Alfred Montero

Education & Professional History

Columbia University, MA; PhD

Organizations & Scholarly Affiliations

Prof. Montero is currently working on a book project concerning political polarization and economic policy-making in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

Prof. Montero teaches courses in comparative politics and political economy, including the gateway course in public policy, Latin American Politics, and comparative democratization and autocratization.

With Lindsay Mayka and Jessica Rich, “The Politics of Participation in Latin America: New Actors and Institutions.” Latin American Politics and Society 61:2 (Summer 2019). (Introduction to a special issue on participatory politics in Latin America, co-organized with Mayka and Rich).

With Brandon van Dyck, “Eroding the Clientelist Monopoly: The Subnational Left Turn and Conservative Rule in Northeastern Brazil.” Latin American Research Review 50:4 (2015).

Brazil: Reversal of Fortune (Polity Press, 2014).

With Kathryn Hochstetler, “The Renewed Developmentalist State: The National Development Bank and the Brazil Model.” Journal of Development Studies 49:11 (July 2013).