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Curriculum Vitae

Gerardo Luis Munck

November 2009 School of International Relations Office phone: (213) 821-2720 University of Southern California Home phone: (310) 500-5522 3518 Trousdale Parkway, VKC 330 Fax: (213) 742-0281 Los Angeles, CA. 90089-0043 Email: munck@usc.edu Education

University of California, San Diego, Political Science, M.A. 1988, Ph.D. 1990. Stanford University, Latin American Studies, M.A. 1984. University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H., Political Science, B.A. 1983.

Academic Appointments-Long Term

University of Southern California, School of International Relations, Associate Professor (2003-08), Professor (2008-present).

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Department of Political Science, Assistant Professor (1990-97); Associate Professor (1997-2003).

Academic Appointments-Short Term

University of Notre Dame, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Visiting Faculty Fellow (Fall 1995, Fall 2002).

University of California, Berkeley, Department of Political Science, Visiting Associate Professor (Fall 2000).

University of California, Santa Cruz, Division of Social Sciences (Politics Board), Lecturer (Spring 1990).

University of California, San Diego, Associate Instructor in Political Science (Summer 1989).

Teaching Areas

Comparative politics, political regimes and democratization, Latin American politics, social science research methods.

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Publications-Books and Edited Volumes/Journal Issues

Measuring Democracy: A Bridge Between Scholarship and Politics (Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009). 200 pp.

(Munck and Richard Snyder) Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics (Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007). 792 pp.

Editor. Regimes and Democracy in Latin America. Theories and Methods (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007). 286 pp.

Co-editor (David Collier and Munck). Regimes and Democracy in Latin America, a special issue of Studies in Comparative International Development Vol. 36, Nº 1 (Spring 2001). 141 pp.

Authoritarianism and Democratization. Soldiers and Workers in Argentina, 1976-83 (University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998). 334 pp.

Publications-Journal Articles and Book Chapters

(Angela Hawken and Munck) “Measuring Corruption. A Critical Assessment and a Proposal,” pp. 71-106, in Anuradha Rajivan and Ramesh Gampat (eds.), Perspectives on Corruption and Human Development (New Delhi: Macmillan India, 2009).

“Democracy and Development in a Globalized World: Thinking About Latin America from Within,” Studies in Comparative International Development Vol. 44, Nº 4 (Winter 2009): 337-58.

“Democracy Studies: Agendas, Findings, Challenges,” pp. 45-68, in Dirk Berg-Schlosser (ed.), Democratization. The State of the Art 2nd. revised and updated edition (Opladen, Germany and Farmington Hills, MI: Barbara Budrich Publishers, 2007).

[This is an updated and changed version of a chapter with the same title published in the 2004 first edition of this book.]

“Introduction: Research Agendas and Strategies in the Study of Latin American Politics,” pp. 1-21, in Gerardo L. Munck (ed.), Regimes and Democracy in Latin America. Theories and Methods (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).

[An abridged version was published in Spanish as “Agendas y Estrategias de Investigación en el Estudio de la Política Latinoamericana,” Revista de Ciencia Política (Santiago, Chile) Vol. 27, Nº 1 (2007): 3-21.]

“The Study of Politics and Democracy: Touchstones of a Research Agenda,” pp. 25-37, in Gerardo L. Munck (ed.), Regimes and Democracy in Latin America. Theories and Methods (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).

“The Past and Present of Comparative Politics,” pp. 32-59, in Munck and Richard Snyder, Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics (Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007).

[Published also, with the same title, as Working Paper Nº 330 (Notre Dame, In.: The Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, 2006).

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A published symposium was organized around a Spanish version of this article, “El pasado y presente de la política comparada en los Estados Unidos,” Revista Latinoamericana de Política Comparada (Ecuador) Vol. 2 (forthcoming, 2009).]

(Munck and Richard Snyder) “Who Publishes in Comparative Politics? Studying the World from the United States,” PS: Political Science and Politics Vol. 40, Nº 2 (April 2007): 339-46.

(Munck and Richard Snyder) “Debating the Direction of Comparative Politics: An Analysis of Leading Journals,” Comparative Political Studies Vol. 40, Nº 1 (January 2007): 5-31.

[A published symposium was organized around this article, with commentaries by Mahoney and Wibbels; and the following reply: (Munck and Richard Snyder) “Visions of Comparative Politics: A Reply to Mahoney and Wibbels,” Comparative Political Studies Vol. 40, Nº 1 (January 2007): 45-47.

A longer version of the core article of this symposium was published, with the same title, as Political Methodology Working Paper Series # 7 (International Political Science Association [IPSA], Committee on Concepts and Methods, March 2006).]

“Monitoreando la Democracia: Profundizando un Consenso Emergente,” Revista de Ciencia Política (Santiago, Chile) Vol. 26, Nº 1 (2006): 158-68.

[Published also in Textos para Pensar la Realidad Nº 8 (Buenos Aires) (2006): 50-58.]

“Drawing Boundaries: How to Craft Intermediate Regime Categories,” pp. 27-40, in Andreas Schedler (ed.), Electoral Authoritarianism: The Dynamics of Unfree Competition (Boulder, Col.: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006).

[Published also as “How to Craft Intermediate Regime Categories,” Political Concepts Working Paper Series # 4 (International Political Science Association [IPSA], Committee on Concepts and Methods, May 2005).]

“Measuring Democratic Governance: Central Tasks and Basic Problems,” pp. 427-59, in Deepa Narayan (ed.), Measuring Empowerment: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2005).

(Munck and Jay Verkuilen) “Research Designs,” pp. 385-95, in Kimberly Kempf-Leonard (ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Measurement Vol. 3 (San Diego, Cal.: Academic Press, 2005).

(David Collier, Jason Seawright and Munck) “The Quest for Standards: King, Keohane, and Verba’s Designing Social Inquiry,” pp. 21-50, in Henry E. Brady and David Collier (eds.), Rethinking Social Inquiry: Diverse Tools, Shared Standards (Boulder, Col. and Berkeley, Cal.: Rowman & Littlefield and Berkeley Public Policy Press, 2004).

“Tools for Qualitative Research,” pp. 105-21, in Henry E. Brady and David Collier (eds.), Rethinking Social Inquiry: Diverse Tools, Shared Standards (Boulder, Col. and Berkeley, Cal.: Rowman & Littlefield and Berkeley Public Policy Press, 2004).

“Democratic Politics in Latin America: New Debates and Research Frontiers,” Annual Review of Political Science Vol. 7 (Palo Alto, Cal.: Annual Reviews, 2004): 437-62.

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[An abridged version was published in Spanish as “La política democrática en América Latina: Contribuciones de una perspectiva institucional,” Política y Gobierno (Mexico) Vol. 11, Nº 2 (2004): 315-46.]

“Democracy Studies: Agendas, Findings, Challenges,” pp. 65-97, in Dirk Berg-Schlosser (ed.), Democratization. The State of the Art (Wiesbaden, Germany: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2004).

[Published in Spanish as “Una revisión de los estudios sobre la democracia: Temáticas, conclusiones, desafíos,” Desarrollo Económico-Revista de Ciencias Sociales (Buenos Aires) Vol. 41, Nº 164 (January-March 2002): 579-609; and in German as “Vergleichende Demokratieforschung,” pp. 129-50, in Dirk Berg-Schlosser and Ferdinand Müeller-Rommel (eds.), Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft (Opladen: Leske and Budrich, 2003).]

“Gobernabilidad democrática a comienzos del siglo XXI: Una perspectiva latinoamericana,” Revista Mexicana de Sociología (Mexico) Vol. 65, Nº 3 (July-September 2003): 565-88.

[A slightly different version was published in Spanish in Ann Mason and Luis Javier Orjuela (eds.), La crisis política Colombiana: Más que un conflicto armado y un proceso de paz (Bogotá, Colombia: Departamento de Ciencia Política, CESO, Ediciones Uniandes, Fundación Alejandro Angel Escobar, 2003), pp. 45-59.]

