University of Michigan, January 14, 2016. 97. Inequality and Democratization. Cornell University, April 24, 2015. 96. Parties and Partisans: The Evolution of Voter Behavior in Brazil, 1985-2015. University of Notre Dame, April 20. 2015. 95. Inequality and Democratization. Brown University, February 11, 2015. 94. Inequality and Democratization. University of British Columbia, February 2, 2015. 93. Inequality and Democratization. University of Pittsburgh, January 9, 2015. 92. Inequality and Democratization. University of California at Berkeley, December 5, 2014. 91. Inequality and Democratization. Institut Barcelona d Estudis Internacionals (IBEI). May 14, 2014. 90. Inequality and Democratization. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, April 25, 2014. 89. Inequality and Democratization. Diego Portales University, Chile. April 8, 2014. 88. Inequality and Democratization. University of Florida, April 1, 2014. 87. Inequality and Democratization. University of Kentucky, February 14, 2014. 86. Inequality and Democratization. Yale University, January 27, 2014. 85. Inequality and Democratization. Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Rio de Janeiro. November 27, 2013. 84. Inequality and Democratization. Interdisciplinary Research Group on Inequality, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, November 22, 2013. 83. Inequality and Democratization. Department of Economics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, October 29, 2013. 82. Inequality and Democratization. Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos, Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (IESP-UERJ). October 22, 2013. 81. The Power of Partisanship in Brazil: Evidence from Survey-Experiments (with Cesar Zucco). Roundtable on the 2014 Elections, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, October 21, 2013. 80. Inequality and Democratization. Department of Political Science, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. October 10, 2013. 79. The Power of Partisanship in Brazil: Evidence from Survey-Experiments (with Cesar Zucco). Graduate Program in Political Science, Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, October 8, 2013. 78. Inequality and Democratization. Department of Political Science, Universidade Federal de Goiás, October 7, 2013 77. Inequality and Democratization. Book manuscript workshop, Stanford University, May 31, 2013. 76. Separation of Purpose: Evidence from Campaign Manifestos. University of Chicago Conference on Informal Institutions, May 2 2013. 9
75. The Power of Partisanship in Brazil: Evidence from Survey-Experiments (with Cesar Zucco). Fundação Getúlio Vargas São Paulo, March 21, 2013. 74. Crafting Mass Partisanship from the Top-Down, at the Grass Roots (with Cesar Zucco). Harvard University conference on Challenges of Party Building in Latin America, November 16-17, 2012. 73. Lulismo, Petismo, and the Future of Brazilian Politics (with Cesar Zucco). Conference on Lula s Brazil: Inheritance and Challenges. University of Montreal, October 11-12, 2012. 72. Can Participation Shape National Politics? An Empirical Answer for a Theoretical Question (with Thamy Pogrebinschi). University of Minnesota Political Theory Colloquium, October 9, 2012. 71. Inequality and Democratization. Book workshop, University of Washington, October 1-2, 2012. 70. Brazilian Democracy under Lula and the PT. Bildner Center for Brazilian Studies, CUNY Graduate Center, New York City, April 12, 2012. 69. Inequality and Democratization. ITAM, Mexico City, February 17, 2012. 68. Inequality and Democratization. CIDE, Mexico City, February 16, 2012. 67. The Strength of Party Labels: Survey-Experimental Evidence from Brazil (with Cesar Zucco). Presented at the conference The PT from Lula to Dilma: Explaining Change in the Brazilian Workers Party, University of Oxford, January 27, 2012. 66. The Politics of Cleavage-Formation in Brazil: The Emergence of Mass Partisanship in a Least-Likely Case (with Cesar Zucco). Presented at the conference The PT from Lula to Dilma: Explaining Change in the Brazilian Workers Party, University of Oxford, January 27, 2012. 65. Inequality and Democratization. University College London School of Public Policy, January 26, 2012. 64. Capacity Building in Third Wave Democracies: How Regime Type Affects Executive Recruitment (with Matthew Shugart). Presented at the Conference on Informal Institutions, Harvard University, November 21-22, 2011. 