Ken E. Mitchell, Ph.D.
Department Chair
Professor

Ph.D., Oxford University
- Office
- Bey Hall 248
- Phone
- 732-263-5893
- kmitchel@monmouth.edu
- Office Hours
- Fall 2020/Spring 2021 by appointment
- Courses this Semester
- PS 101: Introduction to Political Science: Power and Globalization
- Regularly Taught Courses
- PS-101: Intro to Political Science
PS 275: Politics and Policy of Latin America
PS 281: International Relations
PS 398: Military Governments and Coups
S/ SO 360:Political Economy in the Developing World
PS 398: Nationalism - Research Interests
Latin American Politics and Political Economy, Globalization and Social Policy, Constitutional Change and Party System Development
- Publications
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- Books
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Pesos or Plastic? Financial Inclusion, Taxation and Development in Latin America. Palgrave. 2019
State-Society Relations in Mexico, Ashgate Ltd: London. 2001
- Scholarly Articles
- “Will that be Cash or Credit? Payment Preferences and Rising VAT in Argentina,” Journal of Post Keynesian Economics. 42/1: 1-15. 2019. Taylor & Francis
- “Old Malbec in New Bottles, The Return of Neoliberalism in Argentina” – Monthly Review (Monthly Review Press), June 69/2: 43-50. 2017.
- “Don’t Cry for Argentina – It is Not 2001 Again” – co-authored with Robert Scott, Challenge, (M.E. Sharp) 57/6 Nov-Dec 2014: 1-15.
- “Models of Clientelism and Policy Change: The Case of Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes in Mexico and Brazil” written with Aaron Ansell (Virginia Tech University), Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 30, Issue 3, pp.298-312.
- “Democratization, External Exposure and State Food Distribution in the Dominican Republic” – Peer reviewed article, Bulletin of Latin American Research (BLAR), Vol.28, No. 2 (March) 2009
- “Bridging the Convergence-Divergence Policy Diffusion Divide,Mid-range Theorizing and Devolving Food Aid in Mexico and the Dominican Republic” The Latin Americanist, Vol. 50, No. 2, Summer 2007, pp.59-82.
- “Building State Capacity: Reforming Mexican State Food Aid Programs in the 1990s” Journal of Oxford Development Studies, November-December, Vol. 33, No. 3&4, 2005, pp.377-390