University
of PittsburghUniversity
of PittsburghMITCHELL A. SELIGSON
BOOKS:
Citizen and State: Political Participation in Latin America, Vol. I, co-edited with John A. Booth. New York and London: Holmes and Meier Publishers (1978).
Politics and the Poor: Political Participation in Latin America, Vol. II, co-edited with John A. Booth. New York and London: Holmes and Meier Publishers (1979).
Peasants of Costa Rica and the Development of Agrarian Capitalism. Madison and London: University of Wisconsin Press (1980).
El campesino y el capitalismo agrario de Costa Rica. Translation of above, San José, Costa Rica: Editorial Costa Rica (1980).
Maquiladoras and Migration: Workers in the Mexico-United States Border Industrialization Program, co-authored with Edward J. Williams. Austin: University of Texas Press Services (1982).
The Gap Between Rich and Poor: Contending Perspectives on the Political Economy of Development. (ed.) Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1984.
Authoritarians and Democrats: Regime Transition in Latin America, co-edited with James M. Malloy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1987.
Elections and Democracy in Central America, co-edited with John A. Booth. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1989.
Development and Underdevelopment: The Political Economy of Inequality, co-edited with John Passé-Smith. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 1993.
Elections and Democracy in Central America, Revisited, co-edited with John A. Booth. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1995.
Development and Underdevelopment: The Political Economy of Global Inequality, co-edited with John Passé-Smith. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 1998. (Note: this is a revised and expanded version of the 1993 volume with a similar title.)
MONOGRAPHS AND OCCASIONAL PAPERS:
Agrarian Capitalism and the Transformation of Peasant Society: Coffee in Costa Rica. Buffalo: State University of New York Special Studies Series, No. 69, 1975, pp. 66.
"Agrarian Reform in Costa Rica, 1942-1976: Evolution of a Program." Land Tenure Center Research Paper Series, No. 115. Madison: University of Wisconsin. (January, 1978), pp. 42.
a)Reprinted: William P. Avery, Richard E. Lonsdale and Ivan Volgyes, Rural Change and Public Policy: Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Australia. New York: Pergamon Press (1980), pp. 253-275.
b)Translated and reprinted: "La reforma agraria en Costa Rica, 1942-1976: La evolución de un programa." Estudios sociales centroamericanos, 19 (enero-abril, 1978), pp. 55-82.
Peasant Participation in Costa Rica's Agrarian Reform: A View From Below. Ithaca: Cornell University Rural Development Committee Monograph Series, 1983, pp. 241.
Land and Labor in Guatemala: An Assessment. Co-authored. Agency for International Development and Development Associates: Washington, D.C., 1983, pp. 284. Also available in Spanish as Tierra y trabajo en Guatemala: Una evaluación, Guatemala: Ediciones Papiro, 1983. Reprinted, 1986.
Baseline Survey of the Honduran Small Farmer Titling Project: Descriptive Analysis of the 1985 Sample. Co-authored with Edgar G. Nesman. Land Tenure Center Research Paper No. 93. Madison: University of Wisconsin, May, 1987, 122 pp. Also appearing as "Encuesta de base del proyecto de titulación del pequeño agricultor Hondureño: Análisis descriptiva de la muestra de 1985," June, 1986.
"The Honduras Land Titling and Registration Experience." Co-authored with David Stanfield, Edgar Nesman, and Alex Coles. Land Tenure Center Research Paper, June, 1990. Madison: University of Wisconsin.
"Small Business Development in El Salvador: The Impact of Remittances." José Roberto López and Mitchell A. Seligson. Working Papers of the Commission for the Study of International Migration and Cooperative Economic Development, No. 44, June 1990.
Reprinted in: Sergio Díaz-Briquets and Sidney Weintraub, eds., Migration, Remittances and Small Business Development: Mexico and Caribbean Basin Countries. Boulder: Westview Press, 1991.
Economic Integration in Central America: A Report to the European Commission, co-authored, Victor Bulmer-Thomas, Rodolfo Cerdas and María Eugenia Gallardo. Miami: The North-South Center, April, 1992, 49 pp.
Perspectivas para una democracia estable en El Salvador. Co-authored with Ricardo Córdova Macías. San Salvador: IDELA (Instituto de Estudios Latinoamericanos). 1993, 103 pp.
La Cultura Democrática de los Guatemaltecos: Resumen. Co-authored with Joel Jutkowitz, Dinorah Azpuru de Cuestas and Max Eduardo Lucas P. Guatemala: ASIES, 1995, pp. 77.
