Richard Snyder
Biographic Data
| ID | 92474 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Snyder |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Snyder |
| SIGNATURE | SNYDER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brown University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4705-3655 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1025 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1960 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 12 |
La economía política de la investigación en ciencias sociales en América Latina
Este artículo explora la variación entre países en el financiamiento para investigación de ciencias sociales a través de un análisis de nuevos datos bibliométricos y de una encuesta en Argentina, Colombia y Perú. Identificamos tres modelos distintos de investigación que dependen de cuál forma de financiamiento –extranjera, pública-nacional o privada-nacional– sea la dominante. Encontramos que cada modelo – “patrocinado por extranjeros,” “patrocin…
Modes of Extraction in Latin America's Lithium Triangle: Explaining Negotiated, Unnegotiated, and Aborted Mining Projects
Mitigating climate change requires a global transition from fossil fuels to a "green economy" driven by renewable energies. This shift has fostered massive investments in mining resources, notably lithium in South America, needed to store renewable energies. These mining ventures often produce harmful externalities where lithium is located. In Argentina, a major producer, striking variation has occurred in the fortunes of lithium-mining projects.…
Incidence and Severity of Depression Among Recovered African Americans with Covid-19-Associated Respiratory Failure
Pandemic Policymaking in Presidential Federations: Explaining Subnational Responses to Covid-19 in Brazil, Mexico, and the United States
Why do COVID-19 social distancing policies vary so widely across states in federal countries? This mixed-methods study of Brazil, Mexico, and the United States finds that state-level variation in the stringency of social distancing policies is driven not by the epidemiological, demographic, or socioeconomic factors commonly emphasized in previous research, but largely by political factors. Introducing a novel framework for explaining pandemic pol…
El análisis subnacional: Aportes Teóricos Y Metodológicos a La Política Comparada
El análisis subnacional (ASN) juega un rol cada vez más relevante en el estudio de la política comparada. Este artículo analiza las contribuciones teÃ3ricas y metodolÃ3gicas del ASN. En particular, muestra la capacidad que tiene el ASN para el desarrollo de teorías que mitigan el problema del estiramiento teÃ3rico. Asimismo, revela su ventaja comparativa para la creaciÃ3n de teorías multinivel, las cuales proveen explicaciones más sÃ3lidas para e…
Inside Countries: Subnational Research in Comparative Politics
Although comparative politics is conventionally seen as the study of politics across countries, the field has a longstanding and increasingly prominent tradition in national contexts; focusing on subnational units, institutions, actors and processes. This book offers the first comprehensive assessment of the substantive, theoretical, and methodological contributions. With empirical chapters from across the contemporary Global South, including Ind…
Uncertainty in future agro-climate projections in the United States and benefits of greenhouse gas mitigation
Scientific challenges exist on how to extract information from the wide range of projected impacts simulated by crop models driven by climate ensembles. Astronger focus is required to understand and identify the mechanisms and drivers of projected changes in crop yield. In this study, we investigate the robustness of future projections of five metrics relevant to agriculture stakeholders (accumulated frost days, dry days, growing season length, p…
Does illegality breed violence? Drug trafficking and state-sponsored protection rackets
Drugs, Violence, and State-Sponsored Protection Rackets in Mexico and Colombia
Illegality does not necessarily breed violence. The relationship between illicit markets and violence depends on institutions of protection. When state-sponsored protection rackets form, illicit markets can be peaceful. Conversely, the breakdown of state-sponsored protection rackets, which may result from well-meaning policy reforms intended to reduce corruption and improve law enforcement, can lead to violence. The cases of drug trafficking in c…
Dependency and Development in a Globalized World: Looking Back and Forward
Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics
The human dimension of comparative research / Richard Snyder -- The past and present of comparative politics / Gerardo L. Munck -- The interviews: Gabriel A. Almond: structural functionalism and political development -- Barrington Moore, Jr.: the critical spirit and comparative historical analysis -- Robert A. Dahl: normative theory, empirical research, and democracy -- Juan J. Linz: political regimes and the quest for knowledge -- Samuel P. Hunt…
Debating the Direction of Comparative Politics: An Analysis of Leading Journals
This article contributes to ongoing debates about the direction of comparative politics through an analysis of new data on the scope, objectives, and methods of research in the field. The results of the analysis are as follows. Comparative politics is a rich and diverse field that cannot be accurately characterized on the basis of just one dimension or even summarized in simple terms. In turn, the tendency to frame choices about the direction of …
Visions of Comparative Politics: A Reply to Mahoney and Wibbels
Who Publishes in Comparative Politics? Studying the World from the United States
