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Glen Biglaiser

Title: Professor

Department: Political Science

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, University Of California, Los Angeles, 1996
    Major: Political Science
    Dissertation: Policy Choices Under Military Rule: The Effect of Institutions and Ideas on Policy Outcomes
  • MA, University of California, Los Angeles, 1990
    Major: Political Science

Current Scheduled Teaching

PSCI 4671.001Globalization and DevelopmentSpring 2025
PSCI 3704.001U.S. Latin American RelationsSpring 2025
PSCI 3702.001Latin American PoliticsFall 2024 Syllabus
PSCI 2305.002US Political Behavior and PolicyFall 2024 Syllabus
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

PSCI 6650.001Seminar in Comparative PoliticsSpring 2024 SPOT
PSCI 3704.001U.S. Latin American RelationsSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4671.001Globalization and DevelopmentFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3702.001Latin American PoliticsFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.741Special ProblemsSpring 2023
PSCI 3704.001U.S. Latin American RelationsSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2305.008US Political Behavior and PolicySpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3702.001Latin American PoliticsFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6650.001Seminar in Comparative PoliticsFall 2022 SPOT
PSCI 6650.001Seminar in Comparative PoliticsSpring 2022 SPOT
PSCI 3704.001U.S. Latin American RelationsSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4671.001Globalization and DevelopmentFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3702.001Latin American PoliticsFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3704.001U.S. Latin American RelationsSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2305.002US Political Behavior and PolicySpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2315.002Honors US Political Behavior and PolicyFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3702.001Latin American PoliticsFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3700.003Area PoliticsSpring 2020 Syllabus
PSCI 6650.001Seminar in Comparative PoliticsSpring 2020
PSCI 3700.002Area PoliticsSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2305.009US Political Behavior and PolicySpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3700.002Area PoliticsFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4700.003Topics in Comparative PoliticsFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3700.003Area PoliticsSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 5650.001Seminar in Comparative PoliticsSpring 2018 SPOT
PSCI 5650.002Seminar in Comparative PoliticsFall 2017 SPOT
PSCI 2305.007US Political Behavior and PolicyFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3700.001Area PoliticsFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4700.002Topics in Comparative PoliticsFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 5650.001Seminar in Comparative PoliticsSpring 2016 SPOT
PSCI 1050.006American Government: Process and PoliciesFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3700.001Area PoliticsFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.730Special ProblemsFall 2015
PSCI 4700.001Topics in Comparative PoliticsSpring 2015 Syllabus
PSCI 3700.001Area PoliticsFall 2014 Syllabus
PSCI 5650.002Seminar in Area StudiesFall 2014
PSCI 3700.001Area PoliticsSpring 2014 Syllabus
PSCI 5650.001Seminar in Area StudiesSpring 2014
PSCI 3700.001Area PoliticsFall 2013 Syllabus
PSCI 4700.002Topics in Comparative PoliticsFall 2013 Syllabus
PSCI 3700.002Area PoliticsFall 2012 Syllabus
PSCI 4700.002Topics in Comparative PoliticsFall 2012 Syllabus
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Nathan Jensen, Glen Biglaiser, et al.. (2012). Politics and Foreign Direct Investment..
  • Glen Biglaiser. (2002). Guardians of the Nation? Economists, Generals, and Economic Reform in Latin America.

    • Book Chapter

  • Archer, C., Biglaiser, G., DeRouen, K. (2016). Sovereign Bonds and the “Democratic Advantage”: Does Regime Type Affect Credit Rating Agency Ratings in the Developing World?. The Economics of Sovereign Debt. Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Biglaiser, G., Staats, J.L. (2016). Finding the `Democratic Advantage’ in Sovereign Bond Ratings: The Importance of Strong Courts and the Rule of Law. The Economics of Sovereign Debt. Cheltenham Glos, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Glen Biglaiser. (2009). The Internationalization of Ideas in Argentina's Economics Profession..

