Dr. Kenneth Mitchell, Assistant Professor of Political Science

Ph.D. University of Oxford

Office: Bey Hall 246

E-mail: kmitchel@monmouth.edu

Telephone: 732-263-5893

Kenneth E. Mitchell, Assistant Professor. Ph.D., Political Science, University of Oxford, M.Sc., Development Studies, Faculty of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, and B.A., Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz. Specialization in comparative politics, international relations and political economy of development in Latin America, the Caribbean and the developing world. Research interests include public sector reform, social sector reform, urban politics and bureaucratic politics in Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Argentina. Author of State-Society Relations in Mexico: Clientelism, neoliberal state reform, and the case of Conasupo (2001) and “Building State Capacity: Reforming Mexican State Food Aid Programmes in the 1990s” (Oxford Development Studies, December 2005). Current Editor of the Journal of Latin American Urban Studies (JLAUS).

Current Projects:

Current projects include public policy and diffusion research on public sector reform in Mexico, The Dominican Republic and Argentina, in areas such as nutrition, health and education. A special area of interest is the role national capitals play in the reform process and the particular challenges associated with redistributing social resources to populations residing beyond the capital.

Courses Taught:

Politics & Gov’t in Latin America
Introduction to Latin American Studies
Comparative Politics
Comparative Transitions to Democracy
Comparative Political Economy of Industrializing Countries
Political Development
Politics of Western Europe
Politics & Gov’t in the Middle East and North Africa
Politics & Gov’t in Pakistan
Social Science Research Methods
Nationalism and Revolutions
International Relations since 1945 (2x)
IR: Globalization of World Politics
Theories of International Politics

Publications

State-Society Relations in Mexico: Clientelism, neoliberal state reform, and the case of Conasupo (2001) and “Building State Capacity: Reforming Mexican State Food Aid Programmes in the 1990s” (Oxford Development Studies, December 2005).