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Dexter
Boniface is Associate Professor of Political Science and the Weddell Chair
of the Americas at Rollins College in Winter Park, FL.
Background: Dexter received his B.A.
in Economics and Political Science at Miami University in Oxford, OH.
He completed his Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign. Before coming to Rollins he was a Visiting
Instructor in International Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN.
He was a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Inter-American Studies and
Programs (CEPI) at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de
México (ITAM) in 2009-2010.
Interests: Dexter teaches courses in
Comparative Politics and International Relations, with a specialization in
Latin American Politics. His research interests include Brazilian politics
and democracy promotion efforts in Latin America. He is also interested in
issues of democratization and development in the Middle East, Africa, and
Asia. He is co-editor of Promoting
Democracy in the Americas (the
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007).
Blog: Read Dexter's Democracy in Latin America Blog
at WordPress.
Recent Publications:
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“U.S.-Latin America Relations in the Post-Chávez Era”
(with Dinorah Azpuru), The
Fletcher Forum of World Affairs (Online
Edition), March 26, 2013.
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“United States Multilateralism and the Unilateral
Temptation,” Pensamiento Propio 33 (January-June 2011):
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“Multilateralismo
latinoamericano: La perspectiva desde Estados Unidos,” Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica 10, 3 (July-September 2010): 51-56.
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“Dealing with Threats to Democracy,” in Andrew Cooper and Jorge Heine,
eds., Which
Way Latin America? Hemispheric Politics Meets Globalization (Tokyo:
United Nations University Press, 2009).
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Working Papers:
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"The OAS versus ALBA: The
Clash over Democracy and the Rule of Law in the Americas," APSA 2012
Annual Meeting Paper. Available at SSRN (click link on left).
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“Rethinking Presidential Challenges and Falls: A
Qualitative Comparative Analysis,” APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper.
Available at SSRN (click link on left).
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CEPI
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“Latin America’s New Crisis of
Democracy,” Center for Interamerican Studies and
Programs (CEPI) Working Paper No. 22, May 2010. Available at CEPI
(link on left).
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Future Rollins Syllabi
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POL 100: Introduction to Comparative Politics (Fall
2013)
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POL 317: Latin America & US in World Politics
(Fall 2013)
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