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The Weatherhead Center has developed a presence on the Internet that, to a growing readership, is playing a significant role in the projection of Harvard scholarship on international affairs. The site includes: faculty research available through categorical fields of inquiry; searches by author, subject, title or date of publication; Working Papers selected for online distribution based on their relevance to contemporary issues in international affairs; In the News links to op-ed and other pieces written by or about the Center’s faculty associates; and recent books by faculty associates, including editorial summaries. The Center is always adding to the collection of published journal articles available on its site and responding to the interests of Center faculty and other users in making the site an indispensable scholarly tool.

Below are a selection of our most recently uploaded publications.

The Globalization of Liberalization: Policy Diffusion in the International Political Economy: by Simmons, Beth A.; One of the most important developments over the past three decades has been the spread of liberal economic ideas and policies throughout the world. These policies have affected the lives of millions...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: February 2004 More

The State in a Changing World: A Critique of the 1997 World Development Report: by Kapur, Devesh; In recent years, the World Bank has been at the vanguard in pressing for a circumscribed role for the State in developing countries. It therefore comes as somewhat of a surprise that the 1997 World...; Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper; Published Date: January 1998 More

Why and How Did Mexico's 2000 Presidential Election Campaign Matter?: by Domínguez, Jorge I.; [in Jorge I. Domínguez and Chappell Lawson, eds., Mexico's Pivotal Democratic Election: Candidates, Voters, and the Presidential Campaign of 2000 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2004), pp....; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: September 2004 More

Boundary Disputes in Latin America: by Domínguez, Jorge I.; Since the start of 2000, five Latin American boundary disputes between neigboring states have resulted in the use of force, and two others in its deployment. These incidents involved ten of the...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: August 2003 More

Le Mythe Du Deficit Democratique Europeen: by Andrew Moravcsik; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: October 2003 More

Theory Synthesis in International Relations: Empirical not Metaphysical: by Andrew Moravcsik; Theory synthesis is not only possible and desirable but is constitutive of any coherent understanding of international relations as a progressive and empirical social science. Numerous interesting...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: More

Religion and Economic Growth: by Robert J. Barro and Rachel M. McCleary; Empirical research on the determinants of economic growth has typically neglected the influence of religion. To fill this gap, we use international survey data on religiosity for a broad panel of...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: April 2003 More

A Global Resurgence of Religion?: by Moghadan, Assaf; In recent years and decades, a widespread assumption that the world is experiencing a global rise of religion has persisted. Yet, the hypothesis of a "global resurgence of religion" has...; Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper; Published Date: August 2003 More

Trends in Low Intensity Ethnic Conflict in Democratic States in the Post-Cold War Era: A Large N Study: by Jonathan Fox; Review of International Affairs 2(3) Spring 2003, 54-70; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: March 2003 More

State Failure and the Clash of Civilizations: An Examination of the Magnitude and Extent of Domestic Civilisational Conflict fro: by Jonathan Fox; This study quantitatively examines Samuel Huntington?s ?clash of civilisations? theory using data from the State Failure dataset which focuses on intense and violent internal conflicts between 1950...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: July 2003 More

Immigration as Foreign Policy in U.S.-Latin American Relations: by Domínguez, Jorge I.; Since the early years in their histories as independent nations, the United States and its southern near–neighbors have been linked through their foreign policies and the movements of their...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: May 1990 More

Technopols: Ideas and Leaders in Freeing Politics and Markets in Latin America in the 1990s: by Domínguez, Jorge I.; "Men make their own history," Karl Marx wrote in 1852, "but they do not make it just as they please." Scholars of Latin America have spent much energy understanding the second...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: January 1997 More

Public-Private Partnerships for Public Health: by Reich, Michael R.; Global health problems require global solutions, and public–private partnerships are increasingly called on to provide these solutions. But although such partnerships may be able to produce the...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: June 2000 More

Reshaping the State from Above, from Within, from Below: Implications for Public Health: by Reich, Michael R.; The modern state is being reshaped by multiple forces acting simultaneously. From above, the state is actively constrained by agreements promoted by international agencies and by the power of...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: June 2002 More

The Politics of Reforming Health Policies: by Reich, Michael R.; Three main questions were raised at the IUHPE conference in June 2002 on "new dimensions in promoting health," with a particular focus on the process of policy change: ? How should...; Publication Type: Published Paper; Published Date: September 2002 More

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