{"id":19,"date":"2012-09-05T11:22:25","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T15:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/template\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2026-03-19T09:05:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:05:26","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/landerso\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container px-0 pt-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-start\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Books, published<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Democratization by Institutions:\u00a0 Argentina\u2019s Transition Years in Comparative Perspective<\/em>, (University of Michigan Press, 2016).\u00a0 Spanish translation, <em>La democratizaci\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de las instituciones Los a\u00f1os de la transici\u00f3n argentina en una perspectiva comparativa<\/em>, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Prometeo Libros, February 2022.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/prometeoeditorial.com\/libro\/1281\/Democratizacion-a-traves-de-las-instituciones-la\">https:\/\/prometeoeditorial.com\/libro\/1281\/Democratizacion-a-traves-de-las-instituciones-la<\/a><\/li>\n<li>At Prometeo Libros this book is published as part of a series:\u00a0 Democracia, Partidos y Elecciones, Series Editor Alejandro Tullio.\u00a0 The English translation of the name of the series is Democracy, Parties and Elections.\u00a0 Prometeo Libros hosted a zoom book launch for this book on July 14, 2022.\u00a0 That event was recorded and can be found on YouTube at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__youtu.be_VSDL-2D4IV-5Fgw&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&amp;r=xapHd9aw58WC5V9rbXeyCQJv8OvrFJztW87G5IszH1M&amp;m=yBhqDfSlQRCB2xptgA0FDzh1E1AuxB2rCP45uVfaMZ9WfYEloBIS3F_AXndAdJBi&amp;s=xVEeomMpdKUlBWUaEDkT3acyW1VTonYz0vBBnD7_w40&amp;e=\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/VSDL-4IV_gw<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Social Capital in Developing Democracies:\u00a0 Nicaragua and Argentina Compared <\/em>(Cambridge University Press, 2010)<\/li>\n<li><em>Learning Democracy:\u00a0 Citizen Engagement and Electoral Choice in Nicaragua, 1990-2001<\/em>, with Lawrence C. Dodd, (University of Chicago Press, 2005).\u00a0 (semi-finalist for Grawemeyer Award, 2006.)\u00a0 (<em>Learning Democracy<\/em> sold over 900 copies in its first year and is into its second printing.\u00a0 It has now sold over 1700 copies.)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Political Ecology of the Modern Peasant:\u00a0 Calculation and Community<\/em>, (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994) (selected for Best Book Award, Transformational Politics Section, American Political Science Association and for Outstanding Book Award, Choice academic magazine.\u00a0 This book is being republished in a free access ecopy, forthcoming Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Books, in progress<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Democracy or Authoritarianism?\u00a0 Nicaragua\u2019s Struggle against Democratic Decline, <\/em>with Lawrence C. Dodd and Won-ho Park, under revision in response to Board requests, 1\/22.<\/li>\n<li><em>A Passage to Democracy:\u00a0 Pathways out of Subnational Authoritarianism in Argentina and the United States, <\/em>(This project is still in the research stage)<\/li>\n<li><em>Memory and Denial:\u00a0 The Politics of Human Rights in Argentina and Spain<\/em> (this book is in the research stage)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Refereed articles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Robert Dahl, la Constituci\u00f3n Estadounidense y Donald Trump:\u00a0 Algunas consideraciones sobre la supervivencia de la democracia en los Estados Unidos, (Robert Dahl, the American Constitution and Donald Trump:\u00a0 Some Thoughts on Democracy\u2019s Survival in the United States), <em>Huellas de los Estados Unidos<\/em>, (Buenos Aires), October, 2021. http:\/\/www.huellasdeeua.com\/index.html<\/li>\n<li>Aquiescencia y resistencia: el r\u00e9gimen de Ortega en Nicaragua, with Lawrence C. Dodd and Won-ho Park, <em>Am\u00e9rica Latina Hoy<\/em>., Salamanca, Spain, published online through First View 4\/16\/21 at \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__revistas.usal.es_index.php_1130-2D2887_article_view_20295&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&amp;r=xapHd9aw58WC5V9rbXeyCQ&amp;m=bCkWKr0Xefp3BGjHt2P6ozoVfHZwrgiA_fZdEXclLrw&amp;s=s49pcC6ZDpTACVZFujNuuVFSEvW0bIAzUZKCWXjICxI&amp;e=\">https:\/\/revistas.usal.es\/index.php\/1130-2887\/article\/view\/20295<\/a> , Issue 87, May, 2021.