“La transición a la política de masas en América Latina,” Araucaria. Revista Iberoamericana de Filosofía, Polîtica y Humanidades (Seville, Spain) Vol. 3, Nº 7 (2002): 95-132.

“Rational Choice Theory in Comparative Politics,” pp. 165-88, in Howard J. Wiarda (ed.), New Directions in Comparative Politics 3rd. ed. (Boulder, Col.: Westview Press, 2002).

(Munck and Jay Verkuilen) “Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: Evaluating Alternative Indices,” Comparative Political Studies Vol. 35, Nº 1 (February 2002): 5-34.

[A published symposium was organized around this article, with commentaries by Coppedge; Marshall, Gurr, Davenport and Jaggers; and Ward; and the following reply: (Munck and Jay Verkuilen) “Generating Better Data: A Response to Discussants,” Comparative Political Studies Vol. 35, Nº 1 (February 2002): 52-57.

The core article of this symposium is published in Spanish as “Conceptualizando y midiendo la democracia: Una evaluación de índices alternativos,” Política y Gobierno (Mexico) Vol. 9, Nº 2 (2002): 403-41. An excerpt of the article was reprinted as “Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: The Challenge of Conceptualization,” Participation. Bulletin of the International Political Science Association Vol. 28, Nº 1 (Winter 2004): 4-6.]

“The Regime Question: Theory Building in Democracy Studies,” World Politics Vol. 54, Nº 1 (October 2001): 119-44.

“Game Theory and Comparative Politics. New Perspectives and Old Concerns,” World Politics Vol. 53, Nº 2 (January 2001): 173-204.

[Published in Spanish as “Teoría de los Juegos y Política Comparada: Nuevas Perspectivas y Viejas Preocupaciones,” Revista Mexicana de Sociología (Mexico) Vol. LXIII, Nº 1 (January-March 2001): 3-40; and in Portuguese as “Teoria dos Jogos e Política Comparada:

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Novas Perspectivas, Velhos Interesses,” Dados-Revista de Ciências Sociais (Rio de Janeiro) Vol. 43, Nº 3 (2000): 559-600.]

(Munck and Dexter Boniface) “Political Processes and Identity Formation in El Salvador: From Armed Left to Democratic Left,” pp. 38-53, in Ronaldo Munck and Purnaka L. de Silva (eds.), Postmodern Insurgencies: Political Violence, Identity Formation and Peacemaking in Comparative Perspective (London: Macmillan, and New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000).

“Canons of Research Design in Qualitative Analysis,” Studies in Comparative International Development Vol. 33, Nº 3 (1998): 18-45.

[Reprinted in Alan Sica (ed.), Comparative Methods in the Social Sciences Vol. 4 (London: Sage Publications, 2005).]

(Munck and Jeffrey A. Bosworth) “Patterns of Representation and Competition. Parties and Democracy in Post-Pinochet Chile,” Party Politics Vol. 4, Nº 4 (October 1998): 471-93.

(Munck and Vicente Palermo) “Social Actors, Representation, and the State: Democracy in Latin America,” Sociologie et Sociétés (Montreal) Vol. 30, Nº 1 (Spring 1998): 147-59.

[Published simultaneously in French as: “La démocratie en Amérique latine: les acteurs sociaux, la représentation et l’État.” Sociologie et Sociétés (Montreal) Vol. 30, Nº 1 (Spring 1998): 159-72.]

(Munck and Chetan Kumar) “Conflict Resolution and International Intervention in El Salvador and Cambodia,” pp. 174-93, in Roger E. Kanet (ed.), Resolving Regional Conflict (Champaign, Il.: University of Illinois Press, 1998).

(Munck and Carol Leff) “Modes of Transition and Democratization. South America and Eastern Europe in Comparative Perspective,” Comparative Politics Vol. 29, Nº 3 (April 1997): 343-62.

[Reprinted in Lisa Anderson (ed.), Transitions to Democracy (New York: Columbia University Press, 1999), pp. 193-216; published in Portuguese as “Modos de Transição em Perspectiva Comparada,” Lua Nova (São Paulo) Nº 40/41 (1997): 69-95.]

“La desagregación del régimen político: Problemas conceptuales en el estudio de la democratización,” Agora. Cuaderno de Estudios Políticos (Buenos Aires) Nº 5 (Winter 1996): 203-37.

[Reprinted as “Desagregando al régimen político: Aspectos conceptuales en el estudio de la democratización,” pp. 237-78, in Victor Alarcón Olguín (ed.), Metodologías para el análisis politico: Enfoques, procesos e instituciones (México: UAM and Plaza y Valdés Editores, 2006); published in English as “Disaggregating Political Regime: Conceptual Issues in the Study of Democratization,” Working Paper Nº 228 (Notre Dame, In.: The Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, 1996), 34 pp. ]

“Actor Formation, Social Coordination, and Political Strategy: Some Conceptual Problems in the Study of Social Movements,” Sociology Vol. 29, Nº 4 (November 1995): 667-85.

[Published in Spanish as “Algunos problemas conceptuales en el estudio de los movimientos sociales,” Revista Mexicana de Sociología (Mexico) Vol. LVII, Nº 3 (July-September 1995):

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17-40; and in Portuguese as “Formação de Atores, Coordenação Social e Estratégia Política: Problemas Conceituais do Estudo dos Movimentos Sociais,” Dados-Revista de Ciências Sociais (Rio de Janeiro) Vol. 40, Nº 1 (1997): 105-25.]

(Munck and Chetan Kumar) “Civil Conflicts and the Conditions for Successful International Intervention: A Comparative Study of Cambodia and El Salvador,” Review of International Studies Vol. 21, Nº 2 (April 1995): 159-81.

“Democratic Stability and Its Limits. An Analysis of Chile’s 1993 Elections,” Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs Vol. 36, Nº 2 (Summer 1994): 1-38.

“Democratic Transitions in Comparative Perspective,” Comparative Politics Vol. 26, Nº 3 (April 1994): 355-75.

[Reprinted in Alan S. Zuckerman (ed.), Comparative Political Science Vol. II: Macro-Politics: Regime Structure and Change (London: Sage Publications, 2008). A longer version was published in Spanish as “La democratización en perspectiva comparada. El debate contemporáneo,” Desarrollo Económico-Revista de Ciencias Sociales (Buenos Aires) Vol. 36, Nº 142 (July-September 1996): 661-76.]

“Authoritarianism, Modernization, and Democracy in Chile,” Latin American Research Review Vol. 29, Nº 2 (1994): 188-211.

“Between Theory and History and Beyond Traditional Area Studies: A New Comparative Perspective on Latin America,” Comparative Politics Vol. 25, Nº 4 (July 1993): 475-98.

“Beyond Electoralism in El Salvador: Conflict Resolution Through Negotiated Compromise,” Third World Quarterly Vol. 14, Nº 1 (1993): 75-93.

“Capitalism and Democracy: The Importance of Social Class in Historical Comparative Perspective,” Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs Vol. 34, Nº 4 (Winter 1992-93): 225-44.

“Identity and Ambiguity in Democratic Struggles,” pp. 23-42, in Joe Foweraker and Ann Craig (eds.), Popular Movements and Political Change in Mexico (Boulder, Col.: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1990).

Publications-Short Pieces, Encyclopedia Entries, Newsletter Contributions and Book Reviews

(Sebastián L. Mazzuca and Munck) “Regime,” in George T. Kurian (ed), International Encyclopedia of Political Science (Washington, DC: CQ Press, forthcoming, 2010).

“Almond, Gabriel,” in George T. Kurian (ed), International Encyclopedia of Political Science (Washington, DC: CQ Press, forthcoming, 2010).

