James Mahoney
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Professor Fitzgerald Professor of Economic History Areas of Interest:
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James Mahoney (Ph.D. 1997, University of California, Berkeley) is a comparative-historical researcher with interests in national development, qualitative methodology, and macro theory. He is the author of The Legacies of Liberalism: Path Dependence and Political Regimes in Central America (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001) and coeditor of Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences (Cambridge University Press, 2003). His work also includes articles on political and socioeconomic development in Latin America, path dependence in historical sociology, and causal inference in small-N analysis. Mahoney is currently working on a book tentatively entitled, Colonialism and Development: Spanish America in Comparative Perspective.
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Scott Hall, Room 316
Evanston, Illinois 60208-1330
Phone: (847) 491-2626
Fax: (847) 491-9907
email: james-mahoney@northwestern.edu
Office Hours: (Fall 09)
Mon and Wed, 3:30-4:30, at 316 Scott Hall.
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Department of Political Science
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| Courses Taught |
| Soc 376-0: Special Topics Comparative Global Development |
| Soc 439-0: Comparative Historical Analysis |
| Soc 476-0: Special Topics Political Sociology |