<\/li>\n<li>Electoral Competition and Democratic Decline in Nicaragua:\u00a0 Uncovering an Electorally Viable Platform for the Right, with Lawrence C. Dodd and Won-ho Park, <em>Democratization<\/em>, November, 2017, Vol 24, # 6, pp 970-986.<\/li>\n<li>International Contributions to Nicaraguan Democracy:\u00a0 The Role of Foreign Municipal Donations for Social Development, with Won-ho Park, <em>Foreign Policy Analysis<\/em>, Vol 14, Issue 2, April, 2017, pp 276-297.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDemocracy and Oppositional Consciousness in Argentina,\u201d <em>Polity<\/em>, Vol 46, # 2, April, 2014, pp. 164-181 (lead article).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPoverty and Political Empowerment:\u00a0 Local Citizen Political Participation as a Path toward Social Justice in Nicaragua,\u201d <em>The Forum on Public Policy<\/em>, December, 2010, Vol 1, # 2010, pp 1-19 (lead article).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSingle-Party Predominance in an Unconsolidated Democracy:\u00a0 The Example of Argentina,\u201d <em>Perspectives on Politics<\/em>, December, 2009, Vol 7, # 4, pp 767-784<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNicaragua:\u00a0 Progress Amid Regress?\u201d with Lawrence C. Dodd,<em> Journal of Democracy<\/em>, July, 2009, Vol 20, # 3, pp 153-167, republished in Spanish with the title \u201cNicaragua:\u00a0 Progreso en Medio de Retroceso?,\u00a0 <em>Journal of Democracy en Espanol<\/em>, Spanish version, Julio, 2010, Vol 2, pp 168-184.\n<p>This essay in its original, English version elicited a critique from Samuel Green.\u00a0 At the invitation of the JOD, we responded to Green in Leslie E. Anderson and Lawrence C. Dodd, \u201cTaking the Study of Nicaraguan Politics Seriously:\u00a0 A Response to Green,\u201d <em>Journal of Democracy Web Notes<\/em>, May, 2010.<\/p><\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Authoritarian Executive?\u00a0 Horizontal and Vertical Accountability in A New Democracy:\u00a0 A Nicaraguan Perspective,\u201d <em>Latin American Politics and Society<\/em>, Vol 48, # 2, Summer, 2006, pp 141-169.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFascism or Revolution:\u00a0 Left and Right Politics of the Rural Poor,\u201d <em>International Political Science Review<\/em>, Vol 27, # 2, April, 2006, pp 191-214. (A longer version of this essay was published in Spain, in <em>Politica y Sociedad<\/em>, Madrid, 2001)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDemocratie Envers et Contre Tout,\u201d with Lawrence C. Dodd, Revue <em>Le Banquet<\/em>, (Paris) Vol 21, October, 2004, pp 293-323.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPost-socialist Democratization:\u00a0 A Comparative Political Economy Model of the Vote for Hungary and Nicaragua,\u201d with Michael Lewis-Beck and Mary Stegmaier, <em>Electoral Studies<\/em>, Vol 22, # 3, September, 2003, pp 469-484.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cOf Wild and Cultivated Politics:\u00a0 Conflict and Democracy in Argentina,\u201d <em>International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society<\/em>, Vol 16, # 1, Fall, 2002, pp 99-132.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNicaragua Votes:\u00a0 The Elections of 2001,\u201d with Lawrence C. Dodd,<em> Journal of Democracy<\/em>, Vol 13, # 3, July, 2002, pp 80-94.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cComportamiento Electoral y Democracia en Nicaragua:\u00a0 1990-2001, with Lawrence C. Dodd, <em>America Latina Hoy<\/em>, (Salamanca) Vol 30, April, 2002, pp 205-230.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFascistas o Revolucionarios?\u00a0 Politica Izquierdista y Derechista de la Poblacion Pobre Rural, <em>Politica y Sociedad<\/em>, # 38, (Madrid), September-December, 2001, pp 129-151.\u00a0 (This paper was originally presented at the International Conference of Sociology, Salamanca, Spain, September, 2001.