Politics of Developing Countries / Politics of Developing Countries

Sandra Jessica Ley Gutierrez, CIDE

State Absence, Remittances, and Crime Victimization in Northern Central America - Abby Cordova, University of Kentucky; Jonathan Hiskey, Vanderbilt University

Parties, Electoral Competition, and Criminal Political Violence in Democratic Brazil - Juan Guillermo Albarracin Dierolf, Universidad Icesi

Policing and Citizenship in Latin America - Eduardo Moncada, Barnard College

Prison Construction and Local Governance in Mexico - Omar Garcia Ponce, George Washington University

Between Private Security, Policing and Redistribution: Policy Priorities and Strategies in Response to Violent Crime in Mexico - Sandra Jessica Ley Gutierrez, CIDE; Sarah Andrea Berens, University of Cologne; Melina Altamirano, El Colegio de Mexico (COLMEX)

Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University

Sarah Andrea Berens, University of Cologne