Our Ph.D. students frequently make significant contributions to the study of political science during their time at UNC. Below is a partial list of publications by current UNC graduate students and recent UNC political science Ph.D.s. If you are a current or recent graduate of our Ph.D. program and have a book or article to add to this list, please e-mail Jason Don Forsythe with the complete citation.

Names of current UNC-Chapel Hill political science graduate students and recent UNC political science Ph.D.s are in bold. Names of UNC-Chapel Hill political science faculty are underlined.

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Books

Blofield, Merike The Politics of Moral Sin, Abortion and Divorce in Spain, Chile and Argentina, Routledge Publishing 2006

Edited

Kelleher, Christine, and Susan Webb Yackee, eds. 2002. Meeting Challenges: North Carolina Responds to Welfare Reform, 1996-2001. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC School of Government.

Articles & Book Chapters

Forthcoming

Anderson, Jennifer, Virginia Gray, David Lowery, and Matthew Fellowes .
"Living in the Moment: Lags, Leads, and the Link Between Legislative Agendas
and Interest Advocacy." Social Science Quarterly

Biddle, Stephen and Stephen B. Long. "Democracy and Military effectiveness: A Deeper Look." Journal of Conflict Resolution 48(4).

Bowling, Cynthia J, Chung-Lae Cho, and Deil S. Wright. "Establishing a Continuum from Minimizing to Maximizing Bureaucrats: State Agency Head Preferences for Governmental Expansion–A Typology of Administrator Growth Postures, 1964-1998." Public Administration Review.

Carlin, Ryan “The Decline of Citizen Participation in Electoral Politics in Post- Authoritarian Chile ,” Democratization (forthcoming).

Carlin, Ryan “The Socioeconomic Roots of Support for Democracy and the Quality of Democracy in Latin America,” Revista de Ciencia Política (forthcoming).

Cho, Chung-Lae, Yoo-Sung Choi, and Deil S. Wright."Administrative Autonomy among State Agencies: An Empirical Analysis of Fragmentation and Functionalism," International Journal of Public Administration.

Cho, Chung-Lae, Christine A. Kelleher, Deil S. Wright, and Susan Webb Yackee. "Translating National Policy Objectives into Local Achievements Across Planes of Governance and Among Multiple Actors." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.

Dion, Michelle, and Evelyne Huber. "Revolution or Contribution: Rational Choice Approaches to the Study of Latin American Politics." Latin American Politics and Society.

Dion, Michelle. "The Origins of Mexican Social Security Policy During the Cardenas and Avila Camacho Administrations." Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos.

Down, Ian. "Central Bank Independence, Disinflations and the Sacrifice Ratio," Comparative Political Studies.

Down, Ian, and Gary Marks. "The Left and Regional Regimes." In Ansell, Christopher, and Beppe Di Palma, (Eds.) Restructuring Authority and Territoriality: Europe and the US Compared.  Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.

Fellowes, Matthew C., and Gretchen Rowe. "Politics and the New American
Welfare States." American Journal of Political Science.

Fellowes, Matthew , Virginia Gray , David Lowery , and Andrea McAtee. "Public
Opinion, Public Policy, and Organized Interests in the American States."
Political Research Quarterly.

Fellowes, Matthew C., and Patrick Wolf. "Funding Mechanisms and Policy
Instruments: How Business Contributions Influence Congressional Votes."
Political Research Quarterly.

Fogarty, Brian J., and Gregory A. Pettis. “Measuring Gay and Lesbian Group Affect.” Journal of Homosexuality.

Fogarty, Brian J. "Determining Economic News Coverage," International
Journal of Public Opinion Research.

Kathman, Jake, Mark Crescenzi and Stephen Long. "Reputation, History, and War." The Journal of Peace Research.

Keele, Luke, Brian J. Fogarty and James A. Stimson. 2004. "Presidential Campaigning in the 2002 Congressional Elections," PS: Political Science and Politics.

Kelly, Nathan J. and Jana Morgan Kelly. "Religion and Latino Partisanship in the United States." Political Research Quarterly.