\u00a0 A shorter version of this essay was published in the United States in 2006.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBetween Quiescence and Rebellion among the Peasantry,\u201d <em>Journal of Theoretical Politics<\/em>, Vol 9, # 4, October, 1997, pp 503-532.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNeutrality and Bias in the 1990 Nicaraguan Pre-Electoral Polls,\u201d <em>American Journal of Political Science<\/em>, Vol 38, # 2, May, 1994, pp 495-522.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRadicalism and Reformism in a Democratic Context,\u201d with Mitchell Seligson, <em>American Journal of Political Science<\/em>, Vol 38, # 4, November, 1994, pp 944-972.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAgrarian Politics and Revolution: Micro and State Perspectives on Structural Determinism,\u201d <em>Journal of Theoretical Politics<\/em>, Vol 5, # 4, October, 1993, pp 495-522.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSurprises and Secrets:\u00a0 Lessons from the 1990 Nicaraguan Election,\u201d <em>Studies in Comparative International Development<\/em>, Vol 27, # 3, Fall, 1992, pp 93-119.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMixed Blessings: Disruption and Organization among Costa Rican Peasant Unions,\u201d <em>Latin American Research Review<\/em>, Vol 26, # 1, March, 1991, pp 111-143.\n<p>Published in Spanish, <em>Revista de Historia<\/em>, San Jose, Costa Rica, September, 1992<\/p><\/li>\n<li>\u201cPost-Materialism from a Peasant Perspective:\u00a0 Political Motivation in Costa Rica and Nicaragua,\u201d <em>Comparative Political Studies<\/em>, Vol 23, # 1, March, 1990, pp 80-113.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAlternative Action:\u00a0 Peasants as Positive Participants,\u201d <em>Journal of Latin American Studies<\/em>, Vol 22, # 1, February, 1990, pp 89-113.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Refereed book chapters and invited articles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A Critical Dialogue with Cynthia McClintock, <em>Perspectives on Politics<\/em>, December, 2018.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cGraduate Education in a Pluralist Context:\u00a0 The Metaphor of a Tool Box,\u201d in Kristen Renwick Monroe, editor, <em>Perestroika!\u00a0 The Jumbled, Raucous, Liberating Revolution in Political Science<\/em>, New Haven, Yale University Press, 2005.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIdealism, Impatience and Pessimism:\u00a0 Studies of Democratization in Latin America,\u201d <em>Latin American Research Review<\/em>, 2005<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Legislature as a Reflection of Democracy,\u201d Extension of Remarks, <em>Legislative Studies Section Newsletter<\/em>, American Political Science Association, July, 1995.\n<p>published in Spanish, <u>Pais<\/u>, Managua, Nicaragua, May, 1996.<\/p><\/li>\n<li>\u201cChameleons and Camouflage:\u00a0 Reading the 1990 Nicaraguan Pre-electoral Polls,\u201d in John Booth and Mitchell Seligson, eds. <em>Democracy and Elections in Central America<\/em>, 2nd ed, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1995\n<p>published in Spanish, <em>Envio<\/em>, Managua, Nicaragua, June, 1996<\/p><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Book reviews<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Shifting Legal Visions:\u00a0 Judicial Change and Human Rights Trials in Latin America<\/em>, by Ezequiel Gonzalez-Ocantos, <em>Latin American Politics and Society<\/em>, 2017<\/li>\n<li><em>Empire of Difference, The Ottomans in Comparative Perspective<\/em>, by Karen Barkey, Cambridge University Press, 2008 and <em>Lineages of Despotism and Development:\u00a0 British Colonialism and State Power<\/em>, by Matthew Lange, University of Chicago Press, 2009; and <em>Colonialism and Postcolonial Development: \u00a0Spanish America in Comparative Perspective<\/em>, by James Mahoney, Cambridge University Press, 2010, <em>Perspectives on Politics<\/em>, 2011.