Curriculum Vitae

Karen Remmer

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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

Areas of Research: Latin America, Democratization,Economic Development, Military Governance

Professional Experience / Employment History

Duke University: Professor, Department of Political Science, 2001-present

University of New Mexico: Professor, Department of Political Science, 1974-2001

Lewis and Clark College: Professor, Department of Political Science, 1973-1974

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions: Field Research Awards, Mellon Foundation, 1985, 1988
Cited as "outstanding teacher", 1984
Research Allocation Committee Awards, 1975, 1981, 1988
Title IV Fellowship, N.D.E.A., 1967-1970

Conferences Organized: Conference on Political Competition and Government Policy, 2007; Is Mexico Turning Left? The 2006 Elections and the Future of Mexican Democracy, February 25, 2006; Workshop on Poverty and Democracy, February 2006; Industrial Upgrading: Domestic Institutions and Global Value Chains, December 2005

Professional Service

Dept Officer: Department Chair, University of New Mexico, 1989-1993

Faculty Computer Liaison: Co-Chair, Comparative Politics Search Committee, November 2006

Dept Committees: Member, Graduate Affairs Committee, September, 2004 - 2006, 2007-2008; Graduate Affairs Committee, 9/04-6/05; Senior IR Search, 2005; Chair, Comparative Politics Search Committee, Autumn 2004; Co-Chair, Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2003; Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2001-2002; Chairperson, Reallocation Committee on Graduate Studies, 1991-1992; Member, Graduate Committee, 1986-77, 1993-95, 1996-99; Member, Executive Committee, 1979-80, 1984-85; Member, Recruitment, 1975-89, 1997-98, 1999; Member, Undergraduate Curriculum, 1975-1976

University Committee: Duke Council on Latin American Studies, 2001-present; Steering Committee,Working Group on Economic and Political Regimes, Duke-UNC Consortium on Latin American Studies, 2001-present; Executive Committee, Duke-Carolina Consortium for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, December 9, 2003 - July 1, 2005; Member, NAFTA/MERCOSUR Research Steering Committee, 1988-1989; Member, Advisory Board, Latin American Data Base, 1994-1995; Member, Search Committee, A & S Dean, 1992-1993; Member, Arts and Science Women's Caucus Steering Committee, 1989-1993; Member, Dean;s Advisory Committee on Promotion, Arts and Sciences, 1988-1989; Member, Program Subcommittee, Latin American Institute, 1986-1987; Member, Program Subcommittee, Latin American Institute, 1985-1987; Member, Campus Planning Committee, 1985-1987; Member, Dean's Advisory Committee on Tenure, Arts and Sciences, 1985-1986; Member, Interdisciplinary Committee on Latin American Studies, 1984-87, 1989-95, 1996-99; Member, Library Subcommittee, Latin American Institute, 1983-85, 1990-93; Member, Grants and Awards Subcommittee, Latin American Institute, 1981-93, 1998-99; Member, Tinker/UNM Research Selection Committee, 1980, 1982; Alternate, Policy Committee, Latin American Faculty Concilium, 1978-1979; Member, Senate Long Range Planning Committee, 1978; Member, Inter-American Foundation Fellowship Screening Committee, 1977-1979; Member, Arts and Sciences Committee on Academic Programs, 1977-1978; Member, Arts and Sciences Latin American Search Committee, 1977-1978; Member, Title VI Fellowship Screening Committee, 1976, 1982-84; Member, Faculty Senate, 1976-1978; Member, Senate Committee on Graduate Programs and Standards, 1976-1978; Faculty Advisor, Student Organization for Latin American Studies, 1975-1978

University Services: Member, Undergraduate Overseas Summer Research Award Selection Committee, Center for International Studies, Spring 2002; Member, FLAS and Title VI Selection Committee, Latin American Studies, Spring 2002; Assistant Director, Division of Inter-American Affairs, 1974-1980