La opinión pública salvadoreña frente a la Asamblea Legislativa. Documento de Trabajo, Serie Análisis de la Realidad Nacional 95-1, FUNDAUNGO, San Salvador, El Salvador, enero, 1995.
El Salvador: Entre la guerra y la paz, Una cultura política en transición. Co-authored with Ricardo Córdova M., San Salvador: IDELA and FundaUngo, 1995, pp. 145.
Reducción de la Pobreza en Costa Rica: El Impacto de las Políticas Públicas. Co-authored: Mitchell A. Seligson, Juliana Martínez F., y Juan Diego Trejos S. New York: United Nations Development Program (PNUD), Proyecto "Mitigación de la Pobreza y Desarrollo Social," RLA/92/009, Documento de Trabajo # 2, 1995. Versión distribuida en la reunión de los países miembros del Grupo del Río para el seguimiento de la Cumbre Social, Quito, Ecuador, 15 al 17 de noviembre de 1995.
Also appears under the same title in, Serie Divulgación Económica No. 51, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Económicas Universidad de Costa Rica, Julio, 1996, pp. 115.
Also appears under the same title in Serie de Documentos No. 2, Proyecto "Mitigación de la Pobreza y Desarrollo Social," RLA/92/009, Documento de Trabajo, United Nations Development Program, 1997.
Political Culture in Nicaragua: Transitions, 1991-1995. Also available in Spanish as, La Cultura Política en Nicaragua: Transiciones, 1991-1995. USAID, Nicaragua, January, 1996. Pp. 113.
La cultura democrática de Los Guatemaltecos: Segundo estudio. Co-authored with Malcolm Young. Guatemala City: ASIES, August, 1996, pp. 57.
El Salvador: Diagnóstico y propuestas para el desarrollo municipal. Co-authored with Victor A. Ramírez, Leslie Quiñónez Basagoitia, and Ricardo Córdova Macías. San Salvador: FundaUngo y COMURES, enero, 1997, pp. 147.
Los Centroamericanos miran a sus gobiernos locales. Documento de Trabajo, Serie Descentralización y Gobierno Municipal 97-1, Febrero de 1997, FundaUngo, San Salvador, El Salvador, pp. 80.
La cultura democrática de los Guatemaltecos: Tercer Estudio, 1997. with Malcom Young, Max Eduardo Lucas P. and Dinorah Azpuru. Guatemala: Development Associates, University of Pittsburgh and Asociación de Investigación y Estudios Sociales (ASIES), enero, 1998. Pp. 108.
Note: Separate summary versions of the above were published as individual monographs in four native American languages in January, 1998. These are:
1. (K'iche') Ri utzalj No'jb'alil pa junamil: Ker ri aj ixim ulew,1997.
2. (Mam) Toa tb'anil kolanq'ib'il qe: Aj Tix'otx'Ixim, 1997.
3. (Q'eqchi') Li Xnawomeb' laj Watemall chi rix naq li Tenamit Nataqlank, 1997.
4. (Kaqchikel) Rujunawach Rub'Anikil Ri Ajixmulew, 1997.
SELECTED ARTICLES:
"Prestige Among Peasants: A Multidimensional Analysis of Preference Data," American Journal of Sociology, 83 (November, 1977), pp. 632-52.
"Language and Political Behavior: A Methodology for Utilizing the Linguistic Component of Socioeconomic Status," American Journal of Political Science 22 (August, 1978), pp. 712-741, co-authored with Susan Berk-Seligson.
"Peasants as Activists: A Reevaluation of Political Participation in the Countryside," with John A. Booth. Comparative Political Studies 12 (April, 1979), pp. 29-59.
"The Impact of Agrarian Reform: A Study of Costa Rica," The Journal of Developing Areas 13 (January, 1979), pp. 161-174.
Reprinted in Marc Edelman and Joanne Kenen, eds., The Costa Rica Reader, New York: Grove Weidenfield, 1989.
"Public Policies in Conflict: Land Reform and Family Planning in Costa Rica," Comparative Politics, 12 (October, 1979), pp. 49-62.
Translated and reprinted: "Las políticas públicas en conflicto: La reforma agraria y planificación familiar en Costa Rica," Experiencias de reforma agraria y políticas estatales (working papers), (San José, Costa Rica: Centro de Estudios Democráticos de América Latina, CEDAL, 1978).