Kilburn, H. Whitt. "Explaining U.S. Urban Regimes: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis". Urban Affairs Review.

Kilburn, H Whitt. "Does the Candidate Really Matter?" American Politics Research.

Luna, Juan P. "Blurring the class cleavage: UDI's electoral tactic and
its implications for the transformation of the Chilean party-system."
Revista de Ciencia Política. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Luna, Juan P and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. " Political Representation in Latin America. A comparative survey of eight Latin American countries." Comparative Political Studies.

Luna, Juan P. and Zechmeister, E.¿Ganar Perdiendo o Perder Ganando? La izquierda
latinoamericana en los noventa. La izquierda latinoamericana en los noventa. CLACSO, Buenos Aires.

Luna, Juan P. "La izquierda Uruguaya entre la oposición y el gobierno." De familias y parentescos políticos: Ideología y competencia electoral en el Uruguay contemporáneo. Fundación Frederick Ebert & Instituto de Ciencia Política de la
Universidad de la República.

Luna, Juan P. ¿Por defecto o por virtud? La transformación reciente de
las bases sociales del FA y sus implicancias para un gobierno progresista.
La izquierda Uruguaya entre la oposición y el gobierno. Fundación Frederick Ebert & Instituto de Ciencia Política de la Universidad de la República.

Markovits, Elizabeth, "Economizing Debate: Rhetoric, Citizenship, and the World Bank." Poroi. 3 (1) .

Pribble, Jennifer. 2006. "The Politics of Women's Welfare in Chile and Uruguay," Latin American Research Review, Volume 41 (2).

Smith, Elizabeth, Ashleigh Powers, and Gus Suarez. "If Bill Clinton were a woman: The effectiveness of male and female politicians’ account strategies following alleged transgressions." Political Psychology.

Solt, Frederick. "Electoral Competition, Legislative Pluralism, and Institutional Development: Evidence from Mexico's States." Latin American Research Review.

Published

(2005)

Ilirjani, Altin. 2005. Political Choice in Albania. The 2005 Albanian Parliamentary Election. Albanian Journal of Politics, I (1): 75-86.

(2004)

Anderson, Jennifer, Matthew Fellowes, Virginia Gray, and David Lowery. “Living in the Moment: Lags, Leads, and the Link Between Legislative Agendas and Interest Advocacy,” Social Science Quarterly, 85 (June 2004):463-477.

Jennifer Anderson, Virginia Gray, David Lowery, and Adam J. Newmark. “Mayflies and Old Bulls: Demographic Volatility and Experience in State Interest Communities,” State Politics and Policy Quarterly, 4 (Summer 2004):140-160.

Jennifer Anderson, Virginia Gray, David Lowery, and Adam J. Newmark. “Collective Action and the Mobilization of Institutions,” Journal of Politics, 66 (August 2004):684-705.

Cho, Chung-Lae, Christine A. Kelleher, Deil S. Wright, and Susan Webb Yackee. 2004.
Translating National Policy Objectives into Local Achievements Across Planes of
Governance and Among Multiple Actors.” Forthcoming at Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory (J-PART).

Matthew Fellowes, Virginia Gray, David Lowery, and Andrea McAtee. “Public Opinion, Public Policy and Organized Interests in the American States,” Political Research Quarterly, 57 (September 2004):411-420.

Fogarty, Brian J., Nathan J. Kelly and H. Whitt Kilburn. 2005. "Issue Attitudes and Survey Continuity across Interview Mode in the 2000 NES." Political Analysis. 13:95-108.

Ilirjani, Altin. 2004. Albania and the European Union. Mediterranean Politics 9 (2):114-120.

Ilirjani, Altin. 2004. Albania. In Political Parties of the World, 6th ed., edited by A. J. Day. London: John Harper.

Kelleher, Christine A., and Susan Webb Yackee. 2004. “An Empirical Assessment of
Devolution's Policy Impact.” Policy Studies Journal, Vol 32:2.

Kelleher, Christine A., and David Lowery. 2004. “Political Participation and
Metropolitan Institutional Contexts.” Forthcoming at Urban Affairs Review.