Papers Refereed: Editorial Board Membership on 6 journals, 2004-

Other: Secretary-Treasurer, Comparative Politics Section, American Political Science Association, 2004 - 2007; Chair, Nominating Committee, American Political Science Association, 2004-2006; Member, Heinz Eulau Award Committee, American Political Science Association, 2001; Member, Editorial Selection Committee for Political Research Quarterly, 1998-1999; Member, Senior Fellowship Review Panel, 1997; Chair, Nominating Commitee, Comparative Politics Section, 1996-1997; Program Chair, Comparative Politics Section, 1995-1996; Member, Editoral Boards, 1994-present
World Politics, 2003-present International Interactions, 1999-present American Political Science Review, 1995-2000 Journal of Politics, 1997-present American Journal of Political Science, 1997- present Political Research Quarterly, 1996-present International Studies Quarterly, 1994-1998, 2003- present; Chair, Social Science Research Council Selection Committee for Dissertation Fellowships in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1994-1996; Member, Social Science Research Council Selection Committee for Dissertation Fellowships in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1993-1994; Member, Committee on Democracy and States in Transition, National Academy of Sciences, 1993-1996; Member, Bryce Wood Book Award Committee, 1988-1991; Co-President, Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies, 1979-1980; Chairperson, Latin American Program, April 1977

Selected Recent Invited Talks: "Does Foreign Aid Cause Big Government?", University of Montreal, March 11, 2003; "The Impact of Globalization: The Argentine and Brazilian Experiences", Keynote speaker for Conference on Globalization, Hampden-Syndney College, October 2002; "Subnational Economic Voting: The Argentine Experience", Texas A&M University, April 2002; The Subnational Politics of Economic Adjustment, Department of Political Science, University of California at Los Angeles, January 21, 1999; "Democratization of Post-Authoritarian Latin America", Department of Politics, Princeton University, April 1, 1992; "The Economic Impact of Elections in Latin America", Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina, January 13, 1992; "The Political Economy of Elections", Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, March 16, 1992; "The Political Economy of Latin American Elections", Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, April 1, 1992

Doctoral Theses Directed: Christina Schatzman, (2005); Mary Bellman, (2003); Francois Gelineau, (2002); Erik Wibbels, (2000); Caroline Beer, (2000); Kevin Morrison, (2007); Matthew Singer, (2007)

Publications

Books

K. Remmer, Military Rule In Latin America (1989), Boston: Unwin Hyman (paperback version published Boulder: Westview Press, 1991.).
K. Remmer, Party Competition and Public Policy: Argentina and Chile, 1890-1930 (1984), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

Chapters in Books

K. Remmer, Elections and Economics in Contemporary Latin America, in Post-Reform Politics in Latin America: Competition, Transition, Collapse [Spanish version: La politica posterior a la reforma de mercado en america latina: competencia, transicion, colapso, 2003], edited by Carol Wise and Riordan Roett (2003), Brookings.
K. Remmer, Democratization in Latin America, in Global Transformation and the Third World, edited by Robert O. Slater, Barry M. Schutz, and Steven R. Dorr (1993), Boulder: Lynne Rienner.
K. Remmer, Debt or Democracy? The Political Impact of the Debt Crisis in Latin America, in Financing Latin American Growth: Prospects for the 1990s, edited by David Felix (1990), pp. 63-78, Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe.
K. Remmer, Commentary, in Contemporary Political Systems: Classifications and Typologies, edited by Anton Bebler and James Seroka (1990), pp. 356-362, Boulder: Lynne Rienner.
K. Remmer, Evaluating the Policy Impact of Military Regimes in Latin America, in Armies and Politics in Latin America, rev. ed., edited by Abraham F. Lowenthal and J. Samuel Fitch (1986), New York: Homes and Meier.
K. Remmer, Chile: The Breakdown of Democracy, in Latin America: Its Problems and Its Promise, edited by Jan Knippers Black (1984), Boulder: Westview Press.
K. Remmer with Gilbert Merkx, Mobilization and Demobilization in Latin America: The Role of Bureaucratic-Authoritarian Regimes, in Current Latin American Issues and Research, edited by John J. Brasch (1979), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Chile and the 'Peaceful' Road to Socialism, in New Perspectives on Latin America, edited by Karen L. Remmer and Gilbert W. Merkx (1976), New York: MSS Information Corp..