<\/li>\n<li><em>The Endurance of National Constitutions<\/em>, by Zachary Elkins, Tom Ginsburg and James Melton, Cambridge University Press, <em>Comparative Political Studies<\/em>,\u00a0 March, 2011<\/li>\n<li><em>Political Movements and Violence in Central America<\/em>, by Charles Brockett, Cambridge University Press, <em>International Public Opinion Quarterly<\/em>, 2007<\/li>\n<li><em>Bounded Missions:\u00a0 Military Regimes and Democratization in the Southern Cone and Brazil<\/em>, by Craig L. Arceneaux, University Park:\u00a0 Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001, <em>The Americas<\/em>, 2003<\/li>\n<li><em>Democracy and the Public Space in Latin America<\/em>, by Leonardo Avritzer, Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 2002, <em>Political Studies <\/em>January, 2003<\/li>\n<li><em>Empowering Women:\u00a0 Land and Property Rights in Latin America<\/em>, by Carmen Diana Deere and Magdalena Leon. Pittsburgh: The University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001, and <em>Still Fighting:\u00a0 The Nicaraguan Women\u2019s Movement, 1977-2000<\/em><strong>,<\/strong> by Katherine Isbester.\u00a0 Pittsburgh: The University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001. <em>American Political Science Review<\/em>, \u00a0 December, 2002.<\/li>\n<li><em>Undermining the Sandinista Revolution<\/em>, edited by Gary Prevost and Harry E. Vanden, New York, St. Martin\u2019s Press, 1997 <em>The Americas<\/em>, April, 2002<\/li>\n<li><em>The New Politics of Inequality In Latin America:\u00a0 Rethinking Participation and Representation<\/em>, by Douglas A. Chalmers, Carlos M. Vilas, Katherine Hite, Scott B. Martin, Kerianne Piester, and Monique Segarra, <u>Journal of Politics<\/u>, Vol 61, # 2, 1999<\/li>\n<li><em>Managing the Commanding Heights:\u00a0 Nicaragua\u2019s State Enterprises<\/em>, by Forrest Colburn, <em>The Hispanic American Historical Review<\/em>, Vol 72, # 1, February, 1992<\/li>\n<li><em>Power and Protest:\u00a0 Latin American Social Movements<\/em>, ed by Susan Eckstein, <em>The Hispanic American Historical Review<\/em>, Vol 72, # 1, February, 1992<\/li>\n<li><em>Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance<\/em>, edited by Forrest Colburn, New York, M.E. Sharpe, 1990, in <em>Studies in Comparative International Development<\/em>, Vol 26, # 3, Fall, 1991.<\/li>\n<li><em>Elections and Democracy In Central America<\/em>, by John Booth and Mitchell Seligson, <em>Political Science Quarterly<\/em>, Vol 105, # 2, Summer, 1990<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Public Intellectual:\u00a0 Newspaper articles and interviews<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><u>Boulder Camera<\/u>, 1995:\u00a0 no link available<\/li>\n<li><u>Gainesville Sun<\/u>, 2000:\u00a0 no link available<\/li>\n<li><u>New York Times<\/u>, 2000:\u00a0 no link available<\/li>\n<li><u>Buenos Aires Herald<\/u>, interview, 2001:\u00a0 no link available<\/li>\n<li><u>Boulder Daily Camera<\/u>, 2019:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailycamera.com\/guest-opinions\/ci_32457318\/leslie-e-anderson-perspective-living-red-state-vs?fbclid=IwAR3-PisC_5L3IcejMnV__qJt-nrrSwhUMV6awtBrHu3CLshEsYMWR4lmD7I\">http:\/\/www.dailycamera.com\/guest-opinions\/ci_32457318\/leslie-e-anderson-perspective-living-red-state-vs?fbclid=IwAR3-PisC_5L3IcejMnV__qJt-nrrSwhUMV6awtBrHu3CLshEsYMWR4lmD7I<\/a>\u200b<\/li>\n<li><u>Gainesville Sun<\/u>, 2019:\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.gainesville.com_opinion_20190226_leslie-2De-2Danderson-2Dred-2Dand-2Dblue-2Dstates-2Doffer-2Ddifferent-2Dexperiences-2Dfor-2Dcitizens&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&amp;r=HysaM353JFOS7hi6BTDsWg&amp;m=rOE4sMFkFSoiZgAFGhZpbD4ziLMYrTY0OaYfo8dNUI0&amp;s=F6ShX1iuxZwXNg5lzXg5uNjPZTtXWmb4DjxDsLw3jzc&amp;e=\">https:\/\/www.gainesville.com\/opinion\/20190226\/leslie-e-anderson-red-and-blue-states-offer-different-experiences-for-citizens<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/landerso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/landerso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/landerso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/landerso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/landerso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/landerso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":541,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/landerso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/landerso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}