Kelleher, Christine A. and Susan Webb Yackee. 2004. An Empirical Assessment of
Devolution's Policy Impact. Policy Studies Journal (32).

Kelly, Nathan. 2004. "Does Politics Really Matter? Policy and Government's Equalizing Influence in the United States." American Politics Research. Vol 32(3).

Luna, Juan Pablo. 2004. "La Política Desde el Llano. Conversaciones con Militantes Barriales". Ediciones de la Banda Oriental, Montevideo.

(2003)

Anderson, Leah Seppanen. 2003. "Constructing Policy Networks: Social Assistance Reform in the Czech Republic." International Journal of Public Administration 26(4).

Howes, Dustin Ells. 2003. "When States Choose to Die: Reassessing Assumptions about What States Want." International Studies Quarterly 47(4).

Kabiri, Ngeta. 2003. "Securing Global Cooperation in the Age of Globalization: Reflections on Some Conclusions from the Work on Globalization at the Gorbachev Foundation", GSC Quarterly, Winter, 2003.

Kelly, Jana Morgan. 2003. "Counting on the Past or Investing in the Future? Economic and Political Accountability in Fujimori's Peru." The Journal of Politics 65(3).

Luna, Juan Pablo and Manuel Alcántara. "Ideología y competencia partidaria en dos post transiciones: Chile y Uruguay en perspectiva comparada. " Revista de Ciencia Política-Universidad Católica de Chile, Vol. XIV, Nº1.

Long, Stephen B. "Time Present and Time Past: Rivalry and the Duration of Interstate Wars, 1846-1985." International Interactions 29(3).

Lowery, David, Andrea McAtee, and Susan Webb Yackee. 2003. "Reexamining the Dynamic Model of Divided Partisan Government." The Journal of Politics.

Solt, Frederick. 2004. “Electoral Competition, Legislative Pluralism, and Institutional Development: Evidence from Mexico’s States.” Latin American Research Review, 39(1): 155-167.

Solt, Frederick. 2004. “Civics or Structure? Revisiting the Origins of Democratic Quality in the Italian Regions.” British Journal of Political Science, 34(1): 123-135

Solt, Frederick. 2003. “Civics or Structure? Revisiting the Origins of Democratic Quality in the Italian Regions.” British Journal of Political Science 33(2): 291-303.

Taylor, Erin. 2003. "Throwing the Baby Out with the Bathwater: Childfree Advocates and the Rhetoric of Choice." Women & Politics 24(4).

(2002)

Akins, Frances E., Charles S. Bullock III, Laura Jane Hoffman, Susan A. MacManus, and Adam J. Newmark. 2002. "'Winning in My Own Backyard': County Government, School Board Positions Steadily More Attractive to Women Candidates." In Susan A. MacManus (ed.) Mapping Florida's Political Landscape: The Changing Art of Politics. Tallahassee, Florida: The Florida Institute of Government.

Anderson, Jennifer L., and Adam J. Newmark. 2002. "A Dynamic Model of U.S. Senator Approval, 1981-2000." State Politics and Policy Quarterly 2:298-316.

Bernstein, Jeffrey, and Jennifer Wolak. 2002. "A Bicameral Perspective on Legislative Retirement: The Case of the Senate." Political Research Quarterly.

Beyle, Thad, and Gregory A. Pettis. 2002. “The Christian Right, the South, and State Politics.” SouthNow.

Blofield, Merike H. 2002. "Guerra Santa. La izquierda y la derecha frente a los temas valóricos en Chile democrático". In Promesas de cambio: La izquierda y la derecha en el Chile contemporáneo, Mireya Dávila and Claudio A. Fuentes, eds., Santiago, Chile: Editorial Universitaria.

Cho, Chung-Lae, Yoo-Sung Choi and Deil S. Wright. 2002. "Characteristics and Qualities of Top-Level Administrators in the American States." In the Book of the States 2002-2003, Lexington, KY: Council of State Government.

Fuentes, Claudio. 2002. "Resisting Change: Security-Sector Reform in Chile." Journal of Conflict, Security, and Development 2(1).

