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Jose Molina

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Professor Emeritus, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Ph.D., London School of Economics and Political Science

6741 Haven Hall
(734) 615-9108
jmolina@umich.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests:


Currently a Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Professor Molina’s main research interests are Political Behavior and Electoral Systems of Latin America, with a special focus on Venezuela.

Selected Publications

  • "Los partidos politicos venezolanos en el Siglo XXI". Co-edited with Angel
    Alvarez. Caracas: Editorial Vadell Hermanos, 2004
  • "Radical Change at the Ballot Box: Causes and Consequences of Electoral Behavior in Venezuela´s 2000 Elections". Co-authored with Carmen Perez. Latin American Politics and Society 46, 1 (Spring 2004): 103-134. (download)
  • “The Rise and Decline of COPEI in Venezuela”. Coauthored with Brian Crisp and Daniel Levine. In Scott Mainwaring and Timothy Scully, eds., Christian Democracy in Latin America: Electoral Competition and Regime Conflict. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2003
  • “The presidential and parliamentary elections of the bolivarian revolution in venezuela: change and continuity (1998-2000)”. Bulletin of Latin American Research 21 (April , 2002): 219-247. (download)
  • “Venezuela Ratifica el Cambio: Elecciones de 2000”. Co-authored with Carmen Pérez. In Marisa Ramos Rollón, ed., Venezuela: Rupturas y Continuidades del Sistema Político (1999-2000). Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, 2002. Pp. 143-176
  • “The Electoral Effect of Underdevelopment: government turnover and its causes in Latin-American, Caribbean and Industrialized Countries”. Electoral Studies 20 (September 2001): 427-446. (download)
  • “ Venezuela”. In Alcántara Sáez, Manuel and Flavia Freidenberg (Editores) 2001. Partidos Políticos de América Latina. Países Andinos. Salamanca, España: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca.
  • Los Sistemas Electorales de América Latina. San José de Costa Rica: Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, 2000.

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