Beatriz Magaloni

Comparative Politics
Political Economy
Latin American Politics

• Latin American Politics. Stanford University, Spring 2005. Winter 2000. Spring 2008
• Speaker Series in Comparative Politics (440c) with Isabela Mares, Academic year of 2003-2004 and with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, 2007-2008 and 2004-2005.
• Core Graduate Seminar in Comparative Politics (440A) Fall 2001, 2002, and 2003.
• Democracies and Autocracies. Winter 2002. Spring 2003, Spring 2004.
• Mexican Politics.  Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004.
• Comparative Party Politics. Stanford University, Spring 2000.
• Comparative Political Institutions. Stanford University, Spring 2000; Spring 2002.  Winter 2003

Books

 

Voting for Autocracy: Hegemonic Party Survival and its Demise in Mexico (2006) New York: Cambridge University Press.

Book Manuscript

Strategies of Vote-Buying: Poverty, Democracy, and Social Transfers in Mexico, with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros and Federico Estevez

Books in Progress

 

The Comparative Logic of Autocratic Survival

Democratic Accountability and the Rule of Law in Mexico, with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros (edited volume with funding from the Democracy, Development and Rule of law Center (CDDRL), Stanford University.

Journal Articles

"The Game of Electoral Fraud and the Ousting of Authoritarian Rule" (forthcoming) American Journal of Political Science

 “Political Order and One-Party Rule” (forthcoming) Annual Review Of Political Science 13, published with Ruth Kricheli

 “Credible Power-Sharing and the Longevity of Authoritarian Rule” ( 2008) Comparative Political Studies Vol. 41 4/5

 “Aiding Latin America’s Poor” (2009) Journal of Democracy Vol.20 No. 4, published with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros

“Partisan Cleavages, State Retrenchment and Free Trade: Latin America in the 1990s” (2008) Latin American Research Review published with Vidal Romero

with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros (2001) “Party Dominance and the Logic of Electoral Design in Mexico’s Transition to Democracy” Journal of Theoretical Politics 13(3):271-293

"Dominancia de Partido y Dilemas Duvergerianos en las Elecciones Federales de 1994" (Party Dominance and Duvergerian Dilemmas in the 1994 Federal Elections) Política y Gobierno, 1996, Vol.3, Num. 2.

"Elección Racional y Voto Estratégico: Algunas Aplicaciones al caso Mexicano" (Rational Choice and Strategic Voting: Some Applications to the Mexican Case) Política y Gobierno, 1994 Vol. 1, Num 2

Other Publications

 

“Autocratic Political order and the Role of Courts: The Case of Mexico” (2008) In Tom Ginsburg and Tamir Moustaffa (eds) Rule By Law: The Politics of Courts in Authoritarian Regimes (forthcoming) Cambridge University Press

with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros and Federico Estévez (2009) “Welfare Benefits, Canvassing and Campaign Handouts” in Jorge Domínguez, Chappell Lawson, and Alejandro Moreno Consolidating Mexico’s Democracy Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press

With Alberto Diaz-Cayeros and Federico Estévez “A House Divided Against Itself: How the PRI survives after 2000” (2008) Joseph Wong and Edward Friedman (eds) Learning to Lose: Dominant Party Systems and their Transitions Routledge

with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros and Federico Estévez (2006) “Clientelism and Porfolio Diversification: A model of Electoral Investment with Applications to Mexico” In Herbert Kitschelt and Steven Wilkinson Patrons of Policies London: Cambridge University Press.

(2005) “The Demise of Mexico’s One-Party Dominant Regime: Elite Choices and the Masses in the establishment of Democracy” in Scott Mainwaring and Frances Hagopian (eds) The Third Wave of Democratization in Latin America: Advances and Setbacks in Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

with Alberto Diaz Cayeros (2004) “Designing Electoral Rules by a Dominant Party” in Josep Colomer Handbook of Electoral System Choice Palgrave-Macmillan

with Guillermo Zepeda (2004) “Democratization, Crime and Judicial Reform in Mexico” in Kevin Middlebrook Dilemmas of Change in Mexican Politics joint publication of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD and the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London.

with Alejandro Poiré (2004) “Strategic Coordination in the 2000 Mexican Presidential Race” in Jorge Domínguez and Chappell Lawson Mexico’s Pivotal Elections Stanford: Stanford University Press

with Alejandro Poiré (2004) “Issues, the Vote and the Mandate for Change” in Jorge Domínguez and Chappell Lawson Mexico’s Pivotal Elections Stanford: Stanford University Press

(2003) “Authoritarianism, Democracy and the Supreme Court: Horizontal Exchange and the Rule of Law in Mexico” in Scott Mainwaring and Christopher Welna (eds) Democratic Accountability in Latin America. Oxford University Press.

with Alejandro Moreno (2003) “Catching-All-Souls: The PAN and the Politics of Catholicism in Mexico”, in Timothy Scully and Scott Mainwaring (eds) Christian Democracy in Latin America. Stanford: Stanford University Press

(2002) “El Poder Judicial en el Siglo XX” in Soledad Loaeza (coordinadora) Gran Historia de México Ilustrada México: Planeta, Tomo V (Textbook on political history of Mexico in the XXth century)

(1999) “Is the PRI fading? Economic Performance, Electoral Accountability and Voting Behavior” in Jorge Domínguez and Alejandro Poiré (eds.) The New Mexican Party System. New York: Routledge.

with Alberto Diaz (1999) “Autoridad Presupuestal del Poder Legislativo en México: una Primera Aproximación” (Budgetary Authority of the Mexican Legislature: A Preliminary Assessment) Política y Gobierno.

Work in Progress

 

With Alberto Diaz-Cayeros and Alex Ruiz Euler “Poverty, Self-Rule and Public Good Provision: An Study of Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Yucatan”

With Alberto Diaz-Cayeros and Barry Weingast, “Why Authoritarian Governments Sabotage Economic Growth: Land Reform in Mexico”

With Ruth Kricheli and Yair Livne “Protest and Authoritarian Survival”

With Grant Miller and Ayeshia Ali “Political Incentives for Population Health Improvement”

With Arianna Sanchez and Eric Magar “Activists vs. Legalists: The Mexican Supreme Court and its Ideological Battles”

With Ruth Kricheli “Women’s Wellbeing and Authoritarian Rule”