Gray, Virginia, David Lowery, Todd McNoldy, Adam J. Newmark, and Jennifer Wolak. 2002. "All Politics is Still Local: Multistate Representation in State Interest Communities." Legislative Studies Quarterly 27:527-555.

Haesly, Richard, Gary Marks, and Heather Mbaye. 2002. "What Do Subnational Offices Think They Are Doing in Brussels?" Regional and Federal Studies.

Kelleher, Christine, and Susan Webb Yackee. 2002. "Second Order Devolution: A Focus on the Opinions of County-Level Officials." Policy Currents 11(3).

Jendrysik, Mark S. 2002 “The Modern Jeremiad: Bloom, Bennett and Bork on American Decline.” Journal of Popular Culture 36(2).

Newmark, Adam J. 2002. "An Integrated Approach to Policy Transfer and Diffusion." Review of Policy Research (formerly Policy Studies Review) 19:151-178.

Pettis, Gregory A. 2002. “Dynamic Southern Realignment.” North Carolina Political Review, May-June.

Pettis, Gregory A. 2002. “National Survey Shows Half-Century Trend Away From Democrats.” SouthNow.

(2001)

Blofield, Merike H. 2001. "The Politics of 'Moral Sin': A Study of Abortion and Divorce in
Catholic Chile Since 1990." Nueva Serie. Santiago: Flacso-Chile.

Cho, Chung-Lae, and Deil S. Wright. 2001. “Managing Carrots and Sticks: Changes in State Administrators' Perceptions of Cooperative and Coercive Federalism During the 1990s.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 31:2, 57-80.

Down, Ian, and Gary Marks. 2001. Regional Integration and Left Parties in Europe and North America, Center for German and European Studies, Working Paper No 2.86. University of California, Berkeley, CA.

Fuentes, Claudio. 2001. "Denuncias por Actos de Violencia Policial." Working Paper, NuevaSerie, Santiago: Flacso-Chile.

Hora, Jennifer, Martha Kumar, and Terry Sullivan. 2001. "Refining the White House Personal Data Statement." Reports from the White House 2001 Project, Nomination Forms Online Program 14.

Kabiri, Ngeta. 2001. "The Social Context of Environmental Education: The Case of the Amboseli Ecosystem, Kajiado, Kenya." In Jeffery, R. and Bhaskar Vira (eds.) Conflict and Cooperation in Participatory Natural Resource Management. Houndmills and New York: Palgrave.

Kelleher, Christine, and David Lowery.  2001. "Tiebout Sorting and Selective Satisfaction with Urban Public Services: Testing the Variance Hypothesis."Urban Affairs Review 37:420-431.

Markovits, Elizabeth. 2001. "The Enemy Makes the Man: U.S. Foreign Policy, Cuban Nationalism, and Regime Survival." Problems of Post-Communism.

Mbaye, Heather. 2001. "Why National States Comply with Supranational Law: Explaining Implementation Infringements in the European Union, 1972-1993." European Union Politics 2:259-282.

Solt, Frederick. 2001. “Institutional Effects on Democratic Transitions: Neo-Patrimonial Regimes in Africa, 1989–1994.” Studies in Comparative International Development 36(2): 82-91.

Gray, Virginia, David Lowery, and Jennifer Wolak.  2001. "California Dreaming: Replicating the ESA Model, Unusual Cases, and Comparative State Political Analysis." State Politics and Policy Quarterly 1:255-272.

(2000)

Cho, Chung-Lae, and Deil S. Wright. 2000. “State Administration and Intergovernmental Interdependency: Do National Impacts on State Agencies Contribute to Organizational Turbulence?” In Handbook of State Government Administration, John J. Gargan (ed.), New York: Marcel Dekker, pp.33-66.

Fuentes, Claudio. 2000. "After Pinochet: Civilian Policies Toward the Military in the 1990s Chilean Democracy." Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs 42:111-142.

Glover, Susan. 2000. "Namibia's Recent Elections: Something New or Same Old Story?" The South African Journal of International Affairs 7(2).

