About

J. Samuel Valenzuela is Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. Valenzuela's publications have focused on the origins and development of electoral processes, on labor movements and politics, on oppositions under authoritarian regimes, on democratic transitions and consolidation, on political parties, on problems and theories of development, and on comparative methodology. Broadly read and cited, his work relies frequently on careful examinations of the Chilean case, placing it in a comparative context drawn usually from cases in Western Europe and the Americas. He has been a Kellogg Institute faculty fellow since 1986.

Thematic Interests

Historical and political sociology; democratization; comparative labor movements; religion; development

Current Research

Transitional justice, development and welfare state issues, and religion in Latin America.

Regions

Kellogg Book Series

Books

Journal Articles

Book Chapters

Working Papers