Political and economic development, global governance, Latin American politics, inter-American relations, foreign assistance, multilateral development banks, and political conditionality.

PUBLICATIONS

Partners in Progress? Foreign Aid to Latin America in the New Millennium. (In Progress)

The United Nations in Latin America: Aiding Development, New York: Routledge, 2010.

South America: Regional Orientation. (Instructor's Guide) Norfolk: Center for Learning Technologies, Old Dominion University, 2008.

Deepening Democracy: Global Governance and Political Reform in Latin America, Westport: Praeger, 2003.

Dollar Diplomacy: United States Economic Assistance to Latin America, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2000.

Globalization and the Dilemmas of the State in the South, lead editor, New York: St. Martin's and London: Macmillan, 1999.

From Economic Nationalism to Neo-Liberalism: A Comparative Analysis of Foreign Economic Policy-Making. Ithaca: Cornell University, Center for International Studies, 1993.

Articles and Essays

"The Open Society Institute," in Mark Juergensmeyer and Helmut Anheier (eds.) Encyclopedia of Global Studies, Sage Publications, forthcoming in 2011.

"The Socialist International," in Mark Juergensmeyer and Helmut Anheier (eds.) Encyclopedia of Global Studies, Sage Publications, forthcoming in 2011.

"The World Bank," in Jay Kinsbruner et. al., (eds.) Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture," Second Edition, Vol. 3, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2008.

"The Inter-American Development Bank," in Jay Kinsbruner et. al., (eds.) Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, Second Edition, Vol. 3, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2008.

"External Financing for Development: The Role of the Inter-American Development Bank," Études Internationales/International Studies, Vol. 36, No. 3, September 2005.

"Reforming Foreign Assistance: The Millennium Challenge Account," Peacework: Global Thought and Local Action for Nonviolent Social Change, Vol. 30, No. 339, October 2003.

"The Democratic Governance Agenda of the Organization of American States," MACLAS Latin American Essays, Vol. 16, August 2003.

"The Good Governance Agenda," Focalpoint: Spotlight on the Americans, Vol. 2, No. 8, August 2003.

"International Support for Latin American Political Reform," Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice, Vol 15, No. 1, Spring 2003.

"The Emerging Hemispheric Democracy Regime," Focalpoint: Spotlight on the Americans, Vol. 2, No. 2 February 2003.

"The Political Economy of Foreign Assistance," Journal of Peace, Prosperity, and Democracy, Vol. 1, No. 1, Spring 2001.

"Globalization and the Developing World," primary author, in Globalization and the Dilemmas of the State in the South. St. Martin's, 1999.

"Economic Reform and Political Turmoil in Mexico," in Globalization and the Dilemmas of the State in the South. St. Martin's, 1999.

"United States Support for Political Reform in Central America," MesoAmérica: Analysis on Central America, Vol. 18, No. 9, September 1999.

"USAID's Democracy Initiative: Recipient Needs or Donor Interests?" International Studies Notes, Vol. 23, No. 3, Fall 1998.

"Debt and Development in Latin America," MesoAmérica: Analysis on Central America, Vol. 17 No. 8, August 1998.

"Debt Burden Hampers Progress in the Developing World," Peacework: Global Thought and Local Action for Nonviolent Social Change, Vol. 25, No 285, May 1998.

"Democratic Transitions in Central America," MesoAmérica: Analysis on Central America, Vol. 17, No. 3, March 1998.

"The Political-Economy of Globalization and Development," primary author in Satya Dev Gupta (ed.) Political Economy of Globalization and Development. Boston: Kluwer, 1997.

"Uruguay Round Reforms and the Developing World," in Satya Dev Gupta (ed.) Political Economy of Globalization and Development. Boston: Kluwer, 1997.

"Remaking the Inter-American Development Bank," Journal of Latin American Affairs, Vol. 5, No. 1, Fall 1997.

"Combating Corruption in Latin America," MesoAmérica: Analysis on Central America, Vol. 16, No. 6, June 1997.

"Rediscovering the Poor: The World Bank and the Politics of Poverty Reduction." Journal of the Third World Spectrum, Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 1997.

"Promoting Sustainable Development in Latin America," Latin American Studies Association, proceedings, Spring 1997.　

"The Pedagogy of Development," Ideas and Information about Development Education. No. 41, Winter/Spring, 1997.

"The World Bank and Caribbean Development," Caribbean Studies Newsletter, Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 1997.

"The Private Sector Initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank," MesoAmérica: Analysis on Central America, Vol. 16, No. 1, January 1997.

