The
Center publishes
two series, Working Papers, which highlight
scholarly research on Latin America, and Policy
Papers, which
focus on current issues in public policy.
(Please
note: All papers are formatted for two-sided printing.
The blank pages are intentional.)
Historical Timing and Party Building in "Third Wave" Democracies:
The Latin American Experience
(June 2013 / Paper No. 32)
[download paper as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
The Art of Fernando Botero
(May 2012 / Paper No. 31)
Juan Carlos Botero
[download paper as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
In China’s Mirror
(March 2012 / Paper No. 30)
Antônio Barros de Castro
[download paper as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
Investigative Journalism and Access to Information in Mexico
(April 2011 / Paper No. 29)
Kate Doyle
[abstract] [download paper as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
The Bachelet Administration:
The Normalization of Politics?
(August 2009 / Paper No. 28)
Peter Siavelis & Kirsten Sehnbruch
[abstract] [download paper as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
A Record Number of Conflicts?
Michelle Bachelet’s Inheritance of Unresolved Employment Issues
(July 2009 / Paper No. 27)
Kirsten Sehnbruch
[abstract] [download paper as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
Decentralization and Access to Social Services in Colombia
(April 2009 / Paper No. 26)
Jean-Paul Faguet and Fabio Sánchez
[abstract] [download paper as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
After the Water War: Contemporary Political Culture in Cochabamba, Bolivia
(February 2009 / Paper No. 25)
Sarah Hines, Michael Shanks, Cristina Cielo
[abstract] [download paper as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
Governance from Below in Bolivia: A Theory of Local Government with Two Empirical Tests*
(February 2009 / Paper No. 24)
Jean-Paul Faguet
[abstract] [download paper as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
Mythical
Terrain and the Building of Mexico’s
UNAM
(October 2008 / Paper No. 23)
René Davids
[abstract] [download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
Innovative Firms in Three Emerging Economies: Comparing
the Brazilian, Mexican, and Argentinean Industrial Elite
(October 2008 / Paper No. 22)
Glauco Arbix
[abstract] [download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
Dangerous Spaces of Citizenship: Gang Talk, Rights Talk,
and Rule of Law in Brazil
(August 2008 / Paper No. 21)
James Holston
[abstract] [download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
Climbing Up the Technology Ladder? High-
Technology Exports
in China and Latin America
(January 2008 / Paper No. 20)
Kevin P. Gallagher
Roberto Porzecanski
[abstract] [download paper as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
Coalitional
Choices and Strategic Challenges:
The Landless Movement in Brazil, 1970–2005
(September 2007 / Paper No. 19)
Wendy Muse Sinek
[abstract] [download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
Art
and Violence
(August 2007 / Paper No. 18)
Thomas
W. Laqueur
Francine Masiello
[abstract] [download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
Torture,
Human Rights, and Terrorism
(August 2007 / Paper No. 17)
Aryeh
Neier
Jenny Martinez
[abstract] [download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
The
Chilean Presidential Elections of 2005–2006:
More Continuity than Change
(October 2006 / Paper No. 16)
Kirsten
Sehnbruch
[abstract] [download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
Re-Regulating
the Mexican Gulf
(February 2006 / Paper No. 15)
Anna
Zalik
[abstract] [download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
FDI
as a Sustainable Development Strategy: Evidence from
Mexican Manufacturing
(Paper No. 14 / June 2005)
Kevin
P. Gallagher
[abstract] [download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
Economic Integration and the Environment in Mexico
(Paper No. 13 / June 2005)
Kevin
P. Gallagher
[abstract] [download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
Privatized
Unemployment Insurance: Can Chile’s New Unemployment Insurance
Scheme Serve as a Model for Other Developing Countries?
(Paper No. 12 / December 2004)
Kirsten
Sehnbruch
[abstract] [download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
Urban
Planning: Innovations From Brazil
(Paper No. 11 / November 2004)
Jorge
Wilheim
[abstract] [download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
La
evolución política de Chile (1988-2003)
(Paper No. 10 / September 2004)
Jorge
Arrate
[abstract] [download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
From
the Quantity to the Quality of Employment: An Application
of the Capability Approach to the Chilean Labor Market
(Paper No. 9 / May 2004)
Kirsten
Sehnbruch
[abstract] [download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
The
Organizations of Unemployed Workers in Greater Buenos
Aires
(Paper No. 8 / March 2004)
Gabriela
Delamata
[abstract] [download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
Work,
Development and Globalization
(Paper No. 7
/ February 2004)
Harley
Shaiken
[abstract] [download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
Cycles
of Electoral Democracy in Latin America, 1900-2000
(Paper No. 6 / January 2004)
Peter
Smith
[abstract] [download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
MERCOSUR
Economic Issues: Successes, Failures and Unfinished
Business
(Paper No. 5 / January 2004)
Paulo
Paiva and Ricardo Gazel
[abstract] [download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
Trade
Strategies in the Context of Economic Regionalism: The
Case of Mercosur (Paper No. 4 / June 2003)
Alcides
Costa Vaz
[abstract] [download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
The
United States and Illegal Crops in Colombia: The Tragic Mistake
of Futile Fumigation
(Paper No. 3 / June 2003)
Juan
Gabriel Tokatlian
[abstract] [download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
Diverging
Trade Strategies in Latin America: An Analytical Framework
(Paper No. 2 / May 2003)
Vinod
K. Aggarwal and Ralph H. Espach
[abstract] [download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
Progressive
Governance for the 21st Century: The Brazilian Experience (Paper
No. 1 / October 2001)
Vilmar
Faria and Eduardo Graeff with Ana María Lopes
de Almeida, Sérgio Fausto, Sergio Florêncio
and Cláudia Maciel
[abstract] [download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
POLICY
PAPERS
Effective Renewable Energy Policy: Leave It to the States?
(April 2011 / Paper No. 10)
Steven Weissman
[abstract][download paper as Acrobat (.pdf) file]
Transparency and Accountability:
The Changing U.S. Perspective
(August 2009 / Paper No. 9)
Kristin L. Adair
[download paper as Acrobat (.pdf) file]
Mexico’s
Deteriorating Oil Outlook: Implications and Energy Options
for the Future
(March
2008 / Paper No. 8)
David
Shields
[download paper as Acrobat (.pdf) file]
Global and U.S. Immigration: Patterns, Issues, and Outlook
(March 2008 / Paper No. 7)
Philip
Martin
[download paper as Acrobat (.pdf) file]
Long
Road to the Voto Postal: Mexican Policy and People
of Mexican Origin in the U.S.
(February 2006 / Paper No. 6)
David
R. Ayón
[download paper
as Acrobat (.pdf) file]
Meeting
the Need for Safe Drinking Water in Rural Mexico through
Point-of-Use Treatment
(February 2006 / Paper No. 5; in Spanish, 5S)
Micah
Lang, Forest Kaser, Fermin Reygadas, Kara Nelson, & Daniel
M. Kammen
[download paper as Acrobat (.pdf) file in English or
in Spanish]
Pemex: Problems
and Policy Options
(February 2006 / Paper No. 4)
David Shields
[download paper as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
The
Women of Ciudad Juárez
(Paper No. 3 / May 2005)
Mariclaire
Acosta Urquidi
[download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
A
Social, Public Safety, and Security Argument for Licensing
Undocumented Drivers
(Paper No. 2 / December 2004)
Gilbert
Cedillo
[download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]
Modernizing
the International Boundary and Water Commission (Paper
No. 1 / February 2004)
Mary
E. Kelly and Alberto Székely
[download paper
as Acrobat file (.pdf)]