Frances Hagopian
Associate Professor of Political Science
(PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986)
237 Hesburgh Center
574-631-8529
email: fhagopia@nd.edu
http://politicalscience.nd.edu/faculty/profiles/francis-hagopian/
Geographic focus: Latin America (Brazil, Southern Cone)
Thematic interests: Democratization; political economy; religion and politics; comparative politics and political development.
Current research: Economic liberalization and political representation in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Mexico; Pluralist challenges to Catholicism in Latin America
Selected publications: Religious Pluralism, Democracy, and the Catholic Church in Latin America (editor, University of Notre Dame Press, 2009); The Third Wave of Democratization in Latin America: Advances and Setbacks (coeditor, Cambridge University Press, 2005); Traditional Politics and Regime Change in Brazil (Cambridge University Press, 1996), which was named a Choice outstanding book in Comparative Politics; numerous articles in World Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, and other journals and books, including “From Patronage to Program: The Emergence of Party-Oriented Legislators in Brazil” (with Carlos Gervasoni and Juan Andres Moraes), Comparative Political Studies 42, 3 (2009); “Latin American Catholicism in an Age of Religious Pluralism: A Framework for Analysis,” Comparative Politics 40, 2 (2008); “Parties and Voters in Emerging Democracies,” in Carles Boix and Susan Stokes, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics (2007); and “Derechos, representación, y la creciente calidad de la democracia en Brasil y Chile,” Política y Gobierno 12, 1 (2005).
Working Papers: #344 “From Patronage to Program: The Emergence of Party-Oriented Legislators in Brazil” (with Carlos Gervasoni and Juan Andres Moraes); #332 “Latin American Catholicism in an Age of Religious Pluralism: A Framework for Analysis”