Journal Articles

K. Remmer, The Politics of Institutional Change: Electoral Reform in Latin America, 1978-2002, Party Politics (December, 2007).
K. Remmer, The Political Economy of Patronage Expenditure Patterns in the Argentine Provinces, 1983-2003, Journal of Politics (May, 2007).
François Gelineau and K. Remmer, Political Decentralization and Electoral Accountability: The Argentine Experience 1983-2001, British Journal of Political Science, vol. 36 (2005), pp. 133-57.
K. Remmer, Does Foreign Aid Promote the Expansion of Government?, American Journal of Political Science, vol. 48 (January 2004), pp. 77-92.
K. Remmer and Francois Gelineau, Subnational Electoral Choice: Economic and Referendum Voting in Argentina, 1983-1999, Comparative Political Studies (September, 2003).
K. Remmer, The Politics of Economic Policy and Performance in Latin America, Journal of Public Policy, vol. 22 (Jan.-April 2002), pp. 29-59.
K. Remmer with Erik Wibbels, The Political Economy of Decentralization in Latin America, APSA-CP Newsletter, vol. 11 no. 1 (Winter, 2000), pp. 28-31.
K. Remmer with Erik Wibbels, The Subnational Politics of Economic Adjustment: Provincial Politics and Fiscal Performance in Argentina, Comparative Political Studies, vol. 33 (May, 2000), pp. 419-451.
K. Remmer, Regime Sustainability in the Latin Caribbean, 1944-1994, Journal of Developing Areas, vol. 33 (Spring, 1999), pp. 331-354.
K. Remmer, The Politics of Neoliberal Economic Reform in South America, Studies in Comparative International Development, vol. 33 (Summer 1998), pp. 3-29.
K. Remmer, Does Democracy Promote Interstate Cooperation? Lessons from the Mercosur Region, International Studies Quarterly, vol. 42 (1998), pp. 25-52.
K. Remmer, Theoretical Decay and Theoretical Development: The Resurgence of Institutional Analysis, World Politics, vol. 50 (October, 1997), pp. 34-61.
K. Remmer, The Sustainability of Political Democracy: Lessons from South America, Comparative Political Studies, vol. 29 (1996), pp. 611-634.
K. Remmer, Theoretical Perspectives on Democratization, Comparative Politics (1995), pp. 103-122.
K. Remmer, The Political Economy of Elections in Latin America, 1980-1991, American Political Science Review, vol. 87 (1993), pp. 393-407.
K. Remmer, The Process of Democratization in Latin America, Studies in Comparative International Development, vol. 27 (Winter 1992-1993), pp. 1-24.
K. Remmer, Economic Crisis and Elections in Latin America, 1982-1990, American Political Science Review, vol. 85 (September 1991), pp. 777-800.
K. Remmer, New Wine or Old Bottlenecks? The Study of Latin American Democracy, Comparative Politics, vol. 23 (July 1991), pp. 479-495.
K. Remmer, Democracy and Economic Crisis: The Latin American Experience, World Politics, vol. XLII (April 1990), pp. 315-335.
K. Remmer, State Change in Chile, 1973-1978, Studies in Comparative International Development, vol. XXIV (Fall 1989), pp. 5-30.
K. Remmer, Neopatrimonialism: The Politics of Military Rule in Chile, 1973-1987, Comparative Politics, vol. XX (January 1989), pp. 149-70.
K. Remmer, The Chilean Military under Authoritarian Rule, Occasional Papers (March 1988), Latin American Institute, University of New Mexico.
K. Remmer, The Politics of Economic Stabilization: IMF Standby Programs in Latin America, 1954-1984, Comparative Politics, vol. XIX (October 1986), pp. 1-24 (reprinted in Paul W. Drake, ed., Money Doctors, Foreign Debts, and Economic Reforms in Latin America from the 1890s to the Present (Wilmington: Scholarly Resources, 1994), pp. 175-201.).
K. Remmer, Redemocratization and the Impact of Authoritarian Rule in Latin America, Comparative Poltiics, vol. XVII (April 1985), pp. 253-275.
K. Remmer, Exclusionary Democracy, Studies in Comparative International Development, vol. XX (Winter 1985-1986), pp. 64-85.
K. Remmer with Gilbert Merkx, Bureaucratic-Authoritarianism Revisited, Latin American Research Review, vol. XXVI no. 2 (1982), pp. 3-40.
K. Remmer, Political Demobilization in Chile, 1973-1978, Comparative Politics, vol. XII (April 1980), pp. 275-301.
K. Remmer, Pinochet's Chile, Worldview (October 1979), pp. 36-40.
K. Remmer, Public Policy and Regime Consolidation: The First Five Years of the Chilean Junta, Journal of the Developing Areas, vol. XIII (July 1979), pp. 441-461.
K. Remmer, Evaluating the Policy Impact of Military Regimes in Latin America, Latin American Research Review, vol. XIII no. 2 (1978), pp. 39-54.
K. Remmer, The Timing, Pace and Sequence of Political Change: Chile, 1891-1925, Hispanic American Historical Review, vol. 57 (May 1977), pp. 205-230.
K. Remmer, Economic Dependency and Political Conflict: Chile and Argentina, 1890-1925, Studies in Comparative International Development, vol. XI (Summer 1976), pp. 3-24.

