Under what conditions do governments in weakly institutionalized new democracies implement programmatic social policies that provide benefits to excluded citizens? Can the successful implementation of …
This dissertation presents three empirical papers on the politics of punishment, vigilantism and justice attitudes in Mexico. It combines original interviews, surveys, focus groups, and …
How do politicians’ incentives and resources shape the type of policies that they adopt? One of the key redistributive roles of governments is to provide …
This dissertation examines the causes of forced displacement—the phenomenon wherein individuals leave their homes due to violence—within and from cities in the Global South. Non-state …