Review of The Consolidation of Democracy: Comparing Europe and Latin America, by Carsten Q. Schneider. Perspectives on Politics Vol. 7, Nº 3 (September 2009): 704-05.

“O’Donnell, Guillermo,” pp. 878-79, in Jay Kinsbruner (editor in chief), Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture Vol. 4, 2nd. ed. (New York: C. Scribner’s Sons, 2008).

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“Los conceptos y sus dominios. Del estiramiento conceptual a las medidas complejas y generales,” Revista Latinoamericana de Política Comparada (Ecuador) Vol. 1 (July 2008): 77-80.

(Munck and Richard Snyder) “Política Comparada y América Latina: Pensando sobre el Futuro,” Estudios de Política y Sociedad (Puebla, Mexico) Vol. 1, Nº 1 (January-April 2008).

“Latin America: Old Problems, New Agenda,” Democracy at large Vol. 2, Nº 3 (2006): 10-13.

“Democracy and Institutions in Latin America: Reforms Without Illusions,” pp. 111-16, in César Arias and Beatriz Ramacciotti (eds.), Presidencialismo y Parlamentarismo en America Latina (Washington, DC: Department of Democratic and Political Affairs of the Organization of American States [OAS] and the Latin American Center of Georgetown University, 2005).

“Ten Fallacies About Qualitative Research,” Qualitative Methods—Newsletter of the APSA Organized Section on Qualitative Methods Vol. 3, Nº 1 (Spring 2005): 2-5.

[A published symposium was organized around this article, with commentaries by Bennett and by Benoit.]

(Munck and Richard Snyder) “What Has Comparative Politics Accomplished?” APSA-CP. Newsletter of the APSA Organized Section in Comparative Politics Vol. 15, Nº 2 (Summer 2004): 26-31.

[A longer version was published in Spanish as “El pasado, presente y futuro de la política comparada: Un simposio,” Política y Gobierno (Mexico) Vol. 12, Nº 1 (2005): 127-56.]

“Conceptual and Methodological Notes on the Quality of Democracy and Its Audit,” pp. 260-65, in Guillermo O’Donnell, Jorge Vargas Cullell and Osvaldo M. Iazzetta (eds.), The Quality of Democracy. Theory and Applications (Notre Dame, In.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2004).

[Published in Spanish as “Notas acerca de las ponencias presentadas en el Taller sobre ‘La Calidad de la Democracia y el Desarrollo Humano en América Latina’,” pp. 351-57, in Guillermo O’Donnell, Osvaldo Iazzetta and Jorge Vargas-Cullell (eds.), Democracia, desarrollo humano y ciudadanía. Reflexiones sobre la calidad de la democracia en América Latina (Rosario, Argentina: Editorial Homo Sapiens, 2003).]

“Teaching Qualitative Methodology: Rationale, State of the Art, and an Agenda,” Qualitative Methods—Newsletter of the APSA Organized Section on Qualitative Methods Vol. 1, Nº 1 (Spring 2003): 12-15.

“Past Successes, Present Challenges: Latin America at a Crossroads,” Harvard International Review Vol. 24, Nº 2 (Summer 2002): 68-71.

[Reprinted in Robert J. Griffiths (ed.), Annual Editions: Developing World 03/04 13th. ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2003).]

(David Collier and Munck) “Introduction: Regimes and Democracy in Latin America,” Studies in Comparative International Development Vol. 36, Nº 1 (Spring 2001): 3-6.

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“Democratic Transitions,” pp. 3425-28, in Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Bates (eds.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Vol. 5 (New York: Elsevier Science, 2001).

“Democratic Consolidation,” pp. 175-78, in Paul Barry Clarke and Joe Foweraker (eds.), Encyclopedia of Democratic Thought (New York: Routledge, 2001).

“Democratic Stability,” pp. 207-11, in Paul Barry Clarke and Joe Foweraker (eds.), Encyclopedia of Democratic Thought (New York: Routledge, 2001).

Review of Deepening Democracy? The Modern Left and Social Movements in Chile and Peru, by Kenneth M. Roberts. American Political Science Review Vol. 94, Nº 2 (June 2000): 496-97.

Review of Building Democracy in Latin America, by John Peeler. Political Science Quarterly Vol. 114, Nº 1 (Spring 1999): 151-52.

Review of Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America, edited by Scott Mainwaring and Matthew Soberg Shugart. Bulletin of Latin American Research Vol. 17, Nº 3 (September 1998): 424-25.

“Bringing Postcommunist Societies into Democratization Studies,” Review of Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America and Post-Communist Europe, by Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan. Slavic Review Vol. 56, Nº 3 (Fall 1997): 542-50.

Review of Military Rebellion in Argentina. Between Coups and Consolidation, by Deborah Norden. American Political Science Review Vol. 90, Nº 4 (December 1996): 943-44.

“Economics and Democratic Transitions,” Review of The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions, by Stephen Haggard and Robert Kaufman. Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs Vol. 38, Nº 1 (Spring 1996): 129-36.

Review of Orpheus and Power. The Movimento Negro of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil, 1945-1988, by Michael George Hanchard. American Political Science Review Vol. 88, Nº 4 (December 1994): 1027-28.

“Multilateral Initiatives in Defense of Democracy,” Swords and Ploughshares Vol. 8, Nº 2 & 3 (Winter/Spring 1994): 14-17.

“Authoritarianism and Democratic Transitions: Reflections on the Chilean Case,” Review of Reconstruir la Política. Transición y Consolidación en Chile, by Manuel Antonio Garretón; and Military Rule in Latin America, by Karen Remmer. Studies in Comparative International Development Vol. 28, Nº 3 (Fall 1993): 119-26.

“Peaceful Conflict Resolution Through International Intervention: A Comparative Study of Cambodia and El Salvador,” (Munck and Chetan Kumar) ACDIS Occasional Papers (April 1993), 15 pp.

“Ideology and Democracy in Latin America,” Swords and Ploughshares Vol. 7, Nº 2 (Winter 1992/93): 10-14.

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Review of The Struggle for Democracy in Chile, 1982-1990, by Paul Drake and Iván Jaksic (eds.), and Political Structures and Democracy in Uruguay, by Luis Gonzalez. American Political Science Review Vol. 86, Nº 4 (December 1992): 1082-84.

“Theorizing Alternative Development,” Review of Democracy and Development in Latin America. Economics, Politics and Religion in the Post-War Period, by David Lehmann; Democratizing Development. The Role of Voluntary Organizations, by John Clark; and Empowerment. The Theory of Alternative Development, by John Friedmann. The Journal of Development Studies Vol. 29, Nº 1 (October 1992): 176-81.

Review of Political and Economic Encyclopaedia of South America and the Caribbean, by Peter Calvert (ed.). Political Studies Vol. XL, Nº 2 (June 1992): 390-91.

Review of El estado en América Latina: Teoría y práctica, by Pablo Gonzalez Casanova (ed.). Hispanic American Historic Review Vol. 71, Nº 4 (November 1991): 911-12.

Publications-Contributions to Reports/Manuals/Projects of International Organizations

“Promoting Democratic Governance: The Role and Contributions of UNDP,” Paper prepared for the UNDP/Democratic Governance Group’s (DGG) Dialogue with Partners, UNDP, New York, December 7, 2009. 45 pp.

(Munck, with Jeffrey Bosworth and Pamela Phillips) “Indicadores sobre Democracia y Ciudadanía del Proyecto para el Desarrollo de la Democracia en América Latina (PRODDAL) 2006,” pp. 429-529, in UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), Democracia/Estado/Ciudadanía. Hacia un Estado de y para la Democracia en América Latina (New York: UNDP, 2008).

(Angela Hawken and Munck) “Measuring Gender Equality: The State of the Art and a New Index,” Technical Background Paper prepared for the UNDP Asia Pacific Human Development Report, Gender: Overcoming Unequal Power, Unequal Voice (September 2008). 40 pp.

