Biography and Research Interests
Professor Epstein specializes in the comparative and international politics of Latin America, with particular attention to comparative public policy in the region. In addition to two edited, co-authored volumes (Labor Autonomy and the State in Latin America, 1989; The New Argentine Democracy, 1992), he has published in such academic journals as Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Latin American Research Review, World Development, and Economic Development and Cultural Change. Among other grants, he has had Fulbright Research fellowships in Peru (1968-1969), in Argentina (1984-1985), and in Chile (1992). Recent publications have dealt with government anti-poverty programs in Chile, Argentina, and Peru, and with labor unions Argentina and Chile under the present neoliberal democracies. Current research deals with organized labor and mass popular protest in Argentina.
Teaching Interests
His teaching deals with the comparative and international politics of Latin America:
- Senior Seminar: Poverty and Inequality in Latin America
- Proseminar in Comparative Politics
- Democracy in Latin America
- New Democracies: Democratic Transitions in Latin America and Asia