Who publishes in the discipline's leading journals is a matter of intrinsic interest to political scientists. Indeed, any discipline is first and foremost about the people who practice it. A focus on who publishes also raises important questions concerning the relationship between the characteristics of authors, such as their gender, seniority, institutional affiliation, and nationality, and the knowledge they produce. Is who publishes associated…
Electoral Authoritarianism: The Dynamics of Unfree Competition
Retour sur les travaux de Juan Linz et leur réception. Extrait de l'entretien avec Juan J. Linz
Does Lootable Wealth Breed Disorder: A Political Economy of Extraction Framework
This article proposes a political economy of extraction framework that explains political order and state collapse as alternative outcomes in the face of lootable wealth. Different types of institutions of extraction can be built on lootable resources—with divergent effects on political stability. If rulers are able to forge institutions of extraction that give them control of revenues generated by lootable resources, then these resources can con…
Diamonds, Blood, and Taxes: A Revenue-Centered Framework for Explaining Political Order
This article addresses an important gap in research on the causes of civil war: the lack of a theory that explains why lootable resources like alluvial diamonds are linked to civil war in some cases and peace in others. To help fill this gap, we propose a revenue-centered theoretical framework that shifts the focus from rebels to rulers and states, situates rulers in the context of the institutional and economic constraints on their ability to ea…
Politics after Neoliberalism: Reregulation in Mexico
Politics after Neoliberalism: Reregulation in Mexico
Devaluing the Vote in Latin America
Malapportionment poses a serious, yet hitherto neglected, challenge to the quality and fairness of democracy in many Latin American countries
The Value of a Vote: Malapportionment in Comparative Perspective
Comparative studies of electoral institutions have largely neglected a fundamental characteristic of most of the world's electoral systems: malapportionment. This article provides a method for measuring malapportionment in different types of electoral systems, calculates levels of malapportionment in seventy-eight countries, and employs statistical analysis to explore the correlates of malapportionment in both upper and lower chambers. The analys…
Scaling Down: The Subnational Comparative Method
Global Capitaland National Politics: Reforming Mexico’s Financial System
Journal Article Global Capitaland National Politics: Reforming Mexico’s Financial System Get access Global Capitaland National Politics: Reforming Mexico’s Financial System by Timothy P. Kessler. Westport, CT, Praeger Publishers, 1999. 208 pp. Cloth, $75.00; paper, $21.95. Richard Snyder Richard Snyder University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Vol…
Rethinking agency and structure in the study of regime change
Scaling Down: The Subnational Comparative Method
The Value of a Vote: Malapportionment in Comparative Perspective
Comparative studies of electoral institutions have largely neglected a fundamental characteristic of most of the world's electoral systems: malapportionment. This article provides a method for measuring malapportionment in different types of electoral systems, calculates levels of malapportionment in seventy-eight countries, and employs statistical analysis to explore the correlates of malapportionment in both upper and lower chambers. The analys…
Diamonds, Blood, and Taxes: A Revenue-Centered Framework for Explaining Political Order
This article addresses an important gap in research on the causes of civil war: the lack of a theory that explains why lootable resources like alluvial diamonds are linked to civil war in some cases and peace in others. To help fill this gap, we propose a revenue-centered theoretical framework that shifts the focus from rebels to rulers and states, situates rulers in the context of the institutional and economic constraints on their ability to ea…
Does Lootable Wealth Breed Disorder: A Political Economy of Extraction Framework
This article proposes a political economy of extraction framework that explains political order and state collapse as alternative outcomes in the face of lootable wealth. Different types of institutions of extraction can be built on lootable resources—with divergent effects on political stability. If rulers are able to forge institutions of extraction that give them control of revenues generated by lootable resources, then these resources can con…
Explaining Transitions from Neopatrimonial Dictatorships
number of possible political trajectories for neopatrimonial regimes.2 A military coup, a nonrevolutionary transition to civilian rule, and ongoing stability are also possibilities. In this article I analyze the nonrevolutionary cases of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines, Franqois Papa Doc Duvalier and Jean-Claude Baby Doc Duvalier in Haiti, Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay, and Mobutu Sese Seko in Zaire, alongside the revolutionary cases of Anas…
Debating the Direction of Comparative Politics: An Analysis of Leading Journals
This article contributes to ongoing debates about the direction of comparative politics through an analysis of new data on the scope, objectives, and methods of research in the field. The results of the analysis are as follows. Comparative politics is a rich and diverse field that cannot be accurately characterized on the basis of just one dimension or even summarized in simple terms. In turn, the tendency to frame choices about the direction of …
