Department of Political Science

Political Science
1414 Social Sciences Building
267 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-624-4144
Fax: 612-626-7599
E-mail: polisci@umn.edu

Chair: Raymond D. Duvall

David Samuels

612-624-9876
Political Science Room 1466 SocSci

Department Affiliations


Specialties

  • Brazilian politics
  • Latin American politics
  • legislatures
  • Political parties and elections
  • immigration
  • US-Latin American Relations

Educational Background

  • Ph.D.: University of California, San Diego, 1998.
  • B.A.: Political Science, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, 1989.

Publications

  • "Electoral Accountability and the Variety of Democratic Regimes": Samuels, David Julian, Timothy Hellwig, British Journal of Political Science, 37 1-26, 2007.
  • "From Socialism to Social Democracy? The Evolution of the Workers' Party in Brazil": Samuels, David Julian, Comparative Political Studies, 2004.
  • "Pork-Barreling is Not Credit-Claiming or Advertising: Campaign Finance and the Sources of the Personal Vote in Brazil": Samuels, David Julian, The Journal of Politics, 64(3) 845-863, 2002.
  • Money, Elections and Democracy in Brazil: Samuels, David Julian, Latin American Politics and Society, 2001.
  • Ambition, Federalism, and Legislative Politics in Brazil. Samuels, David Julian, Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Awards

  • McKnight Land Grant Professorship
  • Fulbright Fellowship

Courses Taught

  • 1054 - Introduction to Comparative Politics
  • Pol 3477 - Political Development
  • Pol 3491 - Film and Latin American Politics
  • Pol 4410 - US-Latin American Relations
  • Pol 8463 - Comparative Political Institutions
  • Pol 8601 - Comparative Politics Core
  • Pol 8632 - The Politics of Democratization
  • POL 8643 - Parties and Party Systems
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