Karen Remmer, Faculty

Office Location:	401 Perkins Library, Box 90204
Office Phone:	(919) 660-4309
Email Address:

Teaching (Spring 2010):

• POLSCI 299BS.01, ADV TOP IN GOVT & POL (COMP) Synopsis

  Allen 306, W 04:25 PM-06:55 PM

Education:

PhD	University of Chicago	1974
M.A.	University of Chicago	1968
Additional Training	London School of Economics and Political Science and Harvard University, 1967	1968
B.A	Wellesley College	1966

Specialties:

Comparative Politics

Research Interests: Latin America, Democratization,Economic Development, Military Governance

Areas of Interest:

Comparative politics
Comparative Political Economy
Latin American Politics
Comparative Democratic Development
Authoritarian Politics

Current Ph.D. Students  

• Damon Palmer  
• Matthew Singer  
• Gustavo Rodriguez  
• Kevin Morrison  
• Sinziana Popa  
• Marco Fernandez  
• Lorena Becerra  

Recent Publications

1. K. Remmer, “The Politics of Institutional Change: Electoral Reform in Latin America, 1978-2002, Party Politics, vol. 14 no. 1 (January, 2008), pp. 5-30  [abs]
2. K. Remmer, The Impact of Political Scale on Turnout, Comparative Political Studies (Forthcoming)
3. K. Remmer, The Political Economy of Patronage Expenditure Patterns in the Argentine Provinces, 1983-2003, Journal of Politics (May, 2007)  [abs]
4. François Gelineau and K. Remmer, Political Decentralization and Electoral Accountability: The Argentine Experience 1983-2001, British Journal of Political Science, vol. 36 (2006), pp. 133-57
5. K. Remmer, Does Foreign Aid Promote the Expansion of Government?, American Journal of Political Science, vol. 48 (January 2004), pp. 77-92  [abs]