Dexter S Boniface
Biographic Data
| ID | 783910 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dexter S Boniface |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dexter S |
| FAMILY NAME | Boniface |
| SIGNATURE | BONIFACE D S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rollins College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Controlling Their Own Destiny
This essay reviews the following works:Contemporary U.S.-Latin American Relations: Cooperation or Conflict in the 21st Century? Edited by Jorge I. Domínguez and Rafael Fernández de Castro. 2nd revised edition. New York: Routledge, 2016. Pp. xiv + 309. 65.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9781626374485
Individual-Level Determinants of Anti-Americanism in Contemporary Latin America
This article examines the breadth and depth of anti-Americanism in contemporary Latin America. Using individual-level data from 2012, we employ regression analysis to understand why some Latin American citizens are more likely than others to distrust the government of the United States. By examining the attitudes of citizens of countries that are part of different groupings—such as the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas and the Pacific Alliance…
Forthcoming in Volume 50, Number 3
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Is Hong Kong Democratizing
We argue that the transition to Chinese authority has not undermined democratic governance in Hong Kong and that voice and accountability have improved since the handover. We seek to explain this surprising result and conclude with a discussion of the implications of our findings for China, Taiwan, and cross-strait relations
The Search for the Mechanisms of Democratization
Charles Tilly's Democracy is an ambitious attempt to explain why modern democracies emerge and survive. Tilly's ambition in tackling this subject has both a positive and a negative side. On the positive side, Democracy virtually explodes with creative theoretical ideas as Tilly boldly sets forth a general account of the causal mechanisms that explain the rise and fall of democratic institutions. Indeed, Tilly argues that “the fundamental processe…
Old Carrots, New Sticks
Is There a Democratic Norm in the Americas? An Analysis of the Organization of American States
The preamble of the Organization of American States (OAS) Charter is explicit about a commitment to representative democracy as indispensable condition for the stability, peace and development of the region. (1) However, in the four decades after inception in 1948, the OAS failed to develop a consistent policy regarding the promotion of democracy in the hemisphere. For instance, while the Cuban government was suspended from the OAS in 1962 for in…
Competitividade e desenvolvimento
An Analytic Revolution in Comparative Politics
Over the last decade rational choice and formal theory have gained increasing prominence in comparative politics, portending a potential analytic revolution in the field. Like the behavioral revolution of the 1960s, the analytic revolution of the 1990s is motivated in part by the desire to make comparative politics more rigorous by utilizing analytical tools such as game theory and spatial models developed largely by economists and positivist sch…
Is There a Democratic Norm in the Americas? An Analysis of the Organization of American States
The preamble of the Organization of American States (OAS) Charter is explicit about a commitment to representative democracy as indispensable condition for the stability, peace and development of the region. (1) However, in the four decades after inception in 1948, the OAS failed to develop a consistent policy regarding the promotion of democracy in the hemisphere. For instance, while the Cuban government was suspended from the OAS in 1962 for in…
An Analytic Revolution in Comparative Politics
Over the last decade rational choice and formal theory have gained increasing prominence in comparative politics, portending a potential analytic revolution in the field. Like the behavioral revolution of the 1960s, the analytic revolution of the 1990s is motivated in part by the desire to make comparative politics more rigorous by utilizing analytical tools such as game theory and spatial models developed largely by economists and positivist sch…
Controlling Their Own Destiny
This essay reviews the following works:Contemporary U.S.-Latin American Relations: Cooperation or Conflict in the 21st Century? Edited by Jorge I. Domínguez and Rafael Fernández de Castro. 2nd revised edition. New York: Routledge, 2016. Pp. xiv + 309. 65.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9781626374485
Is Hong Kong Democratizing
We argue that the transition to Chinese authority has not undermined democratic governance in Hong Kong and that voice and accountability have improved since the handover. We seek to explain this surprising result and conclude with a discussion of the implications of our findings for China, Taiwan, and cross-strait relations
Old Carrots, New Sticks
An Analytic Revolution in Comparative Politics
Over the last decade rational choice and formal theory have gained increasing prominence in comparative politics, portending a potential analytic revolution in the field. Like the behavioral revolution of the 1960s, the analytic revolution of the 1990s is motivated in part by the desire to make comparative politics more rigorous by utilizing analytical tools such as game theory and spatial models developed largely by economists and positivist sch…
Is There a Democratic Norm in the Americas? An Analysis of the Organization of American States
The preamble of the Organization of American States (OAS) Charter is explicit about a commitment to representative democracy as indispensable condition for the stability, peace and development of the region. (1) However, in the four decades after inception in 1948, the OAS failed to develop a consistent policy regarding the promotion of democracy in the hemisphere. For instance, while the Cuban government was suspended from the OAS in 1962 for in…
Competitividade e desenvolvimento
Old Carrots, New Sticks
The Search for the Mechanisms of Democratization
Charles Tilly's Democracy is an ambitious attempt to explain why modern democracies emerge and survive. Tilly's ambition in tackling this subject has both a positive and a negative side. On the positive side, Democracy virtually explodes with creative theoretical ideas as Tilly boldly sets forth a general account of the causal mechanisms that explain the rise and fall of democratic institutions. Indeed, Tilly argues that “the fundamental processe…
Is Hong Kong Democratizing
We argue that the transition to Chinese authority has not undermined democratic governance in Hong Kong and that voice and accountability have improved since the handover. We seek to explain this surprising result and conclude with a discussion of the implications of our findings for China, Taiwan, and cross-strait relations
Individual-Level Determinants of Anti-Americanism in Contemporary Latin America
This article examines the breadth and depth of anti-Americanism in contemporary Latin America. Using individual-level data from 2012, we employ regression analysis to understand why some Latin American citizens are more likely than others to distrust the government of the United States. By examining the attitudes of citizens of countries that are part of different groupings—such as the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas and the Pacific Alliance…
Forthcoming in Volume 50, Number 3
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Controlling Their Own Destiny
This essay reviews the following works:Contemporary U.S.-Latin American Relations: Cooperation or Conflict in the 21st Century? Edited by Jorge I. Domínguez and Rafael Fernández de Castro. 2nd revised edition. New York: Routledge, 2016. Pp. xiv + 309. 65.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9781626374485
Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Political economy (5 works) · Democracy (3 works) · International Relations in Latin America (3 works) · Latin Americans (3 works) · Law (3 works)