"Political and Interpersonal Trust Among Peasants: A Reevaluation," with José Manuel Salazar X. Rural Sociology, 44 (Fall, 1979), pp. 505-524.
"Trust, Efficacy and Modes of Political Participation: A Study of Costa Rican Peasants," British Journal of Political Science, 10 (January, 1980), pp. 75-98.
"A Problem-Solving Approach to Measuring Political Efficacy," Social Science Quarterly, 60 (March, 1980), pp. 630-642.
"Threat, Ethnicity and Education: Tolerance toward the Civil Liberties of the Arab Minority in Israel" (in Hebrew), with Dan Caspi, Megamot, 15 (May, 1982), pp. 37-53.
"Diffuse Political Support and Antisystem Political Behavior: A Comparative Analysis," American Journal of Political Science, 26 (May, 1982), pp. 240-264. With Edward N. Muller and Thomas O. Jukam.
"Toward an Empirical Theory of Tolerance: Radical Groups in Israel and Costa Rica," Comparative Political Studies, with Dan Caspi, 15 (January,1983), pp. 385-404.
"The Political Culture of Authoritarianism in Mexico: A Reevaluation," with John A. Booth, Latin American Research Review, 19 (No. l, January, 1984), pp. 106-124.
*Awarded the 1984 Hoover Institution Annual Prize for the Best Scholarly Article on Latin America.
"Tierra y trabajo en Guatemala: La ecuación desequilibrada," co-authored with John Kelley, Anuario de estudios Centroamericanos, 12(2), 1986, pp. 5-34.
"Democratization in Latin America: The Current Cycle." In James M. Malloy and Mitchell A. Seligson, eds., Authoritarians and Democrats: The Politics of Regime Transition in Latin America. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1987.
"Development, Democratization and Decay: Central America at the Crossroads." In James M. Malloy and Mitchell A. Seligson, eds., Authoritarians and Democrats: The Politics of Regime Transition in Latin America. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1987.
"Insurgency and Inequality," with Edward N. Muller, American Political Science Review, 81(June, 1987), pp. 425-451.
"Costa Rica and Jamaica." In Myron Weiner and Ergun Ozbudun, eds., Competitive Elections in Developing Countries. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1987.
"Democratic Stability and Economic Crisis: Costa Rica, 1978-1983," co-authored with Edward N. Muller, International Studies Quarterly, 31(September, 1987), pp. 301-326.
Reprinted as, "Estabilidad democrática y crisis económica: Costa Rica, 1978-1983," Anuario de estudios Centroamericanos, Vol. 16 (2), 1990 and Vol. 17 (1), 1991, pp. 71-92.
"Elecciones ordinarias en tiempos extraordinarios: la economía política del voto en Costa Rica," Co-authored with Miguel Gómez Barrantes, Anuario de estudios centroamericanos, 13(1), 1987, pp. 5-24.
"Education, Participation, and Support for Democratic Norms," with E. Muller and Ilter Turan, Comparative Politics, 20(October, 1987), pp. 19-33.
"Central American Studies." In Mark B. Rosenberg, ed., Central American Studies: Toward a New Research Agenda. Miami: Occasional Papers Series, Dialogues No. 110, Florida International University, July, 1988.
"Ordinary Elections in Extraordinary Times: The Political Economy of Voting in Costa Rica." In John A. Booth and Mitchell A. Seligson, eds., Elections and Democracy in Central America. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1989.
"From Uncertainty to Uncertainty: The Institutionalization of Elections in Central America." In John A. Booth and Mitchell A. Seligson, eds., Elections and Democracy in Central America. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1989.
"Land Inequality and Political Violence." With Edward N. Muller and Hung-der Fu, American Political Science Review, 83(June, 1989), pp. 577-587.
"Economic Crisis, Incumbent Performance and Regime Support: A Comparison of Longitudinal Data from West Germany and Costa Rica," co-authored with Edward Muller and Steve Finkel, British Journal of Political Science, 19 (July, 1989), pp. 329-351.
"Political Culture and Democratization in Latin America." In James M. Malloy and Eduardo Gamarra, eds., Latin America and Caribbean Contemporary Record, Vol. VII. New York: Holmes and Meir, 1990, pp. 49-65.
Reprinted in Roderic A. Camp, Democracy in Latin America: Patterns and Cycles. Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 1996, pp. 67-90.
"Costa Rica." In Howard J. Wiarda and Harvey F. Kline, Latin American Politics and Development, Third edition, 1990, Boulder: Westview Press.
