Mark Williams

Courses Taught

PSCI 0056: American Citizenship and the Second Face of War
PSCI 0201: International Politics
PSCI 0260: The Political Economy of Drug Trafficking
PSCI 0303: US - Latin American Relations
PSCI 0335: Latin American Revolutions
PSCI 0415: Democracy and Development in Latin America

Research Interests

International Relations
Latin American Politics
Mexican Politics
US-Latin American Relations
Political Economy of Market Reforms

Recent Publications

"Escaping the Zero-Sum Scenario:  Technocracy versus Democracy in Latin America ," Political Science Quarerly, Vol. 121, No. 1 (2006)

"Private Military Corporations:  Benefits and Costs of Outsourcing Security," with Allison Stanger, Yale Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Fall/Winter 2006)

"U.S. Policy in the Andes:  Commitments and Commitment Traps," in Russell Crandall and Riordan Roett, eds., Security, Democracy, and Economic Reform in the Andes (Boulder:  Lynne Rienner, 2005)

"When Rational Policy Making Fails: Plan Colombia and the Approaching Commitment Trap," with Vinay Jawahar, International Journal of Politics and Ethics, Vol. 3, No. 2 (2003): 159-172

"Market Reforms, Technocrats, and Institutional Innovation,"  World Development, Vol. 30, No. 3 (March 2002).

"Traversing the Mexican Odyssey: Reflections on Political Change and the Study of Mexican Politics," Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Winter 2002)

"Learning the Limits of Power: Privatization and State-Labor Interactions in Mexico," Latin American Politics and Society, Vol. 43, No. 4 (Winter 2001)

"Market Reforms in Mexico: Coalitions, Institutions, and the Politics of Policy Change," (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2001)

"Theory-Driven Comparative Analysis: Dead on the Gurney or Lost in the Shuffle?" Studies in Comparative International Development 35 (Fall 2000)