Beyle, Thad, and Christine Kelleher. 2000. "Presidential Voting and North Carolina Voters." North Carolina DataNet. Issue 25.

Schiffer, Adam J. 2000. "I'm Not That Liberal: Explaining Conservative Democratic Identification."  Political Behavior 22: 293-310.

Publications by Recent UNC Graduates

Books

Hancock, Ange-Marie. The Public Identity of the "Welfare Queen" and the Politics of Disgust. New York University Press (forthcoming 2004).

Edited

Fuentes, Claudio A. 2004. Bajo la Mirada del Halcón. Estados Unidos y
América Latina post 11/09/2001. Santiago: FLACSO-Chile.

(2003)

Downie, David L., and Terry Fenge, eds. 2003. Northern Lights Against Pops: Combating Toxic Threats in the Arctic. Montreal, London: McGill-Queens University Press.

(2000)

Aoki, Andrew, Kerry L. Haynie, Anne McCulluch, and Jeffery D. Schultz, eds. 2000. The Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics, Vol. I; African Americans and Asian Americans. Colorado Springs, CO: Oryx Press.

Aoki, Andrew, Kerry L. Haynie, Anne McCulluch, and Jeffery D. Schultz, eds. 2000. The Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics, Vol. II; Hispanic Americans and Native Americans. Colorado Springs, CO: Oryx Press.

Authored

(2004)

Fuentes, Claudio A. 2004. Contesting the Iron Fist. Advocacy Networks and
Police Violence in Democratic Argentina and Chile. New York and London,
Routlegde.

(2002)

Bowman, Kirk. 2002. Militarization, Democracy, and Development: The Perils of Praetorianism in Latin America. Penn State University Press.

Jendrysik, Mark S. 2002. Explaining the English Revolution: Hobbes and His Contemporaries. University Press of America.

Ryan, Curtis R. 2002. Jordan in Transition: From Hussein to Abdullah. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Press.

(2001)

Haynie, Kerry L. 2001. African American Legislators in the American States. New York: Columbia University.

Katada, Saori. 2001. Banking on Stability: Japan and the Cross-Pacific Dynamics of International Financial Crisis Management. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Steigenga, Timothy J. 2001. The Politics of the Spirit: The Political Implications of Pentecostalized Religion in Costa Rica and Guatemala. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Thacker, Strom. 2000. Big Business, The State, and Free Trade: Constructing Coalitions in Mexico. NY: Cambridge University Press.

Articles & Book Chapters

Forthcoming

Bowman, Kirk. "Will Vote for Food? Regime-Type and Food Consumption in the Developing World." Forthcoming in Politics and Policy.

Brewer, Paul R. 2003. "The Shifting Foundations of Public Opinion about Gay Rights." Forthcoming in The Journal of Politics.

Brewer, Paul R. 2003. "Values, Political Knowledge, and Public Opinio abou Gay Rights: A Framing-Based Account." Forthcoming in Public Opinion Quarterly.

Brewer, Paul R., and Christopher J. Deering. 2003. "Interest Groups, Campaign Fundraising and Committee Chair Selection: House Republicans Play 'Musical Chairs,' " in The Interest Group Connection: Electioneering, Lobbying, and Policymaking, 2nd edition (Paul S. Herrnson, Ronald G. Shaiko, and Clyde Wilcox, editors). Chatham, NJ: Chatham House.

Hooghe, Liesbet, Gary Marks, and Carole J. Wilson. "Does Left/Right Structure Party Positions on European Integration?" Comparative Political Studies.

Ryan, Curtis R. 2003. "Alliances and Jordanian Foreign Policy." In Explaining Small State Foreign Policy, Jeanne A. K. Hey, editor. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Press.

Published

(2002)

Brewer, Paul R. 2002. "Framing, Value Words, and Citizens' Explanations of Their Issue Opinions." Political Communication 19:303-16.

Brewer, Paul R. 2002. "Public Opinion, Economic Issues, and the Vote: Are Presidential Elections 'All About the Benjamins?' " In Understanding Public Opinion, 2nd edition (Barbara Norrander and Clyde Wilcox, editors). Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press.

