Marcus Kurtz
Associate Professor
Political Science
215A Mershon Center
614.292.0952
kurtz.61@polisci.osu.edu
Education
B.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Cell and Molecular Biology and Political Science (1988)
M.A., University of California, Berkeley, Political Science (1989)
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Political Science (1996)
Teaching/Research
Dr. Kurtz has research and teaching interests in comparative politics, democratization, state building, and political economy and development, with a focus on Latin America. Other ongoing research examines the causes and consequences of differing strategies of international economic integration in Latin America, the social and political foundations of state building, the role of the state in economic development, as well as the effects of free market developmental strategies on the problem of democratic consolidation.
Selected Publications
"Embedding Neoliberal Reform in Latin America," with Sarah M. Brooks (World Politics, 2008)
"Capital, Trade, and the Political Economies of Reform" with Sarah M. Brooks (American Journal of Political Science, 2007)
"Growth and Governance: Models, Measures, and Mechanisms," with Andrew Schrank (Journal of Politics, 2007)
"Growth and Governance: A Defense," with Andrew Schrank (Journal of Politics, 2007)
Free Market Democracy and the Chilean and Mexican Countryside (Cambridge University Press, 2004)
"Credit Where Credit Is Due: Open Economy Industrial Policy and Export Diversification in Latin America and the Caribbean," with Andrew Schrank (Politics & Society, December 2005)
"The Political Economy of Intellectual Property Protection: The Case of Software," with Kenneth Shadlen and Andrew Schrank (International Studies Quarterly, March 2005)
"The Dilemmas of Democracy in the Open Economy: Lessons from Latin America" (World Politics, January 2004)
Honors and Awards
Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching, The Ohio State University (2007)
Best Paper in Political Economy, American Political Science Association, with Sarah Brooks, for "The Politics of Time Horizons: The Strategic Dynamics of Trade and Capital Account Liberalization in Contemporary Latin America" (2006)
Choice Outstanding Academic Title for Free Market Democracy and the Chilean and Mexican Countryside (2005)
Mershon Projects
Public Sector Capacity and Political Stability in Latin America
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