Contact Info:
Sebastian M. SaieghDepartment of Political Science
University of California, San Diego
Social Sciences Building 365
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093
email: ssaiegh@ucsd.edu
phone: (858) 534-7237
fax: (858) 534-7130
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Contact Info:Sebastian M. SaieghDepartment of Political Science University of California, San Diego Social Sciences Building 365 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093 email: ssaiegh@ucsd.edu phone: (858) 534-7237 fax: (858) 534-7130 |
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Research Interests:
Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Latin American Politics, Legislative Institutions, Federalism
Publications
Articles:
"Legislative Preferences, Political Parties, and Coalition Unity in Chile" (co-authored with Eduardo Aleman)
Comparative Politics, Vol. 39: 253-272, April 2007
[abstract] [paper] [data] [codebook]"Do Countries Have a Democratic Advantage? Political Institutions, Multilateral Agencies, and Sovereign Borrowing"
Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 38: 366-387, May 2005
[abstract] [paper] [data] [codebook]“Government Coalitions and Legislative Success Under Presidentialism and Parliamentarism” (co-authored with Adam Przeworski and Jose Cheibub)
British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 34: 565-587, 2004
[abstract] [paper] [data] [codebook]"Amateur Legislators-Professional Politicians : The Consequences of Party-Centered Electoral Rules in a Federal System" (co-authored with Mark P. Jones, Pablo Spiller and Mariano Tommasi)
American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 46, No. 3: 656-669
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"Fiscal Federalism in Argentina: Policies, Politics, and Institutional Reform"(co-authored with Pablo Sanguinetti and Mariano Tommasi)
Economia , Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA), 2001.
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Book Chapters:
“Congress, Political Careers, and the Provincial Connection” (co-authored with Mariano Tommasi, Pablo Spiller, and Mark P. Jones)
in Pablo T. Spiller and Mariano Tommasi. The Institutional Foundations of Public Policy in Argentina, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
[Book]“Federalism, Argentine Style” (co-authored with Mariano Tommasi, and Pablo Spiller)
in Pablo T. Spiller and Mariano Tommasi. The Institutional Foundations of Public Policy in Argentina, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
[Book]“Can Democracy Prevent Sovereign Debt Repudiation?”
in Miguel A. Centeno, Harold James and John Londregan (eds.). The Political Economy of Recurrent Debt. Princeton: PIIRS Monograph Series No. 3.
[abstract] [paper]“The sub-national connection: legislative coalitions, cross-voting, and policymaking in Argentina”
in Flavia Fiorucci and Marcus Klein (Eds.). The Argentine Crisis of the Millennium: Causes, Consequences, and Explanations, Amsterdam: Aksant Academic Publishers, 2004.
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Other Publications:
“Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes in Paraguay, 1954- 2003” (co-authored with Jose Molinas and Anibal Perez Linan)
Revista de Ciencia Politica, Vol. 24: 67-93, December 2004. [abstract][paper]“Ganar una Batalla o Ganar la Guerra” (co-authored with German Lodola)
(November 2004) Revista Lo Que Vendra.[paper]"Governos de Coalizao nas Democracias Presidencialistas e Parlamentaristas" (co-authored with Jose Antonio Cheibub and Adam Przeworski)
Dados, Vol. 45, No. 2: 187-218
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Working Papers:
“National Cultures and Soccer Violence” (co-authored with Edward Miguel and Shanker Satyanath)
[paper]"Government Coalitions and Sovereign Debt Crises"
[paper]“Credible Commitments and Public Borrowing in the Nineteenth-Century Argentina”
[paper]"Recovering a Basic Space from Elite Surveys: Evidence from Latin America"
[paper]"Active Players or Rubber Stamps? Assessing the Policy Making Role of Legislatures in Latin America"
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Edited Volume
“La Nueva Economia Politica”. Buenos Aires: Eudeba, 1998 (co-edited with Mariano Tommasi)
Available: Eudeba
Teaching
POLI 134D TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS: Politics, Policies, and Economic Prosperity in Latin America, Winter 2008
POLI 138D SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS: Autocracy, Democracy, and Prosperity, Fall 2007
POLI 220B GRADUATE COURSE IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS: Institutions, Winter 2008
Links
- My Father's Book:
Francia en las Islas Malvinas. Buenos Aires: Emece, 2005
Available: Amazon
Last edited: April, 2008