Carol Ann Drogus is a retired Professor of Government at Hamilton
College. She is a specialist on Brazil, religion, and women’s
political participation. She taught introduction to comparative
politics for more than twenty years, as well as courses on Latin
American politics, gender and politics, and women in Latin America.
She has written two books and numerous articles on the political
participation of women in religious movements in Brazil.
Stephen Orvis is Professor of Government at Hamilton College. He is
a specialist on sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya in particular), identity
politics, democratic transitions, and the political economy of
development. He has been teaching introduction to comparative
politics for more than twenty-five years, as well as courses on
African politics, nationalism and the politics of identity,
political economy of development, and weak states. He has written a
book and articles on agricultural development in Kenya, as well as
several articles on civil society in Africa and Kenya and is
currently doing research on political institutions in Africa.
Sharon Werning Rivera specializes in the post-communist region of
Eurasia with a particular emphasis on Russia. Her research and
teaching interests in the field of comparative politics include
comparative democratization, elite political culture, the
transformation of elites in post-communist settings, and the
diffusion of ideas. Rivera′s articles have appeared in Political
Studies, Party Politics, Post-Soviet Affairs, PS: Political Science
and Politics, and Europe-Asia Studies, as well as in edited
collections. She received a Class of 1966 Career Development
Award from Hamilton College for developing a simulated election
campaign for the Government Department′s 100-level course in
Comparative Government.
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