After Neoliberalism: The Politics of Reregulation in Mexico
Neoliberal economic reforms, rather than unleashing market forces, can result in new institutions for market governance. By vacating institutionalized policy domains, neoliberal reforms can trigger two-step reregulation processes, as first, political entrepreneurs launch projects to build support coalitions by reregulating markets, and second, societal groups respond to these projects by mobilizing to influence the terms of reregulation. Dependin…
Rethinking agency and structure in the study of regime change
Devaluing the Vote in Latin America
Malapportionment poses a serious, yet hitherto neglected, challenge to the quality and fairness of democracy in many Latin American countries
The Missing Variable: Institutions and the Study of Regime Change
Institutions have taken center stage in comparative politics. Scholars studying such varied topics as nationalism, public policy, and economic performance have increasingly cast institutional factors in a leading explanatory role.' This surge of interest in institutional analysis has been especially notable in the comparative study of political regimes. In their efforts to explain the varied dynamics and performance of new democratic regimes resu…
Pandemic Policymaking in Presidential Federations: Explaining Subnational Responses to Covid-19 in Brazil, Mexico, and the United States
Why do COVID-19 social distancing policies vary so widely across states in federal countries? This mixed-methods study of Brazil, Mexico, and the United States finds that state-level variation in the stringency of social distancing policies is driven not by the epidemiological, demographic, or socioeconomic factors commonly emphasized in previous research, but largely by political factors. Introducing a novel framework for explaining pandemic pol…
Drugs, Violence, and State-Sponsored Protection Rackets in Mexico and Colombia
Illegality does not necessarily breed violence. The relationship between illicit markets and violence depends on institutions of protection. When state-sponsored protection rackets form, illicit markets can be peaceful. Conversely, the breakdown of state-sponsored protection rackets, which may result from well-meaning policy reforms intended to reduce corruption and improve law enforcement, can lead to violence. The cases of drug trafficking in c…
Dependency and Development in a Globalized World: Looking Back and Forward
El análisis subnacional: Aportes Teóricos Y Metodológicos a La Política Comparada
El análisis subnacional (ASN) juega un rol cada vez más relevante en el estudio de la política comparada. Este artículo analiza las contribuciones teÃ3ricas y metodolÃ3gicas del ASN. En particular, muestra la capacidad que tiene el ASN para el desarrollo de teorías que mitigan el problema del estiramiento teÃ3rico. Asimismo, revela su ventaja comparativa para la creaciÃ3n de teorías multinivel, las cuales proveen explicaciones más sÃ3lidas para e…
Visions of Comparative Politics: A Reply to Mahoney and Wibbels
Modes of Extraction in Latin America's Lithium Triangle: Explaining Negotiated, Unnegotiated, and Aborted Mining Projects
Mitigating climate change requires a global transition from fossil fuels to a "green economy" driven by renewable energies. This shift has fostered massive investments in mining resources, notably lithium in South America, needed to store renewable energies. These mining ventures often produce harmful externalities where lithium is located. In Argentina, a major producer, striking variation has occurred in the fortunes of lithium-mining projects.…
La economía política de la investigación en ciencias sociales en América Latina
Este artículo explora la variación entre países en el financiamiento para investigación de ciencias sociales a través de un análisis de nuevos datos bibliométricos y de una encuesta en Argentina, Colombia y Perú. Identificamos tres modelos distintos de investigación que dependen de cuál forma de financiamiento –extranjera, pública-nacional o privada-nacional– sea la dominante. Encontramos que cada modelo – “patrocinado por extranjeros,” “patrocin…
Incidence and Severity of Depression Among Recovered African Americans with Covid-19-Associated Respiratory Failure
Who Publishes in Comparative Politics? Studying the World from the United States
Who publishes in the discipline's leading journals is a matter of intrinsic interest to political scientists. Indeed, any discipline is first and foremost about the people who practice it. A focus on who publishes also raises important questions concerning the relationship between the characteristics of authors, such as their gender, seniority, institutional affiliation, and nationality, and the knowledge they produce. Is who publishes associated…
Professional Conferences
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Avoidance of commitment, need for closure, and the expression of choices1
Peace Research Priorities
Award Recipients
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Explaining Transitions from Neopatrimonial Dictatorships
number of possible political trajectories for neopatrimonial regimes.2 A military coup, a nonrevolutionary transition to civilian rule, and ongoing stability are also possibilities. In this article I analyze the nonrevolutionary cases of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines, Franqois Papa Doc Duvalier and Jean-Claude Baby Doc Duvalier in Haiti, Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay, and Mobutu Sese Seko in Zaire, alongside the revolutionary cases of Anas…
Awards
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
Rethinking agency and structure in the study of regime change
The Missing Variable: Institutions and the Study of Regime Change
Institutions have taken center stage in comparative politics. Scholars studying such varied topics as nationalism, public policy, and economic performance have increasingly cast institutional factors in a leading explanatory role.' This surge of interest in institutional analysis has been especially notable in the comparative study of political regimes. In their efforts to explain the varied dynamics and performance of new democratic regimes resu…
After Neoliberalism: The Politics of Reregulation in Mexico
Neoliberal economic reforms, rather than unleashing market forces, can result in new institutions for market governance. By vacating institutionalized policy domains, neoliberal reforms can trigger two-step reregulation processes, as first, political entrepreneurs launch projects to build support coalitions by reregulating markets, and second, societal groups respond to these projects by mobilizing to influence the terms of reregulation. Dependin…
Global Capitaland National Politics: Reforming Mexico’s Financial System
Journal Article Global Capitaland National Politics: Reforming Mexico’s Financial System Get access Global Capitaland National Politics: Reforming Mexico’s Financial System by Timothy P. Kessler. Westport, CT, Praeger Publishers, 1999. 208 pp. Cloth, $75.00; paper, $21.95. Richard Snyder Richard Snyder University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Vol…
Devaluing the Vote in Latin America
Malapportionment poses a serious, yet hitherto neglected, challenge to the quality and fairness of democracy in many Latin American countries
The Value of a Vote: Malapportionment in Comparative Perspective
Comparative studies of electoral institutions have largely neglected a fundamental characteristic of most of the world's electoral systems: malapportionment. This article provides a method for measuring malapportionment in different types of electoral systems, calculates levels of malapportionment in seventy-eight countries, and employs statistical analysis to explore the correlates of malapportionment in both upper and lower chambers. The analys…
Scaling Down: The Subnational Comparative Method
Politics after Neoliberalism: Reregulation in Mexico
Politics after Neoliberalism: Reregulation in Mexico
Diamonds, Blood, and Taxes: A Revenue-Centered Framework for Explaining Political Order
This article addresses an important gap in research on the causes of civil war: the lack of a theory that explains why lootable resources like alluvial diamonds are linked to civil war in some cases and peace in others. To help fill this gap, we propose a revenue-centered theoretical framework that shifts the focus from rebels to rulers and states, situates rulers in the context of the institutional and economic constraints on their ability to ea…
Electoral Authoritarianism: The Dynamics of Unfree Competition
Retour sur les travaux de Juan Linz et leur réception. Extrait de l'entretien avec Juan J. Linz
Does Lootable Wealth Breed Disorder: A Political Economy of Extraction Framework
This article proposes a political economy of extraction framework that explains political order and state collapse as alternative outcomes in the face of lootable wealth. Different types of institutions of extraction can be built on lootable resources—with divergent effects on political stability. If rulers are able to forge institutions of extraction that give them control of revenues generated by lootable resources, then these resources can con…
Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics
The human dimension of comparative research / Richard Snyder -- The past and present of comparative politics / Gerardo L. Munck -- The interviews: Gabriel A. Almond: structural functionalism and political development -- Barrington Moore, Jr.: the critical spirit and comparative historical analysis -- Robert A. Dahl: normative theory, empirical research, and democracy -- Juan J. Linz: political regimes and the quest for knowledge -- Samuel P. Hunt…
Debating the Direction of Comparative Politics: An Analysis of Leading Journals
This article contributes to ongoing debates about the direction of comparative politics through an analysis of new data on the scope, objectives, and methods of research in the field. The results of the analysis are as follows. Comparative politics is a rich and diverse field that cannot be accurately characterized on the basis of just one dimension or even summarized in simple terms. In turn, the tendency to frame choices about the direction of …
Visions of Comparative Politics: A Reply to Mahoney and Wibbels
Who Publishes in Comparative Politics? Studying the World from the United States
Who publishes in the discipline's leading journals is a matter of intrinsic interest to political scientists. Indeed, any discipline is first and foremost about the people who practice it. A focus on who publishes also raises important questions concerning the relationship between the characteristics of authors, such as their gender, seniority, institutional affiliation, and nationality, and the knowledge they produce. Is who publishes associated…
Does illegality breed violence? Drug trafficking and state-sponsored protection rackets
Drugs, Violence, and State-Sponsored Protection Rackets in Mexico and Colombia
Illegality does not necessarily breed violence. The relationship between illicit markets and violence depends on institutions of protection. When state-sponsored protection rackets form, illicit markets can be peaceful. Conversely, the breakdown of state-sponsored protection rackets, which may result from well-meaning policy reforms intended to reduce corruption and improve law enforcement, can lead to violence. The cases of drug trafficking in c…
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