Papers Accepted

K. Remmer with Francois Gelineau, Political Decentralization and Electoral Accountability: The Argentine Experience, 1983-2001, British Journal of Political Science (forthcoming).
K. Remmer, The Political Economy of Elections in Latin America, Latin American Studies Association, Washington, D.C. (September 6-8, 2000).

Book Reviews

Julio Faundez, Marxism and Democracy in Chile: 1932 to the Fall of Allende, Studies in Comparative International Development, vol. 25 no. 2 (Summer 1990), pp. 126-127.
John D. Martz, Politics and Petroleum in Ecuador, American Political Science Review, vol. 82 no. 3 (September 1988), pp. 1017-1018.
Edy Kaufman, Crisis in Allende's Chile: New Perspectives, Inter-American Review of Bibliography, vol. XXXVIII no. 2 (1988), pp. 216-218.
Military Rule in Chile: Dictatorship and Oppositions, edited by J. Samuel Valenzuela and Arturo Valenzuela, American Political Science Review, vol. 81 no. 2 (June 1987), pp. 667-669.
Paul Drake and Eduardo Silva, Elections and Democratization in Latin America, 1980-1985, Hispanic American Historical Review, vol. 67 no. 2 (May 1987), pp. 341-341.
Thomas C. Wright, Landowners and Reform in Chile: The Sociedad Nacional de Argicultura, South Eastern Latin Americanist, vol. XXVI (September 1982), pp. 42.
John Dinges and Saul Landau, Assassination on Embassy Row, Hispanic American Historical Review, vol. 61 (November 1981), pp. 784-786 (also Donald Freed, Death in Washington: The Murder of Orlando Letelier.).
Elsa Chaney, Supermadre: Women in Politics in Latin America, Journal of Politics, vol. XLIII (May 1981), pp. 613.
Natalio R. Botana, El orden conservador: La politica argentina entre 1880 y 1916, Hispanic American Historical Review, vol. 59 (November 1979), pp. 760-761.
John A. Booth and Mitchell A. Seligson, Political Participation in Latin America: Vol. I: Citizen and State, Journal of the Developing Areas, vol. 13 (October 1979), pp. 82-83.
Barbara Stallings, Class Conflict and Economic Development in Chile, 1958-1973, South Eastern Latin Americanist, vol. 23 (September 1979), pp. 10-11.
Abraham F. Lowenthal, Armies and Politics in Latin America, Journal of Politics, vol. 40 (May 1978), pp. 570.
M. Weinstein, Uruguay: The Politics of Failure, Journal of the Developing Areas, vol. X (July 1976), pp. 518-519.
Joel S. Migdal, Peasants, Politics and Revolution: Pressures toward Political and Social Change in the Third World, Western Political Quarterly, vol. XXIX (March 1976), pp. 159-160.

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