Articles

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Maximizing Journal Article Citation Online: Readers, Robots, and Research Visibility, Politics & Policy (2012)

Online peer-reviewed academic journals bring much-touted benefits to authors. They can enhance an article's visibility,...

 

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'Like Butter Scraped over Too Much Bread': Animal Protection Policy in Mexico (with Norma Contreras Hernández), Review of Policy Research (2005)

Over the past fifteen years Mexico has developed a string of comprehensive animal protection regulations...

 

Books

El yo político. Concepciones del yo, la política y la autonomía en la teoría política contemporánea (2007)

LA AUTORA EXPLORA CÓMO LOS CONCEPTOS DEL "YO" Y LA "POLÍTICA" HAN SIDO CONCEPTUALIZADOS EN...

 

Contributions to Books

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Peacekeeping, Conflict Resolution (2013)

Reader’s Guide

This chapter introduces peacekeeping as one of the most urgent and crucial phases...

 
Falling through the Cracks: Superfluous Women at the Fault Lines of Citizenship, Sovereignty, and Human Rights, Feminist (Im)Mobilities in Fortress North America: Identities, Citizenships, and Human Rights in Transnational Perspective (2012)

This chapter attempts to cross conceptual borders by exploring some of the political theory that...

 
Agonism, Encyclopedia of Democratic Thought (2001)
 
Individualism (with Paul Barry Clarke), Dictionary of Ethics, Theology and Society (1999)
 

Workshops and Lectures

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Some Dos and Don'ts of Journal Article Publication, PhD. Workshop on Publishing in Political Science: University of the Americas Puebla and University of Southern Mississippi Joint Workshop (2009)

Here I cover some of the topics that graduate students might be interested in concerning...

 

Recent Conference Papers

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Access, Boundaries and Cooperation: The ABCs of North American Security (ABC Colloquium Agenda, Feb) (with Gaspare Genna and David Mayer), Access, Boundaries and Cooperation: The ABCs of North American Security (ABC Colloquium), David Twigg (Florida International University), Gaspare Genna (University of Texas, El Paso), David Mayer-Foulkes (CIDE) (2012)

Regional integration promised to open up borders, expand the mobility of persons and resources, institutionalize...

 

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International Boggarts: Carl Schmitt, Harry Potter and the Transfiguration of Identity, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Asociación Mexicana de Estudios Internacionales (AMEI) (2011)

Of all the magical monsters in Harry Potter, boggarts are interesting both for the narrative...

 

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Superfluousness, Human Rights and the State: Applying Arendt to Questions of Femicide, Narco Violence and Illegal Immigration in a Globalized World, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (2011)

This paper shows how Hannah Arendt’s disturbing notion of superfluousness and her critique of human...

 

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"Applying Carl Schmitt to Global Puzzles: Identity, Conflict and the Friend/Enemy Antithesis,", American Political Science Association Annual Conference (2009)

This paper demonstrates the broad appeal and usefulness of the political and legal thought of...

 

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Violence and Deprivation: Arendt and the Pervasiveness of Superfluous Life, Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Conference (2009)

This paper emerges from, and engages with, the current proliferation of discussions concerning Arendt’s views...

 

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Justice and Justification in the War on Terrorism, The VIIth Congress of the Americas (2006)

This paper offers a few preliminary reflections on some ethical implications stemming from the disconnect...

 

Other

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Course Syllabus: Harry Potter and International Politics - Identity, Violence and Social Control (2012)

The themes we draw from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series are used to illuminate parallels...

 

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2011 APSA Harold Lasswell Award for Best Ph.D. in Policy Sciences (Committee Decision and Citation) (with Michael E. Kraft and Isabella Mares) (2011)

2011 Harold D. Lasswell Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Awarded for the best dissertation...