Why do some parties formed by social movements develop top-down structures while others
stay more open and responsive to their social bases? The first rigorous comparative study of …

We present an economic rationale for countries resorting to foreign influence to export their
ideology to other nations. Our model incorporates two fundamental elements: redistribution …

This thesis analyzes the political responses of Ecuador and Bolivia to the economic crisis in
Venezuela. The primary question I have sought to answer is why the Ecuadorian and …

Latin America is the locus of various policy experiments and social movements, where
political and economic leaders have vacillated between prioritizing neoliberalism and social …

Does the political left approach issues of inequality differently to the right? My research
investigates how successful the “pink tide” in South America was at effecting social and …