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Dr. Kenneth Mitchell
 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 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). |