63. Brazilian Democracy under Lula and the PT. Inter-American Dialogue, Washington DC, October 27, 2011. 62. Presidential Campaign Platforms - New Directions for the Comparative Manifestos Project. Presented at the Social Science Research Center, Berlin, October 21, 2011. 61. The Nature of Mass Partisanship in Brazil: Evidence from Panel Data and a Survey Experiment (with Cesar Zucco). Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC, May 20, 2011. 60. Inequality and Democratization. Columbia University, April 20, 2011. 59. The Evolution of Petismo, Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, November 9, 2010. 58. Inequality and Democratization. University Texas, September 23, 2010 57. Inequality and Democratization, University of Rochester, May 14, 2010. 56. Inequality and Democratization. University of Minnesota Sociology Colloquium, 10
March 9, 2010 55. Presidents, Parties and Prime Ministers. University of Salamanca Conference on Legislative Politics in Latin America, December 11-12, 2009 54. Brazil under Lula University of Wisconsin Madison, Program in Latin American Studies, December 2, 2009 53. Inequality and Democratization. University of Wisconsin, December 2, 2009 52. Campaign Finance, Corruption and Reelection in Brazil. Oxford University Centre for Brazilian Studies, September 25, 2009 51. Inequality and Democratization. University of Michigan, October 16 2008. 50. The Ideological Coherence of the Brazilian Party System. Conference on Contemporary Brazilian Politics, Oxford University Centre for Brazilian Studies, May 23 2008. 49. Inequality and Democratization. London School of Economics, May 22 2008. 48. Brazil under Lula. University of London Centre for Latin American Studies, May 21, 2008. 47. The Evolution of Petismo. Universidade Federal de Goiás, May 6, 2008. 46. Inequality and Democratization. Universidade Federal de Brasília, May 4, 2008. 45. Latin America's Left Turn: Evidence from Public Opinion Surveys. Conference on Latin America's Left Turn, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, April 3-4 2008. 44. Brazil under Lula. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. February 5, 2008. 43. Brazil under Lula. Carleton College, October 10, 2007 42. Brazil under Lula. US Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Washington DC, August 18, 2006. 41. Federalism in Argentina and Brazil: Lessons for Mexico? UCSD conference on Mexican politics (with Mark Jones, Rice University), March 20, 2005. 40. Brazil under Lula. Macalester College, October 12, 2004. 39. Brazilian Democracy under Lula and the PT. Presented at the conference on Advances and Setbacks in Democratic Governance in Latin America, The Inter- American Dialogue, Washington, DC, August 28-29 2004. 38. The Brazilian Workers Party: Prospects for the Future. Ambassadorial briefing, US Department of State, Washington DC, May 19, 2004. 37. Political Recruitment in Brazil. Conference on Legislative Recruitment in Latin America, Wake Forest University, April 2-3, 2004. 36. Presidents, Assemblies and Accountability. New York University, October 20, 2003. 35. Presidents, Assemblies, and Accountability. Graduate School of Economics, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, June 12, 2003. 34. Financiamento de Campanhas e Propostas de Reforma [Campaign Finance and Prospects for Reform]. Conference on Political Reform in Brazil, Chamber of Deputies, Brasília, June 2, 2003. 33. Pork-Barreling is Not Credit-Claiming or Advertising. Department of Economics, 11
University of Brasília, May 23, 2003. 32. Financiamento de Campanhas e Propostas de Reforma do Atual Sistema [Campaign Finance and Prospects for Reform]. Testimony before the Special Committee on Political Reform, Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, Brasília, May 21, 2003. 31. Financiamento de Campanhas no Brasil [Campaign Finance in Brazil]. Legislative Consulting Service of the Brazilian Senate, Brasília, May 19, 2003. 30. Informal Institutions where Formal Contracts are Prohibited: Campaign Finance. Conference on Informal Institutions, University of Notre Dame, April 24, 2003. 29. Campaign Finance and the Sources of the Personal Vote in Brazil. University of California at San Diego, April 21, 2003. 