Scott Mainwaring

Oct 10, 2024 | journalofdemocracy.org | Javier Corrales |Will Freeman |Scott Mainwaring |Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez

On Sunday, the new mayor of Chilpancingo, the crime-ridden capital of Mexico’s Guerrero State, was gruesomely murdered after just six days in office. Guerrero is one of the places worst affected by drug smuggling, cartel violence, and turf warfare. As Javier Corrales and Will Freeman argue in the newest issue of the Journal of Democracy, organized criminal groups in Latin America have money, firepower, and a stranglehold on political life — making them incredibly difficult to defeat.

May 28, 2024 | democracyparadox.com | Scott Mainwaring

Scott Mainwaring is the Eugene and Helen Conley Professor of Political Science at Notre Dame. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2010. His most recent book is Democracy in Hard Places (coedited with Tarek Masoud). In April 2019, PS: Political Science and Politics listed him as one of the 50 most cited political scientists in the world.

Dec 15, 2023 | newamerica.org | Lee Drutman |Scott Mainwaring

For many Americans, anything besides our two-party electoral system is hard to imagine. Multiple parties and proportional representation, the main alternative, might seem more fitting for a parliamentary system than our presidential one. But the truth is, how a country elects its legislature and how it selects its executive are two separate decisions. Multiparty presidentialism—the system the United States would have if it adopted proportional representation—is common around the world.

Sep 12, 2023 | democracyjournal.org | Daniel Stid |Lee Drutman |Scott Mainwaring

A myth haunts conversations about proportional representation in America. It is the belief that proportional representation requires a parliamentary system. We’re here to kill this myth. As comparative political scientists have long known, proportional representation can work well with a presidential system. It long has in several democracies. But proportional representation is more than just compatible with a presidential system.

Jul 26, 2023 | journalofdemocracy.org | Scott Mainwaring

Select your citation format: MLA (Modern Language Association 8th edition)Chicago Manual of Style 16th edition (full note)APA (American Psychological Association 7th edition) A review of Elites and Democratic Consolidation in Latin America and Southern Europe, edited by John Higley and Richard Gunther.