(Angela Hawken and Munck) “A Corruption Monitoring System for Afghanistan,” Paper prepared for the UNDP Accountability and Transparency (ACT) project, Kabul, Afghanistan, July 2008. 61 pp.

Methods for Election Observation: A Manual for OAS Election Observation Missions (Washington, D.C.: Organization of American States, October 2007). 32 pp. [Published also in Spanish.]

“Systematizing Practices: Criteria and Methods for Electoral Observation,” pp. 34-45, in Elizabeth Spehar and Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian with Raúl Alconada Sempé (eds.), The 2005-2006 Electoral Cycle in the Americas: A Review of the OAS General Secretariat (Washington, DC: General Secretariat of the Organization of American States, 2007).

[Published simultaneously in Spanish as “Sistematizando la Práctica: Criterios y Métodos para la Observación Electoral,” pp. 34-45, en Elizabeth Spehar y Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian con Raúl Alconada Sempé (eds.), El ciclo electoral 2005-2006 en las Américas: Un Balance de la Secretaría General de la OEA (Washington, DC: Secretaría General de la Organización de los Estados Americanos, 2007).]

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(Angela Hawken and Munck) “Measuring Corruption. A Critical Assessment and a Proposal,” Technical Background Paper prepared for the UNDP Asia Pacific Human Development Report, Tackling Corruption, Transforming Lives (Colombo: UNDP Regional Center, September 2006). 37 pp.

“Democratic Development Indicators,” pp. 77-129, in United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Democracy in Latin America. Toward a Citizens’ Democracy (New York and Buenos Aires: UNDP and Aguilar, Altea, Taurus, Alfaguara, 2004). [Published also in Spanish and Portuguese.]

“Indicators of Development of Democracy,” pp. 13-19, 35-190, in United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Democracy in Latin America. Toward a Citizens’ Democracy. Statistical Compendium (New York and Buenos Aires: UNDP and Aguilar, Altea, Taurus, Alfaguara, 2004). [Published also in Spanish and Portuguese.]

(Munck and Jay Verkuilen) “Electoral Democracy Index,” pp. 21-33, in United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Democracy in Latin America. Toward a Citizens’ Democracy. Statistical Compendium (New York and Buenos Aires: UNDP and Aguilar, Altea, Taurus, Alfaguara, 2004). [Published also in Spanish and Portuguese.]

Data Sets

Hawken and Munck Data Set on Corruption Research in Economics Journals: The dataset codes 76 articles published during 1995-2009 in 19 journals on 14 variables, 2009.

Munck Data Set on Electoral Democracy in Latin America, 1978-2006: The dataset includes information on 20 variables (and an index) for 18 Latin American countries during 1978-2006, 2007.

UNDP Democracy and Citizenship Dataset, Latin America 2006: The dataset updates the Indicators of Development of Democracy dataset; it provides information on 257 variables for 18 Latin American countries. It was published in UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), Democracia/Estado/Ciudadanía. Hacia un Estado de y para la Democracia en América Latina (New York: UNDP, 2008).

Munck and Snyder Comparative Politics Articles Data Set: The dataset codes 319 articles published during 1989-2004 in three journals—Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics and World Politics—on 29 variables, 2006.

Indicators of Development of Democracy: The dataset covers approximately 200 variables for 18 Latin American countries, and includes the Electoral Democracy Index. It was published as the statistical compendium of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Democracy in Latin America. Toward a Citizens’ Democracy. Statistical Compendium (New York and Buenos Aires: UNDP and Aguilar, Altea, Taurus, Alfaguara, 2004).

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Professional Activities-Academic Conference Papers Delivery, Presentations and Participation (Including Panels Organized and Chaired)

“Do You Know Your Data? Measurement Validity in Corruption Research,” Workshop on “Comparative Democracy Assessment,” Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus (Denmark), November 11-13, 2009.

“Development and Democracy in a Globalized World: Thinking About Latin America from Within.” workshop on “International Inequality, Then and Now: Revisiting Cardoso and Faletto’s Dependency and Development in Latin America,” Brown University, April 4-5, 2008.

“Understanding Electoral Democracy: A Quantitative Analysis of Latin America, 1978-2006,” Workshop on “Democratization by Elections,” University of Florida, Gainesville, November 30–December 2, 2007.

Discussant, panel on “The Democratizing Power of Elections,” the American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Convention, Chicago, August 30-September 2, 2007.

Discussant, panel on “Measurement Across Contexts,” the American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Convention, Chicago, August 30-September 2, 2007.

Organizer, Roundtable with Dahl, Stepan, Laitin and Skocpol on “What Has Comparative Politics Accomplished? A Conversation among Leading Scholars,” the American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Convention, Philadelphia, August 31-September 3, 2006.

“Monitoring Democracy: Deepening an Emerging Consensus,” Annual Conference of the Society for Latin American Studies, Nottingham, UK, March 31-April 2, 2006.

Discussant, for two panels on “Institutional Design, Development and The Quality of Democracy: Conceptual Innovations and Empirical Challenges for Latin America,” Annual Conference of the Society for Latin American Studies, Nottingham, UK, March 31-April 2, 2006.

Presenter, session on “Methods and the Study of Democracy,” Fifth Training Institute in Qualitative Research Methods, Consortium on Qualitative Research Methods (CQRM), Tempe, Arizona, January 11, 2006.

“Debating the Direction of Comparative Politics: An Analysis of Leading Journals,” American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Convention, Washington, DC, September 1-4, 2005.

Chair and Discussant, “Political Regimes: Concepts, Classifications, and Comparisons,” American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Convention, Washington, DC, September 1-4, 2005.

Chair and Discussant, “The Comparative Politics of Latin America: A Critical Assessment,” International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Las Vegas, October 7-9, 2004.

Chair and Presenter, “UNDP’s Report on Democracy in Latin America,” International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Las Vegas, October 7-9, 2004.

“Mapping Political Regimes: How the Concepts we Use and the Way we Measure Them Shape the World We See,” conference on “Democratization by Elections? The Dynamics of Electoral Authoritarianism,” Centro de Investigación y Docencia

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Económicas (CIDE), Mexico City, Mexico, April 2-3, 2004; Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 2-5, 2004.

Presenter, session on “Concepts and Measurements of Democracy,” Third Training Institute in Qualitative Research Methods, Consortium on Qualitative Research Methods (CQRM), Tempe, Arizona, January 6, 2004.

Discussant, conference on “The Quality of Democracy: Improvement or Subversion?” Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law & the European Forum Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, October 10-11, 2003.

Presenter, roundtable on “Teaching Qualitative Methods,” the American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Convention, Philadelphia, August 28-31, 2003.

Chair, panel on “Measuring Democracy: Methodological Innovations and New Datasets,” American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Convention, Philadelphia, August 28-31, 2003.

“The Index of Electoral Democracy. Latin America, 1960-2002,” International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Dallas, March 27-29, 2003; conference on “Diagnosing Democracy: Methods of Analysis, Findings and Remedies,” Santiago, Chile, April 11-13, 2003; American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Convention, Philadelphia, August 28-31, 2003.

Concluding Speaker, conference on “Non-Democratic Regimes and Trajectories after the Cold War,” David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, the Davis Center for Russian Studies, the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, May 10-11, 2002.

“Democracy Studies: Agendas, Findings, and Challenges,” American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Convention, San Francisco, August 30-Sept. 2, 2001; 2002 Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 25-28, 2002.

Presenter, roundtable on “Kitschelt et al.’s Post-Communist Party Systems: Competition, Representation, and Inter-Party Cooperation,” 2002 Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 25-28, 2002.

Chair, panel on “Comparative Politics: The State of the Subfield,” 2002 Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 25-28, 2002.

