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McGuire, James W.


Professor of Government
Government Department
860.685.2487
Public Affairs Center 219

Professor, Latin American Studies
Latin American Studies Program
860.685.2487


BA Swarthmore College
MA University of California, Berkeley
PHD University of California, Berkeley
EMAIL:
jmcguire@wesleyan.edu
PERSONAL HOME PAGE:
http://condor.wesleyan.edu/jmcguire/
WESLEYAN PO BOX:
 Government Department
COURSES TAUGHT THIS SEMESTER:
GOVT157 - 01
GOVT302 - 01
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
James McGuire specializes in comparative politics with a regional focus on Latin America and East Asia. He is the author Peronism without Peron (Stanford, 1997) and of articles on parties, unions, and strikes in Argentina; on transitions from authoritarianism in Latin America; on determinants of economic growth and income distribution in East Asia and Latin America; and on determinants of the pattern and pace of mortality decline in developing societies, including Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, South Korea, and Taiwan. His new book, Wealth, Health, and Democracy in East Asia and Latin America (Cambridge, forthcoming January 2010), explores why some East Asian and Latin American societies have done better than others at raising life expectancy and reducing infant mortality. It draws on a cross-national analysis of more than 100 developing countries (Chapter 2); case studies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Indonesia, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand (Chapters 3-10); and historical comparisons among the eight societies (Chapter 11).
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Latin America, East and Southeast Asia, mortality decline, political economy, social (especially health) policy, labor unions, political parties, democracy and democratization
AWARDS WON:
Since 1994:

Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Summer Institute (1994)
Pacific Council on International Policy Fellowship (1996-97)
American Council of Learned Societies Senior Fellowship (2000-2001)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Residential Fellowship (2000-2001)
Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies Research Fellowship (2003)
Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Wesleyan University (2004)

OFFICE HOURS:
Tuesdays, 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM, or by appointment (send email), in Public Affairs Center 219.
PUBLICATIONS:
http://condor.wesleyan.edu/jmcguire/Research.html