28. Presidentialism, Elections, and Accountability. Centro de Investigaciones y Docências Económicas (CIDE), Mexico City, March 19, 2003. 27. Presidentialism, Elections, and Accountability. Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), March 17, 2003. 26. Presidentialism, Elections and Accountability. University of Michigan, February 6, 2003. 25. Brazil: Fiscal Issues for the Lula Administration. US Department of State, Washington, D.C., January 10, 2003. 24. Fiscal Straightjacket: The Political Economy of Macroeconomic Reform in Brazil, 1995-2002. David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, October 22, 2002. 23. Campaign Finance and Electoral Politics in Brazil. Fundação Getúlio Vargas - São Paulo, April 18, 2002. 22. Presidentialism and/or Parliamentarism (with Kent Eaton). Conference on the Consequences of Institutions in Democracy, Duke University, April 5-7, 2002. 21. Federalism and the 2002 Presidential Election in Brazil. Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo, February 20, 2002. 20. Pork-Barreling is Not Credit-Claiming or Advertising: Campaign Finance and the Sources of the Personal Vote in Brazil. Presented at the Conference on Frontiers in Latin American Political Economy, Stanford University, January 18-19, 2002. 19. The Separation of Powers and Party Organization and Behavior. Instituto de Ciência Política, Montevideo, December 15, 2001. 18. The Separation of Powers and Party Organization and Behavior. Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro, November 9, 2001. 17. The Separation of Powers and Party Organization and Behavior. Universidade de São Paulo, September 27, 2001. 16. Electoral Dynamics of Brazilian Federalism. Fundação Getúlio Vargas - São Paulo, September 26, 2001. 15. Changes in Brazilian Federalism under the Cardoso Administration. Universidade Nacional de Brasília, August 14, 2001. 14. Presidentialism and Representation. Conference on Citizen-Politician Linkages, Duke University, April 1, 2001. 12
13. The Political Outlook in Brazil. US Department of State, Washington DC, January 26, 2001. 12. Political Parties and the Evolution of Federalism in the USA. Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo, September 21, 2000. 11. Fiscal Horizontal Accountability: On the Evolution of Budgetary Oversight in Presidential Systems. Presented at the conference on Political Institutions, Accountability, and Democratic Governance in Latin America, University of Notre Dame, May 8-9, 2000. 10. Presidential Coattail Effects in Brazilian Legislative Elections. Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 9, 1999. 9. Federalism and Legislative Elections in Brazil. Universidade Nacional de Brasília, Brazil, July 22, 1999. 8. Devaluing the Vote: On the Persistence of Legislative Malapportionment in Latin America (with Richard Snyder). Presented at the Conference on Institutions and Representation in Latin America, CIDE, Mexico City, June 13-15, 1999. 7. Federalism in Practice, A Comparative Approach: the Case of Brazil. Conference on Federalism in Russia: Is It Working? US Department of State, Washington, D.C., December 9-10, 1998. 6. Careerism, the Budget and Pork-Barreling in Brazil. Conference on Legislatures in Latin America: Comparative Perspectives, CIDE, Mexico City, February 3-5, 1998. 5. Federalism in Brazil (with Scott Mainwaring). Conference on Comparative Federalism, Oxford University, June 2, 1997. 4. Federalism and Political Parties: Brazil in Comparative Perspective. Universidade Nacional de Brasília, June 6, 1997. 3. Political Careerism and its Policy Consequences in Brazil. Universidade Estadual de São Paulo, Assis, November 28, 1996. 2. Partisanship or Personal Appeals? Political Campaigns and Political Institutions in Perspective. Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, November 7, 1996. 1. Preference Voting in Brazilian Legislative Elections. Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 10, 1995. Conference Presentations American Political Science Association: 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002-05, 2007-08, 2010-12, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Latin American Studies Association: 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2014 Midwest Political Science Association: 2000, 2003, 2015 American Political Science Association Professional Affiliations 13
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