Organizer and chair, panel on “The Conceptual and Methodological Foundations of Research on Democracy,” 2002 Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 25-28, 2002.

Discussant, panel on “Knowledge Accumulation in Comparative-Historical Analysis,” American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Convention, San Francisco, August 30-Sept. 2, 2001.

Presenter, roundtable on “The State of Democratization,” 2001 Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 19-22, 2001.

Concluding Speaker, workshop on “Comparative-Historical Analysis,” Harvard University, November 10-11, 2000.

“Measuring Democracy: Evaluating Alternative Indexes,” 2000 Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 27-30, 2000; International Political Science Association (IPSA) 2000 World Congress, Quebec, Canada, August 2000; American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., August 31-Sept. 3, 2000.

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“Concepts and Comparison in Game Theory,” American Political Science Association (APSA) 1999 Annual Convention, Atlanta, September 2-5, 1999.

“Comparative Politics and Regime Analysis: Insights from the Study of Latin America,” conference on “Regimes and Political Change in Latin America,” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 6-7, 1999.

Discussant, panel on “The Left in South America,” XXI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Chicago, September 24-26, 1998.

Organizer and chair, panel on “Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Latin American and Comparative Politics,” XXI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Chicago, September 24-26, 1998.

“Cycles of Regime Change in Latin America: Explanations, Inconsistencies, and a New Synthesis,” American Political Science Association (APSA) 1998 Annual Convention, Boston, September 3-6, 1998.

Organizer and chair, panel on “Conceptualization and Causal Analysis of Regime Change in Latin America,” American Political Science Association (APSA) 1998 Annual Convention, Boston, September 3-6, 1998.

“Social Movements and Politics in the Information Age. Some Guiding Ideas from the Works of Touraine, Melucci, and Castells,” conference on “The Other Mirror: Comparative History and Latin America,” Princeton University, February 20-21, 1998.

“Explaining Transitions: The Ancien Régime, Actors and Choice in South America and Eastern Europe,” American Political Science Association (APSA) 1997 Annual Convention, Washington DC, August 28-31, 1997.

Chair and discussant, panel on “Conceptualization, Measurement, and Dichotomies: The Case of Democracy,” American Political Science Association (APSA) 1997 Annual Convention, Washington DC, August 28-31, 1997.

“Patterns of Representation and Competition. Parties and Democracy in Post-Pinochet Chile,” XX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Guadalajara, Mexico, April 17-19, 1997.

“Social Movements Theory and Latin America,” XX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Guadalajara, Mexico, April 17-19, 1997.

“Theorizing Social Movements,” Special Session, XX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Guadalajara, Mexico, April 17-19, 1997.

Organizer, chair and discussant, panel on “Economic Restructuring, Statecraft and Democratization: Theoretical Issues in Comparative Perspective,” XX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Guadalajara, Mexico, April 17-19, 1997.

“Political Regime, Transition, and Consolidation. Conceptual Issues in Regime Analysis,” XIX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Washington, DC, September 28-30, 1995; American Political Science Association (APSA) 1996 Annual Convention, San Francisco, August 29-Sept. 1, 1996.

Discussant, panel on “Economic Reform and the Limits of Democratization,” XIX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Washington, DC, September 28-30, 1995.

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Chair, panel on “Political Regimes in Latin America and Africa. Conceptualization, Comparison, and Change in Regime Analysis,” XIX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Washington, DC, September 28-30, 1995.

Discussant, panel on “Consolidating Democracy in Low Income Countries,” American Political Science Association (APSA) 1995 Annual Convention, Chicago, August 31-Sept. 3, 1995.

Discussant, panel on “The Problematic Relationship between Economic and Political Liberalization,” American Political Science Association (APSA) 1995 Annual Convention, Chicago, August 31-Sept. 3, 1995.

Discussant, panel on “Problems of Democratic Consolidation in Developing Countries,” American Political Science Association (APSA) 1995 Annual Convention, Chicago, August 31-Sept. 3, 1995.

Chair, panel on “The Challenges of Democratic Consolidation,” American Political Science Association (APSA) 1994 Annual Convention, New York, Sept. 1-4, 1994.

“The Critical Juncture Framework and Argentina: The Menem Revolution in Comparative Perspective,” XVIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Atlanta, March 10-13, 1994; American Political Science Association (APSA) 1994 Annual Convention, New York, Sept. 1-4, 1994.

Chair and discussant, panel on “The New Politics in Argentina,” XVIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Atlanta, March 10-13, 1994.

“Institutional Choices and Sequencing in Democratic Transitions. Comparative Perspectives on the Eastern European and South American Cases,” 1993 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 15-17, 1993; International Political Science Association (IPSA) 1994 World Congress, Berlin, August 21-25, 1994.

“Civil Conflict Resolution Through International Intervention: A Comparative Study of Cambodia and El Salvador,” 1992 Annual Meeting, International Studies Association-Midwest, Michigan State University, November 20-21, 1992.

“Between Theory and History and Beyond Traditional Area Studies: A New Comparative Perspective on Latin America,” XVII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Los Angeles, September 24-27, 1992.

“Modes of Transition and their Legacies. Chile’s Transition from Authoritarian Rule in Comparative Perspective,” 1992 Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, March 19-21 1992; 1992 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 9-11, 1992; American Political Science Association (APSA) 1992 Annual Convention, Chicago, September 3-6, 1992; XVII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Los Angeles, September 24-27, 1992.

Chair and discussant, panel on “The Political Economy of Transnationalism: International Conflict and Cooperation in the Post-Cold War Era,” Illinois Political Science Association 1991 Annual Meeting, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Il., November 15-16, 1991.

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“The Problem of Democratic Consolidation. Comparative Perspectives on the Chilean Case,” 1991 Annual Meeting of Illinois Conference of Latin Americanists (ICLAS), Chicago, Illinois, November 1-2, 1991.

“Transitions to Democracy in Comparative Perspective: Political Change and Stability in Eastern Europe and Latin America,” 1991 Annual Meeting, International Studies Association-Midwest, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October 25-26, 1991.

Discussant, panel on “Do Theories From the Core Travel to Latin America?” American Political Science Association (APSA) 1991 Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., August 29-September 1, 1991.

“Social Movements and Democratization in Latin America: Theoretical Issues and Comparative Perspectives,” XVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Washington, D.C., April 1991; 1991 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 1991; International Political Science Association (IPSA) 1991 World Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 22-25, 1991.

“The Consolidation of Democracy as a Problem of Re-democratization: Theoretical Approaches and a South American Perspective,” 1990 Annual Meeting of Illinois Conference of Latin Americanists (ICLAS), Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, November 16-17, 1990.

“Identity and Ambiguity in the Politics of Democracy: Mexican Social Movements in Theoretical and Comparative Perspective,” XV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), December 1989.

Professional Activities-Invited Research Lectures & Presentations

“Comparative Politics: Taking Stock and Looking Forward,” Inaugural lecture as honorary professor, Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus (Denmark), November 13, 2009.

“Conceptualizing and Measuring the Quality of Democracy,” International Conference on “The Logic of Civil Society in New Democracies: East Asia and East Europe,” Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, June 5-7, 2009.

“The Elklit-Reynolds Framework for Election Assessment: A Systematic Evaluation,” Election Assessment Seminar, Accra, Ghana, May 9-11, 2009.

“Measuring Democracy: A Bridge Between Scholarship and Politics,” Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, UK, June 17, 2008.

Series of Five Lectures, Qualitative & Mixed Research Methods Workshop, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, UK, June 16-20, 2008.

"The Question of Citizenship: A Latin American Perspective," The Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, April 7, 2008.

“Elections and Democracy in Latin America: Achievements and Challenges,” United Nations Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNDP-RBLAC), March 30, 2007.

