Fields of Interest: Comparative Politics, Latin American Studies

Professor Bruhn's research interests concern issues of democratization, political parties and social mobilization. Her most recent book, Fighting City Hall: Urban Protest in Mexico and Brazil (forthcoming from Cambridge University Press), discusses the causes of protest and the implications of Left party victories for protest. She is also the author of Taking on Goliath (1997), about the formation of the political Left and party system change in Mexico, and with Dan Levy, has published two editions of Mexico: The Struggle for Democratic Development (UC Press).

Courses Taught:

Undergraduate
PS 6	Introduction to Comparative Politics
PS 101	Mexican Politics
PS 134	Relations between the United States and Mexico
PS 147	Third World Politics
Graduate
PS 231	Comparative Methods
PS 236	Democratization
PS 282A	Democratic Consolidation in Latin America
PS 288	Revolution and Political Violence

Selected Recent Publications:
Urban Protest in Mexico and Brazil (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).

Mexico: The Struggle for Democratic Development (with Dan Levy), 2nd. ed. UC Press, 2006.

"Elite Polarization Meets Mass Moderation in Mexico's 2006 Elections" (with Kenneth F. Greene). PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 40, No. 1 (January 2007), pp. 33-38.

"Optimismo Moderado" (with Kenneth F. Greene). Foreign Affairs en Espanol, Vol. 7, No. 1 (January 2007), pp. 132-143.

"Is Latin America Turning Socialist? The Region's Electoral Trend." ReVista, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Spring/Summer 2006), pp. 42-43.