"Political Culture and Democratization : Evidence from Mexico, Nicaragua and Costa Rica." Coauthored with John A. Booth. In Larry Diamond, ed., Political Culture and Democracy in Developing Countries, Boulder: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 1993, pp. 107-138.
"Cuba and the Central American Connection: Public Opinion and Foreign Policy." In Carmelo Mesa-Lago, ed., Cuba in the Post Cold War Era. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993.
"Costa Rica." In Howard J. Wiarda and Harvey F. Kline, Latin American Politics and Development, Fourth edition, 1993, Boulder: Westview Press.
"Political Culture and Regime Type: Evidence from Nicaragua and Costa Rica," co-authored with John A. Booth. Journal of Politics, Vol. 55, No. 3, August, 1993, pp. 777-792.
"Foreign Policy Belief Systems in Comparative Perspective: The United States and Costa Rica," co-authored with Jon Hurwitz and Mark Peffley, International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 37, September, 1993, pp. 245-270.
"Actitudes de la población centroamericana frente a la integración política y económica." Anuario de estudios Centroamericanos, Vol. 19, No. 2, 1993, pp. 7-24.
"Inequality and Political Violence Revisited," American Political Science Review, Vol. 87 (December, 1993), pp. 983-993, co-authored with William J. Dixon and Edward N. Muller.
"Land Inequality: A Comparison of Census Data and Property Records in Twentieth-Century Southern Costa Rica," co-authored with Marc Edelman, Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. 73: 3 (August, 1994), pp. 445-491.
Reprinted in translation in Anuario de estudios Centroamericanos, 20(1), pp. 65-113, 1994.
*Winner of the 1995 James A. Robertson Memorial Prize awarded by the Conference on Latin American History.
"Civic Culture and Democracy: The Question of the Causal Relationships," American Political Science Review, Vol. 88 (September, 1994), pp. 635-654. With Edward N. Muller.
"Reformism and Radicalism Among Peasants: An Empirical Test of Jeffrey Paige's Agrarian Revolution," American Journal of Political Science. Co-authored with Leslie Anderson. Vol. 38, November, 1994, pp. 944-972.
"Thirty Years of Transformation in the Agrarian Structure of El Salvador, 1961-1991." Latin American Research Review, 30 (3), 1995: 43-74.
"Agrarian Inequality and the Theory of Peasant Rebellion," Latin American Research Review Vol. 31 (2), 1996, pp. 140-157.
"Low Intensity Warfare, High Intensity Death: The Demographic Impact of the Wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua." With Vincent McElhinny. Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Vol. 21, No. 42, 1996, pp. 211-241.
"The Vanhanen Thesis and the Prospects for Democracy in Latin America." In Tatu Vanhanen, Prospects for Democracy: A Study of 172 Countries. London: Routledge, 1997, pp., 277-283.
"Asset Distribution and Access: Land Tenure Programs." With Virginia Lambert. In Luther G. Tweeten and Donald G. McClelland, eds., Promoting Third-World Development and Food Security. Westport, CT.: Praeger, 1997, pp. 153-182.
"El público y los legisladores: Apoyo para la integración regional Centroamericana," co-authored with María Pia Scarfo. In Victor Bulmer Thomas, ed., Centroamérica en reestructuración: Integración regional en Centroamérica. San Jose, Costa Rica: Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and FLACSO, 1998, pp. 309-348.
"The Dual Gaps: An Overview of Theory and Research," In Mitchell A. Seligson and John Passé-Smith, eds., Development and Underdevelopment: The Political Economy of Global Inequality, co-edited with John Passé-Smith. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 1998.
"Inequality in Global Perspective: Directions for Further Research." In Mitchell A. Seligson and John Passé-Smith, eds., Development and Underdevelopment: The Political Economy of Global Inequality, co-edited with John Passé-Smith. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 1998.
"La cultura política en Paraguay: Lineamientos de estudios de valores democráticos para el año 1996." In Agustín Carrizosa, ed., Transición en Paraguay: Cultura política y valores democráticos. CIRD: Asunción, Paraguay, 1998, pp. 43-120.
"The Costa Rican Revolution (1948)," Encyclopedia of Political Revolutions, Jack Goldstone, ed. Washington, D. C.: Congressional Quarterly Books, 1999.
"Foreword" to The Emergence of Insurgency in El Salvador: An Essay on Political Will and Ideology, by Yvon Grenier. London: Macmillan (and St. Martin's Press), 1999.
"Costa Rica." In Joel Kriger, ed., The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World, Revised, forthcoming.