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ALLN 2118 |
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Dr. Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson combines a rational choice and historical institutionalism approach to understand political behavior. Her current research explores this topic in several ways. She is writing a book entitled Do the Poor Count? Representation and Accountability in a Context of Poverty. The book examines how institutions affect the capacity of poor and rich people to monitor and sanction elected officials, and how institutions affect the incentives elected officials, particularly members of Latin American legislatures, have to represent poor people (who often constitute a majority of the population). She is also involved in collaborative projects concerning women in Latin American politics; study of political ambition in Latin American legislatures; and incentives for poor people to vote. An underlying theme of all her projects is how institutional design affects representation and the chances for consolidation of democracy. Her research often requires fieldwork to interview legislators, party elites, and interest group leaders, and to collect archival data. She has made research trips to Costa Rica, Honduras, and Mexico, at times including her graduate students in her fieldwork. She has also conducted field research in Israel. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Organization of American States, and Texas A&M University.
Dr. Taylor-Robinson’s research has been published in the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Electoral Studies, Party Politics, Women and Politics, and the Journal of Legislative Studies. Her book, Negotiating Democracy (with Gretchen Casper) was published by the University of Pittsburgh Press, and explores how negotiating strategies influenced whether the outcome of a regime transition was either democracy or authoritarianism, and whether the new democracy makes progress toward consolidation, examining 24 cases of regime choice from Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
Dr. Taylor-Robinson is affiliated faculty with the TAMU Women’s Studies Program. She is also an active member of the Political Institutions Section of the Latin American Studies Association, and a participant in the Department’s Program in the Cross-National Study of Politics.
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| Fall 2006 |
| POLS 329-501 |
Introduction to Comparative Politics |
1:30 to 2:45 TR |
ALLN 1002 |
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| Spring 2007 |
| POLS 424-900 |
Comparative Government Institutions |
10:20 to 11:35 TR |
ALLN 1005 |
| POLS 623-600 |
Seminar in Cross-National Topics |
2:00 to 4:50 R |
ALLN 2064 |
| POLS 681-600 |
Seminar |
4:00 to 4:50 T |
ALLN 2064 |
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| Fall 2007 |
| POLS 323-200 |
Political Systems of Latin America |
3:05 to 4:20 TR |
ALLN 1015 |
| POLS 424-900 |
Comparative Government Institutions |
11:55 to 1:10 TR |
ALLN 1016 |
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| Spring 2008 |
| POLS 306-503 |
Contemporary Political Problems and Issues |
8:45 to 10:00 TR |
ALLN 1015 |
| POLS 323-200 |
Political Systems of Latin America |
11:55 to 1:10 TR |
ALLN 1005 |
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