DAVID SAMUELS, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota
David Samuels (Ph.D. 1998 the University of California at San Diego) specializes in Latin American politics and the comparative study of political institutions, with particular emphasis on Brazilian politics, electoral systems, political parties, legislatures, and federalism. He is the author of Ambition, Federalism, and Legislative Politics in Brazil (Cambridge University Press, 2003) and articles that have appeared in American Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, The Journal of Politics, The British Journal of Political Science, The Journal of Democracy, Latin American Politics and Society, and Legislative Studies Quarterly.
This event is part of the CLAS Latin American Politics series.