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Brown, David S Professor

Positions

Professor, Political Science
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

Research Areas

Research

research overview

Dr. Brown's research is primarily concerned with the impact politics has on economic development in developing countries. Previous work includes investigating democracy's impact on human capital formation, spending on social programs, and the impact NGOs have on politics. Current work includes studying regime characteristics and their impact on crime along with investigating the interaction between agricultural intensification, political participation, and political competition in Brazil.

keywords

democracy, development, political economy, Ngos, political geography, Brazilian Amazon

Publications

selected publications

chapter
- Globalization, Democracy, and Social Spending 2004
journal article
- Land occupations and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Land Use Policy. 331-338. 2016
- Do political parties matter for turnout? Number of parties, electoral rules and local elections in Brazil and Bolivia. Party Politics. 404-416. 2015
- Political Competition and Local Social Spending: Evidence from Brazil. Studies in Comparative International Development. 197-216. 2014
- The Electoral Consequences of Direct Political Action: Evidence from Brazil. Latin American Politics and Society. 35-66. 2011
- Political Polarization as a Constraint on Corruption: A Cross-national Comparison. World Development. 1516-1529. 2011
- The Transforming Power of Democracy: Regime Type and the Distribution of Electricity. American Political Science Review. 193-213. 2009
- Who gives who receives, and who wins? Transforming capital into political change through nongovernmental organizations. Comparative Political Studies. 24-47. 2008
- Promoting and preventing political change through internationally funded NGO activity. Latin American Research Review. 126-138. 2007
- The determinants of economic liberalization in Latin America. Political Research Quarterly. 671-680. 2005
- The effects of capital mobility, trade openness, and democracy on social spending in Latin America, 1980-1999. American Journal of Political Science. 625-641. 2005
- Paving the way to political change: decentralization of development in the Brazilian Amazon. Political Geography. 39-52. 2005
- Democracy and human capital formation - Education spending in Latin America, 1980 to 1997. Comparative Political Studies. 842-864. 2004
- Democracy and gender inequality in education: A cross-national examination. British Journal of Political Science. 137-152. 2004
- The determinants of privatization in Latin America. Political Research Quarterly. 77-89. 2003
- Left turn on green? The unintended consequences of international funding for sustainable development in Brazil. Comparative Political Studies. 814-838. 2002
- Democracy, authoritarianism and education finance in Brazil. Journal of Latin American Studies. 115-141. 2002
- Democracy, colonization, and human capital in sub-Saharan Africa. Studies in Comparative International Development. 20-40. 2000
- World Bank directives, domestic interests, and the politics of human capital investment in Latin America. Comparative Political Studies. 113-143. 2000
- Democracy and social spending in Latin America, 1980-92. American Political Science Review. 779-790. 1999
- Reading, writing, and regime type: Democracy's impact on primary school enrollment. Political Research Quarterly. 681-707. 1999
- The diffusion of democracy, 1946-1994. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 545-574. 1998

Background

education and training

Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles 1995
M.A., University of California-Los Angeles 1991
B.A., Doane College 1984

International Activities

global connections related to teaching and scholarly work (in recent years)

Americas Transnational Region
Brazil Country

Other Profiles

ORCID iD

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3518-3551