    • Journal Article

  • Biglaiser, G., McGauvran, R.J. (2018). Political Mandate and Clarity of Responsibility: Explaining Economic Policy Outcomes under Rightist Governments in Latin America.. Latin American Research Review. 53 (2) 250-272.
  • Biglaiser, G., Lee, H., Staats, J. (2017). The Effects of Political and Legal Constraints on Expropriation in Natural Resource and Manufacturing Sectors. International Area Studies Review. 20 (4) 311-333.
  • Glen Biglaiser. (2016). Mandate and the Market: Policy Making under the Left in Latin America. Comparative Politics. 48 (2) 185-204.
  • Biglaiser, Glen, Hoon Lee, and Joseph L. Staats. (2016). The Effects of the IMF on Expropriation of Foreign Firms. The Review of International Organizations. 11 (1) 1-23.
  • Hoon Lee, Glen Biglaiser, and Joseph L. Staats. (2014). Legal Systems, Rule of Law, and Foreign Direct Investment in the Developing World..
  • Robert Kevlihan, Karl DeRouen, and Glen Biglaiser.. (2014). National Security and Humanitarianism: Is U.S. Aid Based on Need Alone?.
  • David Lektzian and Glen Biglaiser. (2014). The Effect of Foreign Direct Investment on the Use and Success of U.S. Sanctions. Conflict Management and Peace Science. 31 (1) 70-93.
  • Hoon Lee, Glen Biglaiser, and Joseph L. Staats. (2014). The Effects of Political Risk on Different Modes of Foreign Direct Investment. International Interactions. 40 683-710.
  • Robert Kevlihan, Karl DeRouen, and Glen Biglaiser. (2014). National Security and Humanitarianism: Is US Aid Based on Needs Alone?. 58 839-854.
  • David Lektzian and Glen Biglaiser. (2013). Investment, Opportunity, and Risk: Do U.S. Sanctions Deter or Encourage Global Investment?.
  • Glen Biglaiser and Joseph L. Staats. (2012). Finding the `Democratic Advantage' in Sovereign Bond Ratings: The Importance of Strong Courts and the Rule of Law..
  • Joseph L. Staats and Glen Biglaiser. (2012). Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America: The Importance of Judicial Strength and Rule of Law.
  • Hoon Lee, Joseph L. Staats, and Glen Biglaiser. (2012). The Effects of Legal Systems on Portfolio Investment.
  • Glen Biglaiser and Karl DeRouen. (2011). How Soon is Now? The Effects of the IMF on Economic Reforms in Latin America.
  • Glen Biglaiser, Karl DeRouen, and Candace Archer. (2011). Politics, Early Warning Systems, and Credit Rating Agencies..
  • Glen Biglaiser and David Lektzian. (2011). The Effect of Sanctions on United States Foreign Direct Investment..
  • Joseph L. Staats and Glen Biglaiser. (2011). The Effects of Judicial Strength and Rule of Law on Portfolio Investment in the Developing World..
  • Glen Biglaiser and Joseph L. Staats. (2010). Do Political Institutions Affect Foreign Direct Investment? A Survey of U.S. Corporations in Latin America..
  • Glen Biglaiser and Karl DeRouen. (2010). The Effects of IMF Programs on U.S. Foreign Direct Investment in the Developing World..
  • Marshall Garland and Glen Biglaiser. (2009). Do Electoral Rules Matter? Political Institutions and Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America..
  • Glen Biglaiser and Karl DeRouen. (2009). Economics and Security: The Interdependence of U.S. Troops and Trade in the Developing World..
  • Glen Biglaiser, Brian Hicks, and Caitlin Huggins. (2008). Sovereign Bond Ratings and the 'Democratic Advantage': Portfolio Investment in the Developing World..
  • Jeffrey Peake, David J. Jackson, and Glen Biglaiser. (2007). Don't Go Changing to Try to Please Me:  A Preference-Consistency Analysis on Trade Policy in the U.S. House..
  • Glen Biglaiser and Karl DeRouen. (2007). Following the Flag: Troop Deployment and U.S. Foreign Direct Investment..
  • Candace Archer, Glen Biglaiser, and Karl DeRouen. (2007). Sovereign Bond Ratings and Democracy: The Effects of Regime Type in the Developing World." .
  • Glen Biglaiser and Karl DeRouen. (2007). Sovereign Bond Ratings and Neoliberalism in Latin America..
  • Glen Biglaiser and Karl DeRouen. (2006). Economic Reforms and Inflows of Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America..
  • Glen Biglaiser, David J. Jackson, and Jeffrey Peake,. (2004). Back on Track: Support for Presidential Trade Authority in the House of Representatives..
  • Glen Biglaiser and Karl DeRouen. (2004). The Expansion of Neoliberal Economic Reforms in Latin America..
  • Glen Biglaiser. (2003). Military Rule, State Autonomy, and Privatization in the Southern Cone. .
  • Glen Biglaiser and David Brown. (2003). The Determinants of Privatization in Latin America..
  • Glen Biglaiser. (2003). The Liberalization of Argentina's Economics Profession..
  • Glen Biglaiser and Michelle Danis. (2002). Privatization and Democracy: The Effects of Regime Type in the Developing World..
  • Glen Biglaiser. (2002). The Internationalization of Chicago's Economics in Latin America..
  • Glen Biglaiser. (1999). Military Regimes, Neoliberal Restructuring, and Economic Development: Reassessing the Chilean Case..

    • Magazine/Trade Publication

  • Glen Biglaiser. (2010). Interviewed and cited in the Polish Newspaper Dziennik Gazeta Prawna..
  • Glen Biglaiser. (2004). Los Efectos de las Reformas Económicas sobre la Inversión de los Estados Unidos en América Latina, 1990-1999..

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Contract

  • Biglaiser, G. (Other), "FDI Inflows and Judicial Reform in Mexico," sponsored by UNT: Faculty Abroad Seminar to Mexico, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (2014 - 2014).

    • Fellowship

  • Biglaiser, G. (Other), "Neoliberalism in the Developing World," sponsored by Fulbright Fellowship, Federal, $15500 Funded. (2013 - 2013).
  • Biglaiser, G. (Other), "Neoliberalism in the Developing World," sponsored by Fulbright Fellowship, Federal, Funded. (2013 - 2013).
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