The Fletcher School

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Katrina Burgess

Katrina Burgess

Katrina Burgess

katrina.burgess@tufts.edu

Phone: (617) 627-2137

Office: Cabot 603B

Address:
The Fletcher School
Tufts University
160 Packard Ave
Medford, MA 02155

Associate Professor of International Political Economy

Education

B.A. Swarthmore College
M.A. University of Southern California
Ph.D. in Politics, Princeton University

Professional Activities

Assistant Professor, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (1998-2003); Adjunct Assistant Professor of Research, Thomas Watson, Jr. Institute for International Studies, Brown University (2002-2003); Assistant Professor, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (1998-2003); William R. Rhodes Postdoctoral Fellow, Thomas Watson, Jr. Institute for International Studies, Brown University (2000-2002); Academic Coordinator, PromPerú (summer 2000); has also taught at UCLA; and ITAM; Member of Latin American Studies Association and American Political Science Association; Reviewed articles submitted to Comparative Politics, Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, and International Studies Quarterly; Evaluator, International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships, Social Science Research Council (2001-2002).

Programs & Centers

Courses

Fall 2009

Research Interests

International and comparative political economy; political economy of development; comparative politics; Latin American politics.

Current Research Projects

Articles and book manuscript on the impact of collective remittances by migrant associations on local governance in their home communities in Mexico and El Salvador; Participation in a collaborative project at the Watson Institute on the relationship between international labor standards and labor market flexibilization.

Faculty Research Profile - "How do migrant associations form relationships with their countries of origin? What guides the dynamics of these relationships? Can migrant remittances be harnessed to promote economic development and social progress for the home country? These are some of the questions that Assistant Professor of International Political Economy, Katrina Burgess is trying to answer."

Selected Publications

Books

  • Parties and Unions in the New Global Economy (Pittsburgh University Press, 2004); Winner of 2006 Outstanding Book Award for Best Publication on Labor Issues granted by the Section of Labor Studies and Class Relations of the Latin American Studies Association.
  • The California-Mexico Connection (co-editor) (Stanford University Press, 1993);

Articles and Chapters

  • “Symptom or Solution? Neoliberal Reform and Migrant Remittances” in Philip Oxhorn and Kenneth Roberts, eds. Beyond Neoliberalism? (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, forthcoming).
  • “El impacto del 3x1 en la gobernanza local” en Rafael Fernández de Castro, Rodolfo García Zamora y Ana Vila Freyer, compiladores. El Programa 3x1 para Migrantes. Retos y Desafíos (México, DF: Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México y Miguel Ángel Porrúa, en prensa).
  • “Migrant Philanthropy and Local Governance in Mexico” in Barbara Merz, ed., New Patterns for Mexico: Observations on Remittances, Philanthropic Giving, and Equitable Development (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2005).
  • "Explaining Mass Populist Party Adaptation: Environmental and Organizational Determinants of Party Change in Argentina, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela," (co-author) Comparative Political Studies (October 2003);
  • "Mexican Labor at a Crossroads," Mexico's Politics and Society in Transition (2002);
  • "Unemployment and Union Strategies in Spain," Unemployment in Southern Europe: Coping with the Consequences (2000);
  • "Loyalty Dilemmas And Market Reform: Party-Union Alliances Under Stress in Mexico, Spain, and Venezuela," World Politics 52 (October 1999);
  • "Unemployment and Union Strategies in Spain," South European Society and Politics (Winter 1999).