Imke Harbers
Imke Harbers
University of Amsterdam
In Residence: September 2009 - January 2010
Phone: (858) 822-7859 Fax: (858) 534-6447
E-mail: i.harbers@uva.nl
CV
Expertise
Comparative politics; political parties and party systems
Regions of Interest
Latin America, especially Mexico and Ecuador
Current Project
Political Organization in Multi-level Settings: Latin American Parties and Party Systems after Decentralization
Publications
Forthcoming. “Decentralization and the Development of Nationalized Party Systems in New Democracies: Evidence from Latin America”, Comparative Political Studies.
2007. “Democratic Deepening in Third Wave Democracies: Experiments with Participation in Mexico City”, Political Studies, Volume 55, No. 1, pp. 38-58.
Academic Background
Imke studied political science at Leiden University in the Netherlands, and at the University of California in Berkeley. From 2004 to 2005 she worked as junior researcher at the German Development Institute in Bonn. In 2009, Imke received the Rudolf Wildenmann Prize of the European Consortium for Political Research. Her dissertation examines the impact of decentralization on Latin American parties and party systems. After her residence at USMEX, she will take a position at the University of Amsterdam as assistant professor of political science and fellow at the Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation (Cedla).