"The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade: A View from the South," Dollars and Sense, No. 198, March/April 1995.

"Economic Decline and Policy Reform in the Developing World," New Political Science. No. 26, Fall 1993.

"The International Monetary Fund and Policy Reform in Latin America," United States - Latin American Relations, Spring 1991.

Reviews　

Francisco Panizza's "Contemporary Latin America: Development and Democracy Beyond the Washington Consensus," Bulletin of Latin American Research , forthcoming, Spring 2011.

Peter Walker and Daniel Maxwell's "Shaping the Humanitarian World," Political Studies Review, May 2010.

Richard Jolly, Louis Emmerij and Thomas Weiss' "UN Ideas that Changed the World," Perspectives on Political Science, April 2010.

Adam Szirmai's "The Dynamics of Socio-Economic Development," Review of Political-Economy, April 2007.

Anthony Payne and Paul Sutton's "Charting Caribbean Development," European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, April 2003.

Andres Franco's "Financing for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean," Latin American Politics and Society, Spring 2003.

Hector Schamis' "Re-Forming the State: The Politics of Privatization in Latin America and Europe," Journal of Politics, February 2003.

Adrian Leftwich's "States of Development: On the Primacy of Politics in Development," Journal of Development Studies, August 2002.

Jorge Domiguez's "Technopols: Freeing Politics and Markets in Latin America," Political Studies, June 1998.

Pamela Lowden's "Moral Opposition to Authoritarian Rule in Chile, 1973-90," Political Studies, September 1997.

Bruce E. Wright's "Theory in the Practice of the Nicaraguan Revolution," Political Studies, March 1997.

Kevin Middlebrook's "The Paradox of Revolution: Labor, the State, and Authoritarianism in Mexico," Bulletin of Latin American Research, Fall 1996.

Florencia E. Mallon's "Peasant and Nation: The Making of Postcolonial Mexico and Peru," Studies in Comparative International Development, Winter 1995-96.

Sheldon Liss' "Fidel Castro's Political and Social Thought," Perspectives in Political Science, Fall 1995.　

Herman Schwartz's "States Versus Markets: History, Geography, and the Development of the International Political Economy," Review of Political Economy, October 1995.

Lowenthal and Traverton's "Latin America in a New World," and Bagley and Quezada "Mexico: In Search of Security," The Journal of Politics, August 1995.

Richard Hillman's "Democracy for the Privileged: Crisis and Transition in Venezuela," Journal of Third World Studies, Spring 1995.

Dario Moreno's "The Struggle for Peace in Central America," The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, March 1995.

K. C. Alexander's "The Process of Development of Societies" and Prendergast and Stewart's, "Market Forces and World Development," Development Policy Review, March 1995.

Leigh Payne's "Brazilian Industrialists and Democratic Change," Perspectives on Political Science, Fall 1994.

Rukhsana Siddiqui's "Africa in Transition," Development Policy Review, September 1994.

Dennis Rondinelli's "Development Projects as Policy Experiments," Development Policy Review, June 1994.

Edwin and Edgardo Melendez's "Colonial Dilemma: Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Puerto Rico," United States - Latin American Relations, Fall 1993.

Richard Pomfret's "Diverse Paths of Economic Development," Development Policy Review, September 1993.

Kathy McAfee's "Storm Signals: Structural Adjustment and Development Alternatives in the Caribbean," The BookPress, October 1992.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

"Bilateral Economic Assistance to Latin America,"Global Studies Association, May 7-9, 2010, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois.

"Multilateral Support for Latin American Development," Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies, March 26-27, 2010, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

"United Nations Development Assistance to Latin America," Global Studies Association, May 8-10, 2009, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida.

"Good Governance and Neoliberalism in Latin America," Global Studies Association, June 6-8, 2008, Pace University, New York City.

"Globalization and Democratic Reform in Latin America," Conference on America and the World: Sustaining Democracy in the Global Age, Longwood College, January 2007, Farmville, Virginia.

"Consolidating Democratic Institutions in the Americas: The Role of International Institutions," International Studies Association - West, September 2006, Las Vegas, Nevada.

"Inequality and Poverty in Latin America," Conference on Institutions in Latin America, sponsored by the Center for Inter-American Studies, Laval University, March 2005, Quebec City, Canada.

"The Political Economy of Democratic Reform in Latin America: The Role of International Financial Institutions," Latin American Studies Association, October 2004, Las Vegas, Nevada.

"Political Conditionality: The Good Governance Agenda of the World Bank in Latin America," Allied Social Sciences Association. January 2004, San Diego, California.