“The Question of Citizenship: A Second Transition in Latin America?” 2nd. Annual Pacific Rim Workshop on “Latin America’s Reforms of the 1990s: Lessons for the Next Wave,” Pacific Council on International Policy and the Center for International Studies of the University of Southern California (USC), May 24-25, 2004.

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“Democratic Politics in Latin America: New Debates and Research Frontiers,” Center for International Studies, University of Southern California, November 12, 2003

“Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: Theoretical and Methodological Issues,” Center for Democracy and the Third Sector, Georgetown University, October 3, 2003.

“Characterizing and Explaining Current Latin American Politics,” Department of Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, May 23, 2003.

“Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy and the Rule of Law,” Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, October 15, 2002.

“Democratic Governance: A Latin American Perspective,” Keynote address to conference on “The Colombian Political Crisis.” Department of Political Science, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, April 10-12, 2002.

“Measuring Democracy. Evaluating Alternative Indices,” Quality of Democracy Working Group and the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, April 4, 2001.

“Democracy Studies: Agendas, Findings, Challenges,” Center for Latin American Studies, University of California, Berkeley, November 30, 2000; Center for Latin American Studies, Florida International University, December 18, 2000; Stanford Workshop in Comparative Politics & Historical Analysis, Stanford University, November 19, 2001; School of International Relations, University of Southern California, February 7, 2002; Department of Political Science, Brown University, February 21, 2002; Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, March 7, 2002.

“Modeling Regime Change: A Game-Theoretic Approach,” Positive Political Theory seminar, University of California, Berkeley, October 30, 2000.

“Game Theory and Comparative Politics: New Perspectives and Old Concerns,” Center for International and Comparative Studies (CICS) and department of political science, Northwestern University, September 21, 2000; Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, November 16, 2000.

“Game Theory and Transitions. Assessing a New Approach to Comparative Politics,” Wilder House seminar, University of Chicago, March 10, 1999.

“Democratic Transitions in South America and Some Comparisons with Eastern Europe,” Center for International Affairs/David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, December 17, 1996.

“The Politics of Economic Reform. Market-oriented Reforms and Democratization in Chile, Mexico, Argentina and Brazil,” Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, November 30, 1995.

“Economic Reform and Democracy in Argentina, Chile and Mexico,” Center for Latin American Studies, University of California at Berkeley, April 22, 1994.

“Case Studies and the Comparative Method: Comments on Gary King’s and Charles Ragin’s Work,” Political Science Speakers Series, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, March 18, 1993.

“Modes of Transition and their Legacies. Chile’s Transition from Authoritarian Rule in Comparative Perspective,” Department of Political Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, November 14, 1991; Center for Latin American Studies, The University of Chicago, May 20, 1992.

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“Movimientos sociales y democratización en Latinoamerica [Social Movements and Democratization in Latin America],” Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Laborales del Conicet (CEIL-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 17, 1991.

“Labor Politics under Authoritarian Regimes. Argentina, 1976-1983, in Comparative Perspective,” Campus Research Series organized by the Center for Latin American Studies, University of California, Berkeley, October 1989.

Public Activities- Advisory Boards, Policy Sphere and Community Outreach Presentations, and Others

Presenter, “Promoting Democratic Governance: The UNDP’s Role and Contributions,” UNDP/Democratic Governance Group’s (DGG) Dialogue with Partners, UN, New York, December 7, 2009.

Presenter, “Measuring Democracy: Issues and Challenges,” APSA/Berkeley Goldman School Conference �on “Democracy Audits and Governmental Indicators,” Berkeley, Cal., October 30-31, 2009.

Participant, “Access to Information Implementation Assessment Tool,” Preparation Meeting, the Carter Center, Washington, DC, August 23-24, 2009.

Presenter, “General Policy Propositions,” meeting on the EU’s role in Democracy Building in Latin America and the Caribbean, a consultation organized by International IDEA in cooperation with the Organization of American States (OAS), Washington, DC, March 22-24, 2009.

Presenter, “Revisiting the OAS’s Methodology, of Electoral Observation,” Organization of American States, Washington, DC, February 23-24, 2009.

Presenter, “Citizenship in Latin America: Current State, Tendencies and Challenges” at the conference on “Democracia, Bienestar y Ciudadanía en América Latina,” Organization of American States (OAS), Rio de Janeiro, December 5-6, 2008.

Participant, “Democracy for Development-Development for Democracy,” an international Round Table on the occasion of the first International Democracy Day, co-organized by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) of the United Nations, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations, New York, September 12, 2008.

Presenter (with Angela Hawken), “A Corruption Monitoring System for Afghanistan,” UNDP workshop, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 13, 2008.

Discussant, Papers on Ecuador and Peru, Meeting of the International Research Network on Democracy in the Andes, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, July 8-9, 2008.

Participant, Workshop to Evaluate the OAS’s System of Political Analysis and Multiple Scenarios, Organization of American States (OAS), Washington, D.C., May 5, 2008.

Member, Academic Advisory Council, network for reporting on the state of democracy in the Andean region, Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions, University of British Columbia, April 2008-present. Meetings in Lima, Peru, December 14-15, 2007; Vancouver, Canada, July 8-9, 2008.

Presenter, “La calidad de la democracia en América Latina: Retos y contexto regional,” Asociación Civil Crecer en Democracia, Centro Cultural Islas Malvinas, December 17, 2007.

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Presenter, “The Electoral Democracy Index,” at conference on The State of Democracy in the Andes: Building an International Research Network, Lima, Peru, December 14-15, 2007.

Presenter, “Criteria and Methods of Election Observation: The OAS’s Perspective,” at the Second International Meeting on the Implementation of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation, Organization of American States, Washington, DC, November 14-15, 2007.

Member, Organization of American States (OAS), Democracy Practitioners Network, November 2007-present.

Chair, Panel on “The Role of the OAS in Electoral Observation,” at the International Forum on The 2005-2006 Electoral Cycle in the Americas: A Review of the OAS General Secretariat, Panama, June 2, 2007.

Presenter, conference on “Better Understanding Democratic Transitions and Consolidation to Guide Democracy Assistance,” The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Committee on the Evaluation of USAID Democracy Assistance Programs (CEUDAP) and the Center on Democracy, Development, and Rule of Law (CDDRL) at Stanford University, Stanford, March 5-6, 2007.

Presenter, “Democracy in Latin America: Recent Developments and Old Challenges,” Pasadena Senior Center, Pasadena, California, January 30, 2007.

Participant, conference on “Democracy Indicators for Democracy Assistance,” The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and Boston University, January 26-27, 2007.

Presenter (with Angela Hawken), “Measuring Corruption. A Critical Assessment and a Proposal,” East Asia Stakeholders Consultation, Asia Pacific Human Development Report, Bangkok, Thailand, October 6, 2006.

Presenter, “Criteria and Methods for Election Observation,” Organization of American States (OAS), Washington, DC, June 12, 2006; October 2, 2006.

Member, Election Observation Missions, Organization of American States (OAS), Peru, May 30-June 6, 2006; Ecuador, October 12-16 and November 22-27, 2006; Nicaragua, October 21-22 and November 2-8, 2006; Venezuela, November 20-December 5, 2006; Guatemala, September 7-9, 2007; Costa Rica, October 5-7, 2007.

Discussant, conference on “The 2006 Global Integrity Indicators and Codebook,” Global Integrity, Washington, DC, May 10, 2006.

Presenter and discussant, workshop on “Candidate Indicators for Democracy Support Index,” United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, May 5-6, 2006.

Presenter, “Measuring Democracy,” meeting on “Friends of the Inter-American Democratic Charter,” The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, April 25-26, 2006.

Presenter, “An Update of the Index of Electoral Democracy. Latin America, 1960-2005,” at conference on “Updating the Electoral Democracy Index,” United Nations Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNDP-RBLAC), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, March 27, 2006.

Discussant, workshop on “Social Cohesion in Latin America,” United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and University of La Plata, Argentina, December 5, 2005.

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Member, Advisory Council, Measuring the Disclosure of Party and Election Finance in Latin America, the Carter Center and Transparency International, December 2005-2006.

Discussant, workshop on “Globalization, State and Citizenship,” United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and USC Center for Public Diplomacy, Los Angeles, October 29, 2005.

Participant, conference on “Citizenship and Democracy in Mexico: Indicators of the Quality of Citizenship,” United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Mexico City, October 4, 2005.

Presenter, “Conceptual Note on Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law,” at the conference on “Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law,” Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Costa Rica, September 5-7, 2005.

Member, Advisory Group, Strategic and Operational Research Agenda (SORA), USAID’s Democracy and Governance Office, June-July 2005.

Presenter, “Monitoring the Electoral Process,” Plenary Session, Regional Meeting of the Federal Electoral Institute (Instituto Federal Electoral [IFE]), Guadalajara, Mexico, May 17, 2005.

Participant, meeting on “Engaging the Inter-American Democratic Charter,” The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, November 16-17, 2004.

Presenter, “Democracy and Institutions in Latin America,” conference on “Toward the Strengthening of Democratic Governability,” Department of Democratic and Political Affairs, Organization of American States (OAS), and the Latin American Center of Georgetown University, Washington, DC, October 21-22, 2004.

Presenter, “A Critical Review of the Public Integrity Index,” conference on “The Global Integrity Report: Findings, Feedback & Future,” The Center for Public Integrity, Washington, DC, July 8, 2004.

Presenter, of the UNDP report on Democracy in Latin America, briefing of staff of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on the UNDP report on Democracy in Latin America, Washington, DC, June 4, 2004; at meeting hosted by the US House of Representatives, co-organized by the UNDP and the Inter-American Dialogue, Washington, DC, July 7, 2004; Whittier College, Whittier, Cal., November 5, 2004; Annual Retreat 2004 of the Democratic Governance Group, UNDP, Manila, November 19-22, 2004; and Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económicas Administrativas (CUCEA), University of Guadalajara, Mexico, May 18, 2005.

Presenter, “Using Measures of Democracy to Monitor Compliance with the Organization of American States’ (OAS) Inter-American Democratic Chanter,” at meeting on “Strengthening Application of Inter-American Democratic Charter,” The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, May 19, 2004.

Presenter, “Indicators of Democracy and the Electoral Democracy Index,” Workshop on the report on Democracy in Latin America, United Nations Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNDP-RBLAC), Bogotá, Colombia, April 1-2, 2004; Panama, April 15-16, 2004.

Presenter, “The Index of Electoral Democracy. Latin America, 1960-2002,” at conference on “Updating the Electoral Democracy Index,” United Nations Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNDP-RBLAC), New York, July 21, 2003.

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Presenter, “Measures of Democracy, Governance and Rule of Law: An Overview of Cross-National Data Sets,” for “Moving Out of Poverty” project, of the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network, World Bank, July 15-17, 2003.

Presenter, “Democratic Governance,” Advanced Engineering Associates International/USAID seminar on “Public Involvement in Energy Sector Reform,” Washington, DC, May 1, 2003.

Participant, Methodology Workshop, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-Georgetown Project on Conflict Prevention and Early Warning in Latin America, Georgetown University, May 28-29, 2002.

Presenter, “The State of the Art of Indicators on Democratic Governability,” Meeting of working groups on governability, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Costa Rica, February 3-4, 2002.

Participant, Latin American Regional Consultation on the Human Development Report 2002, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Costa Rica, February 2, 2002.

Participant, International Workshop on “The Quality of Democracy and Human Development in Latin America,” Proyecto Estado de la Nación en Desarrollo Humano Sostenible and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Costa Rica, February 1-2, 2002.

Presenter, “Corralitos, Cacerolazos and Pesificación: A Political-Institutional Reading of the Argentine Crisis,” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, January 29, 2002.

Presenter, first consultative meeting for a project on “Profiles in Democracy and Governance,” aimed at constructing an index on democracy and governability. The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, October 30, 2001.

Presenter, “The State of Democratization. Global Trends and Research Frontiers,” for lecture series on “The Globalization of Democracy,” organized by the International Studies Program, Loyola University, Chicago, October 3, 2001.

Presenter, “Democracy in Global Perspective: Achievements and Lingering Problems,” Globalization Series, Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 11, 2001.

Participant, International Workshop on the Quality of Democracy, focused on the preparation of the Report of the Citizens’ Audit on the Quality of Democracy in Costa Rica. Proyecto Estado de la Nación en Desarrollo Humano Sostenible and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Costa Rica, December 15-16, 2000.

Presenter, “The Cuban-American Feud as Viewed by Latin Americans,” 30th Annual Central Illinois World Affairs Conference, Peoria World Affairs Council, Peoria, Illinois, March 3-4, 2000.

Presenter, “Political Dynamics in Latin America,” Conference on “Latin America at the Crossroad,” Eighth Annual Summer Program on International Affairs, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, June 24, 1998.

Presenter, “Mexico’s Changing Political System,” Conference organized by the International Program & Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, May 19, 1998.

Presenter, “Current Political Trends in Chile, Brazil, and Peru,” Illinois Agricultural Leadership Foundation Seminar, February 11, 1998.

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Presenter, “The Mexican Political System,” Illinois International Fellows Program Lecture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, May 17, 1995.

Presenter, “Mexico: The New Economic Crisis and the Situation in Chiapas,” Global Review, Illinois State University, February 16, 1995.

Presenter, “Mexico,” Whiteside Forum 150, Morrison, Il., October 22, 1994. Presenter, “Haiti: Confronting the Current Crisis,” Global Review, Illinois State

University, October 6, 1994. Presenter, “Economic Reform and Its Political Consequences. The Cases of Argentina,

Chile and Mexico,” Comparative Politics Brown Bag Seminar, Department of Political Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, March 15, 1994.

Presenter, “Third Party Interventions in Conflict Resolution in Latin America,” Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS) symposium, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, February 5, 1994.

Presenter, “Chile’s 1993 Elections: A Vote for Democracy,” the Latin American Brown-Bag Colloquium Series organized by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, January 27, 1994.

Presenter, “From Civil War to Democracy? The Peace Process in El Salvador,” the Latin American Brown-Bag Colloquium Series organized by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, February 4, 1993.

Presenter, “Ideology After the Fall of Communism,” YMCA Fall 1992 Friday Forum Series, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, September 11, 1992.

Presenter, “Fujimori’s Coup in the Context of Peru’s Current Situation,” Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, April 22, 1992.

Presenter, “Social Movements in Democratic Transitions. Brazil, Argentina, and Chile in Comparative Perspective,” the Latin American Brown-Bag Colloquium Series organized by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, November 7, 1991.

Presenter, “Chile in Transition: The View from Across the Andes,” the Latin American Brown-Bag Colloquium Series organized by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, October 1990.

Public Activities-Conference Organizing

Workshop to train people in the application of the OAS’s methodology to evaluate elections, organized with Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Organization of American States (OAS), Dominican Republic, March 21-23, 2007.

Conference on “Updating the Electoral Democracy Index,” organized with Myriam Méndez-Montalvo, sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNDP-RBLAC), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, March 27, 2006.

Conference on “The Electoral Democracy Index,” organized with Myriam Méndez-Montalvo, sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNDP-RBLAC), New York, July 21, 2003.

Conference on “Methodological Foundations for the Statistical Compendium of the report on Democracy in Latin America,” co-sponsored by the United Nations

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Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNDP-RBLAC), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and International IDEA (Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance), New York, August 15-16, 2002.

Conference on “Regimes and Political Change in Latin America,” organized with David Collier, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 6-7, 1999.