Brewer, Paul R., and Lee Sigelman. 2002. "Trust in Government: Personal Ties That Bind?" Social Science Quarterly 83:625-31.

Brewer, Paul R., and Lee Sigelman. 2002. "Political Scientists as Color Commentators: Framing and Expert Commentary in Media Campaign Coverage." Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics 7:23-35.

Brewer, Paul R., and Marco R. Steenbergen. 2002. "All Against All: Interpersonal Trust and Foreign Policy Opinions." Political Psychology 23:39-58.

Haynie, Kerry L. 2002. "The Color of Their Skin or the Content of Their Behavior?: Race and Perceptions of African American Legislators." Legislative Studies Quarterly, Vol. 27:2.

Huiskamp, Gerard. 2002. "Negotiating Communities of Meaning in Theory and Practice: Rereading Pedagogy of the Oppressed as Direct Dialogic Encounter." In Judith J. Slater, Stephen M. Fain and Cesar A. Rossatto (eds.) The Freirean Legacy: Educating for Social Justice. New York: Peter Lang.

Marks, Gary, Leonard Ray, and Carole J. Wilson. 2002. "National Political Parties and European Integration." American Journal of Political Science. 46:585-594.

Ryan, Curtis R. 2002. "Syrian Arab Republic" and "Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan." In Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa, 4th edition, David Long and Bernard Reich, editors. Boulder: Westiew, pp. 225-245, 246-266.

Bowman, Kirk. 2001. "Did Elite Compromise and Consensus Lead to Democratic Consolidation in Costa Rica? Evidence from the 1950s." Revista de Historia (Costa Rica) 41:500-536.

Bowman, Kirk. 2001. "The Public Battles over Militarisation and Democracy in Honduras, 1954-196." Journal of Latin American Studies 33:539-560.

Brewer, Paul R. 2001. "Value Words and Lizard Brains: Do Citizens Deliberate about Appeals to Their Core Values?" Political Psychology 22:45-64.

Haesly, Richard. 2001. "Euroskeptics, Europhiles and Instrumental Europeans: Types and Levels of European Attachment in Scotland and Wales." European Politics 2.

Hooghe, Liesbet, Gary Marks, and Carole J. Wilson. 2001. "Parties Take a Stand." In Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks, Multilevel Governance and European Integration. Rowman and Littlefield.

Ryan, Curtis R. 2001. "Political Strategies and Regime Survival: The Case of Egypt." Journal of Third World Studies 25-46.

Weeks, Greg. 2001. "Democratic Institutions and Civil-Military Relations: The Case of Chile." Journal of Third World Studies 18:65-85.

(2000)

Huiskamp, Gerard. 2000. "Identity Politics and Democratic Transitions in Latin America: (Re)organizing Women's Strategic Interests Through Community Activism." Theory and Society 29:385-424.

Huiskamp, Gerard. 2000. "Structuring Political Opportunity from Below: Latin American Popular Movements Envisioning the Democratic Society." Political Chronicle 12:15-42.

Marks, Gary, and Carole J. Wilson. 2000. "The Past in the Present: A Cleavage Theory of Party Response to European Integration." The British Journal of Political Science 30:433-459.

Ryan, Curtis R. 2000. "Between Iraq and a Hard Place: Jordan's Relations with Iraq." Middle East Report 40-42.

Ryan, Curtis R. 2000. "Jordan's Changing Relations." Middle East Insight 15 6:83-87.

Weeks, Greg. 2000. "Autumn of the General: Pinochet and the Search for Justice in Chile." Hemisphere 9:6-8.

Weeks, Greg. 2000. "Waiting for Cincinnatus: The Role of Pinochet in Post-authoritarian Chile." Third World Quarterly 21:725-738.

Weeks, Greg. 2000. "The Long Road to Civilian Supremacy Over the Military: Chile, 1990-1998." Studies in Comparative International Development 35:65-82.

**If you are a current or recent graduate of our Ph.D. program and have a book or article to add to this list, please e-mail Kyna lewis with the complete citation.