Faculty

My research and teaching interests include a variety of topics related to political and economic development. Currently, my research focuses on three main areas: 1) the politics of economic reform, 2) state building and state capacity, and 3) migration from labor exporting countries. Work related to these interests has appeared in such journals as Comparative Politics and Peace Review and as chapters in edited volumes. My book, After Neoliberalism? The Left and Economic Reforms in Latin America (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2012) studies the economic policies of left-of-center governments in Latin America, focusing on the role that party systems play in facilitating or hindering economic transformations.

I teach “Latin American Politics, Economy, and Society” (GOVT 3293, DSOC 3290, LATA 3290) and “War and the State” (GOVT 4403) at Cornell. I have also taught courses in Comparative Politics, Latin American Politics, Globalization and World Affairs, and Statistics at Harvard, Georgetown, and Duke. While teaching at Harvard, I received the Derek Bok Distinction in Teaching Award in 2008.

I received my PhD in political science from Georgetown University and a masters in public policy from Duke University, where I was a Fulbright scholar. Before joining the Government Department I was a fellow at Cornell’s Polson Institute for Global Development between 2008 and 2010. Before starting graduate school, I served as Director of Public Affairs in Mexico’s Consumer Protection Agency.

Book:

Flores-Macías, Gustavo, After Neoliberalism? The Left and Economic Reforms in Latin America (New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2012)

Peer-reviewed articles and book chapters:

Flores-Macías, Gustavo, “Making Migrant-Government Partnerships Work: Insights from the Logic of Collective Action,” Political Science Quarterly, forthcoming.

Flores-Macías, Gustavo, “Statist vs. Pro-Market: Explaining Leftist Governments’ Economic Policies in Latin America,” Comparative Politics, Vol. 42, No. 4 (July 2010).

Flores-Macías, Gustavo, “Sector privado y desarrollo a través de remesas colectivas: El Programa 4x1” in Andrés Malamud and Fernando Carrillo, eds. (Washington, DC: IADB, forthcoming)

Flores-Macías, Gustavo, “NAFTA’s Migration Record: Unfulfilled Expectations?” Peace Review, Vol. 20, No. 4 (special edition on NAFTA) (Winter, 2008)

Flores-Macías, Gustavo, “Migration and Free Trade Agreements” in Richard Perruchoud and Ryszard Cholewinski (eds.) International Migration Law: Developing Paradigms and Key Challenges (Cambridge University Press, 2007)

Book Reviews

Flores-Macías, Gustavo, “Review of ‘The Voter’s Dilemma and Democratic Accountability: Latin America and Beyond, by Mona M. Lyne,” Political Science Quarterly 124, No.2, (Summer 2009)

Policy Reports

Flores-Macías, Gustavo, “Temporary Guest-Worker Programs: Effects on Skilled and Unskilled Labor Markets,” Report prepared for the Office of the Private Sector, US Department of Homeland Security, July 2006

Flores-Macías, Gustavo, “Non-Immigrant Visa Futures Study: A Global Assessment,” Report prepared for the Assistant Secretary of Consular Affairs, US Department of State, December 2005. (with Lindsay Lowell, Sarah Kreps, Marc Rom, and Jim McLoud)

Op-eds

Flores-Macías, Gustavo, “Colombia Can Win Mexico’s War,” New York Times and International Herald Tribune, July 29, 2010

Flores-Macías, Gustavo, “Crisis in the Andes: Chávez Rattles His Saber,” International Herald Tribune, March 6, 2008 (with Sarah Kreps)

Flores-Macías, Gustavo, “Dimensiones y lecciones del conflicto de las FARC,”Asuntos del Sur (May 2008)