Scott Mainwaring is Eugene Conley Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. He served as Director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies (1997-2002, 2003-08) and Chair of the Department of Government and International Studies (1996-97) at Notre Dame. His books include Democratic Governance in Latin America (Stanford University Press, forthcoming, coedited); The Crisis of Democratic Representation in the Andes (Stanford University Press, 2006, coedited); The Third Wave of Democratization in Latin America: Advances and Setbacks (Cambridge University Press, 2005, coedited), Democratic Accountability in Latin America (Oxford University Press, coedited, 2003), Christian Democracy in Latin America (Stanford University Press, coedited, 2003), Rethinking Party Systems in the Third Wave of Democratization: The Case of Brazil (Stanford University Press, 1999); Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America (Cambridge University Press, coedited, 1997); Building Democratic Institutions: Party Systems in Latin America (Stanford University Press, 1995, coedited), Issues in Democratic Consolidation: The New South American Democracies in Comparative Perspective (University of Notre Dame Press, 1992, coedited), The Progressive Church in Latin America (University of Notre Dame Press, 1989, coedited), and The Catholic Church and Politics in Brazil, 1916-1985 (Stanford, 1986). He has published articles in The British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, and many other journals.