Maxwell A. Cameron teaches comparative politics and Latin American politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia.
Democracy
The State of Democracy in the Andes: Introduction to a Thematic Issue of Revista de Ciencia Politica, Revista de Ciencia Politica (2010)
This overview finds evidence for concern about the ability of the governments in Colombia and...
Andean Left Turns: Constituent Power and Constitution-Making (with Kenneth E. Sharpe), Latin America’s Left Turns: Politics, Policies and Trajectories of Change (2010)
"Cameron and Sharpe begin with the observation that Latin American left turns have occurred within...
Democracy Without Parties? Political Parties and Regime Change in Fujimori’s Peru (with Steven Levitsky), Latin American Democratic Transformations: Institutions, Actors, and Processes (2009)
Political parties are critical to Latin American democracy. This was demonstrated in Peru, where an...
El giro a la izquierda frustrado en Peru: el caso de Ollanta Humala, Convergencia: Revista de Ciencia Politica (2009)
The unexpected rise of radical nationalist candidate Ollanta Humala in the Peruvian general election of...
Latin America’s Left Turns: beyond good and bad, Third World Quarterly (2009)
In rapid succession leftwing parties have been elected to government in some of the most...
IPE
The Political Impact of NAFTA on Mexico (with Carol Wise), Canadian Journal of Political Science (2004)
This article revisits debates about the role NAFTA played in hastening Mexico's democratic transition. It...
Canadian Foreign Policy
A Diplomatic Theatre of the Absurd: Canada, the OAS and the Coup in Honduras (with Jason Tockman), NACLA: Report on the Americas (2010)
Throughout the crisis caused by the coup in Honduras in 2009, Canada moved in lockstep...
Canada's Engagement with Democracies in the Americas (with Catherine Hecht), Canadian Foreign Policy (2008)
Canada’s engagement with Latin America over the past two decades was predicated on three inter-related...
Latin America
El giro a la izquierda frustrado en Peru: el caso de Ollanta Humala, Convergencia: Revista de Ciencia Politica (2009)
The unexpected rise of radical nationalist candidate Ollanta Humala in the Peruvian general election of...