Public Activities-Media Appearances and Interviews

Interviews with Univisión, Telemundo, UCSD-TV HemiScope, Washington Post, The Miami Herald, San Diego Union, Bloomberg (Mexico), El Espectador (Bogotá, Colombia), Jornal do Brasil (Rio de Janeiro), El Comercio (Ecuador)

Honors

University of Aarhus (Denmark), Department of Political Science, appointment as Honorary Professor (2008-13).

Selection by the Spanish edition of Foreign Policy (Foreign Policy Edición Española) of Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics as one of "the best 25 books of 2007."

Personal biography selected for inclusion in Marquis Who’s Who in America, 60th edition, 2006.

2003 Award for Conceptual Innovation in Democratic Studies, International Political Science Association (IPSA) Committee on Concepts and Methods (C&M) and Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Mexico, 2003, for “Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: Evaluating Alternative Indices,” Comparative Political Studies (2002).

Selection by Choice Magazine of Authoritarianism and Democratization. Soldiers and Workers in Argentina, 1976-83 (1998) as one of the “Outstanding Academic Titles for 1999.”

Grants and Awards-Education and Research

Travel Grant, Center for International Studies, University of Southern California, to travel to Tbilisi, Georgia, June-July 2005.

Seed Grant (with David Collier), Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame (March 1997).

Visiting Faculty Fellowship, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, Fall 1995, Fall 2002.

Campus Research Board, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, research grants for projects on “Social Movements, Representative Politics, and the Process of Democratic Consolidation in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile,” Fall 1993; on “Old Regimes and Democratization. Post-World War II Politics in the South and East,” academic year 1998-99; and “Measuring Democracy: Constructing a New Data Set,” academic year 2001/02.

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William and Flora Hewlett Summer International Research Grant, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1991, 1996.

Summer Travel Grant, Liberal Arts and Sciences College, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1991.

Field Research Grant, Tinker Foundation, 1991. Bancroft Library Award, University of California at Berkeley, 1989-90. Ph.D. dissertation research, Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Office of

Graduate Studies and Research, and Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, 1987-88.

Tuition Scholarship and Leon F. Goodman Fee Scholarship in the Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, 1984-89.

Friends of the International Center Tuition Scholarship, University of California, San Diego, 1986-87.

Center for Latin American Studies Fellowship, tuition fellowship, Stanford University, 1983-84.

International Center Awards, tuition fellowship, University of New Hampshire, 1981-83.

Grants, Honors and Awards-Teaching

List of Excellent Teachers: Latin American Politics (Spring 1993, Spring 1994, Spring 1998, Fall 2001), Comparative Politics Graduate Proseminar (Spring 1993, Spring 1994, Spring 1996), Graduate seminar on the Comparative Method (Spring 2002), Graduate seminar on Global Democratization (Fall 2001), all at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Outstanding Staff Member award, Panhellenic Association, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, April 1994.

Course Development Fund for Graduate Seminar (with Carol Leff) on “Global Democratization in Comparative Perspective.” Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security and East European and Russia Center, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Summer 1992.

Teaching Experience

Graduate: Proseminar on Theories of Comparative Politics, Democratization, Research Design and Methods

Advanced Undergraduate: Democratization, Latin American Politics Introductory Undergraduate: Introduction to Comparative Politics, Third World Politics,

Latin American Politics Professional Activities-Journal Editorships, Committees and Professional Organizations

Editorial Board Member, Comparative Sociology, 2007-present. Program Convener, International Political Science Association (IPSA) Committee on

Concepts and Methods (C&M), IPSA World Congress, Santiago, Chile, July 12-16, 2009.

Member, Gabriel A. Almond Award Committee, for the best doctoral dissertation in the field of comparative politics, American Political Science Association (APSA), 2007-08.

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Board Member, International Political Science Association (IPSA) Committee on Concepts and Methods (C&M), 2006-09.

Chair, Award Committee, 2006 Award for Conceptual Innovation in Democratic Studies, International Political Science Association (IPSA) Committee on Concepts and Methods (C&M) and Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica (CIDE), Mexico, 2006.

Executive Committee member, Organized Section on Qualitative Methods, American Political Science Association (APSA), 2005-07.

Member, International Editorial Board, Sage Handbook of Comparative Politics, 2005-06.

Member, Editorial Board of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) Committee on Concepts and Methods Working Paper Series, 2005-present.

Member, Giovanni Sartori Book Award Committee, Organized Section for Qualitative Methods, American Political Science Association (APSA), 2004.

Member, Luebbert Article Award Committee, Comparative Politics section, American Political Science Association (APSA), 2003.

Book Review Editor, Studies in Comparative International Development, 2000-03. Vice-Chair, American Political Science Association (APSA) Committee on Concepts and

Methods (C & M, formerly Committee on Conceptual and Terminological Analysis [COCTA]), 2000-02.

Screening panel, International Dissertation Fellowship Program (IDFP) of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), four-year term (1997-2000).

Screening panel, International Predissertation Fellowship Program (IPFP) of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), three-year term (1996-98).

Workshop Co-chair, 1995 International Predissertation Fellowship Program (IPFP) Conference, Social Science Research Council (SSRC), New York City, October 19-22, 1995.

Professional Activities-Manuscript and Proposal Review

Journals American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Perspectives on Politics, World Politics, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Studies in Comparative International Development, International Studies Quarterly, European Journal of Political Research, Democratization, Party Politics, Review of International Political Economy, Journal of Historical Sociology, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, Comparative Sociology, Journal of Latin American Studies, Latin American Research Review, Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, Bulletin of Latin American Research, Desarrollo Económico (Argentina), Revista de Ciencia Política (Chile), Politische Vierteljahresschrift (German Political Science Quarterly)

Books Publishers Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Stanford University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, MIT Press, Pennsylvania State University Press, Polity Press, Westview Press, Addison Wesley Longman.

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Grants National Science Foundation (NSF); Social Science Research Council (SSRC); Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l’Aide `a la Recherche (Fonds FCAR), Québec, Canada; Secretaría para la Ciencia, Tecnología y la Innovación Productiva, Ministerio de Cultura y Educación, Argentina; City University of New York (CUNY); University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Professional Activities-Memberships/Honor Societies

American Political Science Association (APSA) Latin American Studies Association (LASA) International Political Science Association (IPSA) Phi Beta Delta (1989). Pi Gamma Mu, International Honor Society in Social Science (1983).

Institutional Affiliations

Member, Pacific Council on International Policy (2007-08) Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS), University

of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Faculty Associate, 1993-2002). Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign (1990-2002). University Service

School of International Relations, University of Southern California Steering Committee, POIR (Political Science and International Relations) Ph.D.

program, 2006-09. Center for International Studies (CIS), Advisory Board, 2008-09. Coordinator Comparative Politics field, POIR (Political Science and International

Relations) Ph.D. program, 2006-09. MA program advisor, 2008-09. Financial Aid and MA Admissions Committee, Spring 2009. Latin American Initiative, 2006. Proposal of a Latin American Studies minor. McCone chair, search committee, 2006-07. Curriculum Committee, 2005-06. Graduate Methods Requirements Committee, 2005. Admissions Committee, 2004-06. Faculty Adviser, USC Volunteer Latin America, 2007-10.

Department of Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Member, Advisory Committee, 1997-99. Head, Comparative Politics area, 1997-99.

Job Searches: Chair: Comparative Politics (Fall 1998/Spring 1999, Fall 1999/Spring 2000); Committee member: Comparative Politics (Fall 1996, Fall 1997, Fall 2001), International Relations (Fall 1996, Fall 1997), Latino Studies (Fall 1993, Fall 1994).

Graduate Admissions & Awards Committee, 1992-98, 2000-01.

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Graduate Program Review Committee, Fall 1997, Fall 1999-Spring 2000.

Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign

Executive Committee, 1992-95, 1996-99, 2001-02. FLAS Research Grant Committee, 1995, 1997. Tinker Research Grant Committee, 1992-94, 1996-97.