Author: Mitchell A. Seligson | Journal of Democracy

Mitchell A. Seligson is Centennial Professor of Political Science and Professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University. He is the director of the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP), which carries out the AmericasBarometer surveys.

April 2010, Volume 21, Issue 2

Trouble in Central America: Crime, Hard Times, and Discontent

Amid a climate of rising crime and insecurity as well as economic uncertainty produced by the global downturn, can the study of public opinion and attitudes reveal which Central American countries are most at risk of democratic reversals?

April 2008, Volume 19, Issue 2

Trends in Democracy Assistance: What Has the United States Been Doing?

Democracy assistance has been a growing priority for the United States since the end of the Cold War. The record shows that its focus goes well beyond elections and other procedural dimensions of democracy.

July 2007, Volume 18, Issue 3

The Democracy Barometers (Part I): The Rise of Populism and the Left in Latin America

Mitchell A. Seligson

By world standards, Latin Americans ideologically are slightly to the right. But their attitudes are moving leftward, a trend with potential implications for democratic stability in the region.

Latin America’s Struggle for Democracy

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