"The Democratic Governance Agenda of the Organization of American States," Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies, March 2002, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.

"International Efforts to Promote Political Reform in Latin America," Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies, March 2001, Howard University, Washington, DC.

"Inter-American Relations and the Political Economy of Development," International Studies Association, March 2000, Los Angeles, California.

"Interests and Values: The Evolution of United States Aid to Latin America," Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies, March 1999, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA.

"Recipient Needs or Donor Interests?: United States Economic Assistance to Latin America," International Studies Association, February 1999, Washington, DC.

"Between Coercion and Compromise: The Third World State in the Era of Globalization," International Political Science Association, (Political Economy Section) University of the Philippines, May 1998, Manila, The Philippines.

"Economic Reform and Political Turmoil in Mexico," International Studies Association, March 1998, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

"Policy Reform and Political Choice in the Developing World," Southern Political Science Association, November 1997, Norfolk, Virginia.

"The Politics of Foreign Assistance: The Campaign for Good Governance," International Political Science Association, August 1997, Seoul, South Korea.

"Foreign Assistance and Popular Empowerment in Latin America," Latin American Studies Association, April 1997, Guadalajara, Mexico.

"The Politics of Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of the Inter-American Development Bank," International Studies Association conference, March 1997, Toronto, Canada.

"Promoting Development in the Americas," International Studies Association-South, October 1996, Roanoke, Virginia.

"Foreign Assistance and Grassroots Development," Second Interdisciplinary Conference on Inter-American Relations. University of North Florida, October 1996, Jacksonville, Florida.

"The Hegemony of Global Liberalism: The Decline of Third World Challenges to International Economic Regimes," Midwest Political Science Association, April 1996, Chicago, Illinois.

"The World Bank and Sustainable Development," Southwestern Political Science Association, March 1996, Houston, Texas.

"Economic Regime Change and the Developing World," Northeastern Political Science Association, November 1995, Newark, New Jersey.

"The Social and Political Consequences of North American Integration," Allied Social Sciences Association, January 1994, Boston, Massachusetts.

"Theoretical Perspectives on the Third World State," Northeast International Studies Association, November 1993, Newark, New Jersey.

"Economic Integration and Neo-Liberalism in Latin America," Latin American Studies Association, September 1992, Los Angeles, California.

"The Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policy: Neo-Liberalism in Latin America," American Political Science Association, September 1992, Chicago, Illinois.

"Reconsidering Economic Liberalism: Perceptual and Environmental Change in Latin America and the Caribbean," International Studies Association, April 1992, Atlanta, Georgia.

"The Role of Perceptions in Decision-Making: Trade and Investment Policy in Venezuela," Northeast International Studies Association, November 14, 1991, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

"Decision-Maker Learning and Policy Choice: Acción Democrática's Return to the Market," "Venezuela: Sociedad y Cultura al Final del Siglo," October 1991, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

"The Decline of Economic Nationalism: A Comparative Study of Policy-Making in Venezuela and Jamaica," New York State Political Science Association, April 1991, New York, New York.

"Between Markets and Mercantilism: The Foreign Economic Policies of Small Third World States," Northeast International Studies Association, November 1990, Providence, Rhode Island.　

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Reviewer of book manuscripts for Bedford/St. Martins; Blackwell Publishers; Dushkin Publishers; W. H. Freeman Publishers; Kluwer Academic Publishers; Longman Publishers; Lynne Rienner Publishers; McGraw-Hill Publishers; Oxford University Press; Praeger Publishers; Rowman and Littlefield Publishers; Thomson/Wadsworth Publishers; and Westview Press.

Referee of manuscript submissions for American Journal of Political Science, Contemporary Security Policy, Delaware Review of Latin American Studies, Global Society; International Political Science Review, International Studies Notes; Journal of International Relations and Development; Latin American Politics and Society; New Political Science; Polity; Review of Political Economy; Social and Economic Studies; and Studies in Comparative International Development.

Consultant on grant proposals for the National Science Foundation, the Annual Report for the International Monetary Fund, political asylum applications for the Political Asylum Research and Documentation Service, Princeton, New Jersey, and language exams for the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

Invited Presentations, Approximately sixty public presentations on a range of issues related to global political economy, international development, Latin American politics, and inter-American relations. Regular participant in the Great Decisions Lecture Series, Model United Nations Conferences, and the Continuing Education Program in Liberal Arts. Also facilitator for a weekly colloquium on United States foreign policy, sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy.