“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.”—James Madison
Professor of Political Science
Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS)
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0519
Phone: (858) 534-5016
Fax (858) 534-3939
Welcome to my academic web pages. These pages contain links to most of my publications (though many of these links require a password or access via a university library server). The "work in progress" page contains downloadable files of many of my current projects.
My research agenda focuses on how the details of political institutions affect the quality of democratic governance. My specific interests are in electoral systems and the constitutional design of executive–legislative relations. Among my current research projects are a study of the reform of electoral laws in majoritarian systems (including Britain, Canada, and New Zealand), the evolution of federal–presidential democracy in Mexico, and United States democracy in comparative perspective.
I have recently been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to conduct research on the "intra-party dimension" of electoral systems, meaning the ways in which legislative candidates of the same party relate to one another and to their constituents.
Link to official webpage at IRPS
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