Matthew Cleary

Chair, International Relations Program (Undergraduate)
Robert D. McClure Professor of Teaching Excellence

Degree

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2004

Specialties

Latin American politics, political institutions, democratization, and ethnic politics

Personal Website

http://macleary.expressions.syr.edu/

Courses

Latin American Politics
Comparative Political Analysis 
Logic of Political Inquiry 
Mexico & the United States
Democracy and Democratization

Global Community

Publications

"Confronting Coup Risk in the Latin American Left," Studies in Comparative International Development 48:4 (2013), pp.403-431. (with Eric Rittinger). 

The Sources of Democratic Responsiveness in Mexico. (University of Notre Dame Press, 2010)

"Electoral Competition, Participation, and Government Responsiveness in Mexico." American Journal of Political Science 51:2 (April 2007)

"A ''Left Turn'' in Latin America?  Explaining the Left''s Resurgence."  Journal of Democracy 17:4 (October 2006)

Democracy and the Culture of Skepticism: Political Trust in Argentina and Mexico, with Susan C. Stokes. (Russell Sage Foundation, 2006)

"Democracy and Indigenous Rebellion in Latin America", Comparative Political Studies 33:9 (November 2000), pp.1123-1153

Research Interests

I have general interests in democratization and democratic theory, ethnic politics and ethnic conflict, and Latin American politics.

Research Projects

I am currently working on a variety of research projects relevant to Latin American politics, including a book-length project on indigenous autonomy in southern Mexico, a paper on the Latin American left, and a paper on the adoption of legislative gender quotas in Europe and Latin America.