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John A. Booth
Regents Professor
(Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1975)
(940) 565-2684
Wooten Hall 139
Research interests:
comparative political behavior and culture, democratization, political
violence/revolution, Latin American politics. Coauthor of Legitimacy
Puzzle in Latin America: Political Support and Democracy in Eight
Nations (forthcoming 2009) and Understanding Central America : Global
Forces, Rebellion, and Change (5th revised ed. forthcoming 2009).
Author of Costa Rica: Quest for Democracy and The End and the
Beginning: The Nicaraguan Revolution. Coeditor/contributor to Elections
and Democracy in Central America and Elections and Democracy in Central
America Revisited, Political Participation in Latin America (2 vols.)
and The Politics of San Antonio: Community, Power, and Progress.
Author/coauthor of articles in American Journal of Political Science,
European Journal of Political Research, Democratization, Journal of
Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Latin American Research Review,
Latin American Politics and Society, American Behavioral Scientist,
Comparative Political Studies and others. Consultant for U.S.
government and international agencies, interest groups, professional
associations, foundations, and corporations. Fulbright Lecturer in
Costa Rica, 1979-80. Latin American Studies Association XVII
International Congress program chair. Chair of the UNT Political
Science Department 1986-90.
Curriculum Vitae
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