Professor Francisco Panizza
Professor in Latin American and Comparative Politics
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About
Francisco Panizza was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he studied law. He has an MA and a PhD in Politics from the University of Essex. From 1991 to 1995 he was a researcher in the Research Department of the International Secretariat of Amnesty International. He joined the Department of Government in 1995. He is the co-editor of Routledge Series Conceptualizing Comparative Politics.
Research
- Democracy and Human Rights in Latin American Politics
- Politics and the Economy of the MERCOSUR countries
- Populism
- Left of centre governments in Latin America
- The politics of financial crises in comparative perspective
- The politics of patronage
Teaching
- GV245: Democracy and Democratisation
- GV248: Power and Politics in the Modern World: Comparative Perspectives
- GV320: Populism
- GV443: The State and Political Institutions in Latin America
- GV444: Democracy and Development in Latin America
- GV4J9: Populism