David W. Close
Professor; Head of the Department (acting)
SN-2044
Department of Political Science, Science Building
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John’s, NL A1B 3X9 Canada
Phone: (709) 737-8174
Email: dclose[at]mun[dot]ca
(or search here)
Web site: http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~dclose/index.html
Academics
B.S.F.S. (Georgetown), M.A. (Wayne State), Ph.D. (McGill)
Areas for Student Research Supervision
•
Iberian politics
• Insurgency and counter-insurgency
• Leadership, protest politics, nationalist politics, movement
politics and social movements
• Politics of Latin America and other developing areas
Examples of Recent Courses Taught
1000 Intro to
Politics and Government; 3315 Latin American
Politics; 4360
Contentious Politics - Protest, Violence and Terrorism
Select Publications
2008. Mintz, E., D. Close, and O. Croci, To Seek the Common
Good: An Introduction to Politics, 2nd.ed,. Toronto: Pearson.
(Three chapters)
2007. Deonandan, K., D. Close, and G. Prevost, eds., From Armed
Insurgents to Political Parties: Cases from Latin America and
Africa , New York: Parlgrave Macmillan, 2007. co-editor,
co-author (one chapter), translator (one chapter), and contributor
(one chapter and one co-authored chapter).
2004. Close, D. and K. Deonandan, (eds.), Undoing Democracy:
the Politics of Electoral Caudillismo. Lanham, MD: Lexington
Books.
2004. Los Años de Chamorro,.(trans. Adolfo Bonilla)
Managua: Lea Editorial (Spanish edition of Nicaragua:
The Chamorro Years with new introduction and epilogue)
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