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Gerardo L. Munck publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerardo L. Munck sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 116 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Gerardo L. Munck D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerardo L. Munck sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 24 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gerardo L. Munck is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research is focused within the social sciences, particularly concentrating on sociology and political science, political science and international relations, development, and strategy and management. The main topics of their work include political conflict and governance, politics and society in Latin America, international development and aid, political and social dynamics in Chile and Latin America, religion and society interactions, social policy and reform studies, and global trade, sustainability, and social impact.

Munck's scholarly output includes several recent papers spanning various topics. Among these are:

  • Introduction: Tradition and Innovation in Critical Juncture Research (2023, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • The state as a determinant of democracy: durable poor-quality democracies in contemporary Latin America (2023, Democratization)
  • Democratic Theory and Concept Formation: Ideals and Realistic Standards - Chapter (2023, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • Conceptualization and Measurement: Basic Distinctions and Guidelines (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • EPR volume 13 issue 2 Cover and Front matter (2021, European Political Science Review)

Munck frequently publishes in venues such as Latin American Politics and Society, SSRN Electronic Journal, Democratization, European Political Science Review, and Revista Mexicana de Sociología.

Their book publications are tied to Cambridge University Press, which includes titles like Latin American Politics and Society (2022) and A Middle-Quality Institutional Trap: Democracy and State Capacity in Latin America (2020).

Collaboration is part of Munck's research approach, with notable frequent co-authors including Juan Pablo Luna, Sebastián Mazzuca, David Collier, Carlos Closa, and Matt Qvortrup. These collaborations span multiple papers and topics within their research field.

Best Publications

  • Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy Evaluating Alternative Indices

    Gerardo L. Munck;Jay Verkuilen

  • Modes of transition and democratization: South America and Eastern Europe in comparative perspective

    Gerardo L. Munck;Carol Skalnik Leff

  • Measuring Democracy: A Bridge between Scholarship and Politics

    Gerardo L. Munck

  • Debating the Direction of Comparative Politics An Analysis of Leading Journals

    Gerardo L. Munck;Richard Snyder

  • What is democracy? A reconceptualization of the quality of democracy

    Gerardo L. Munck

  • Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy. Evaluating Alternative Indices

    Gerardo L. Munck;Jay Verkuilen

  • Measuring Democracy

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  • Cross-National Indices with Gender-Differentiated Data: What Do They Measure? How Valid Are They?

    Angela Hawken;Gerardo L. Munck

  • Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics

    Gerardo L. Munck;Richard Snyder;Gabriel Abraham Almond;Barrington Moore

  • The Quest for Standards: King, Keohane, and Verba’s Designing Social Inquiry

    David Collier;Jason Seawright;Gerardo L Munck

  • Democratic Transitions in Comparative Perspective

    Gerardo L. Munck

  • Democratic Transitions in Comparative Perspective@@@The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century@@@Democracy and the Market: Political and Economic Reforms in Eastern Europe and Latin America@@@Issues in Democratic Consolidation: The New South American Democracies in Comparative Perspective

    Gerardo L. Munck;Samuel Huntington;Adam Przeworski;Scott Mainwaring

  • State or democracy first? Alternative perspectives on the state-democracy nexus

    Sebastián L. Mazzuca;Gerardo L. Munck

  • Disaggregating Political Regime: Conceptual Issues in the Study of Democratization

    Gerardo L. Munck

  • New Directions in Comparative Politics

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  • Authoritarianism and Democratization: Soldiers and Workers in Argentina, 1976–1983

    Gerardo L. Munck

  • Building Blocks and Methodological Challenges: A Framework for Studying Critical Junctures

    David Collier;Gerardo L. Munck

  • Regimes and democracy in Latin America : theories and methods

    Gerardo L. Munck

  • Actor Formation, Social Co-Ordination, and Political Strategy: Some Conceptual Problems in the Study of Social Movements

    Gerardo L. Munck

  • A Middle-Quality Institutional Trap: Democracy and State Capacity in Latin America

    Sebastián L. Mazzuca;Gerardo L. Munck

  • Democracy Studies:: Agendas, Findings, Challenges

    Gerardo L. Munck

  • Democratic Stability and Its Limits: An Analysis of Chile's 1993 Elections*

    Gerardo L. Munck

  • Assessing Set-Theoretic Comparative Methods: A Tool for Qualitative Comparativists?

    Gerardo L. Munck

  • Beyond electoralism in El Salvador: Conflict resolution through negotiated compromise

    Gerardo L Munck

  • Does the Evaluator Make a Difference? Measurement Validity in Corruption Research

    Angela Hawken;Gerardo L. Munck

  • New Directions in Comparative Politics

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  • Conceptualizing the quality of democracy: the framing of a new agenda for comparative politics

    Gerardo L. Munck

  • Symposium on Critical Junctures and Historical Legacies

    David Collier;Gerardo L. Munck;Sidney Tarrow;Kenneth M. Roberts

  • Orpheus and Power: The Movimento Negro of Rio de Janeiro and Sáo Paulo, Brazil, 1945–1988 . By Michael George Hanchard. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994. 203p. $29.95.

    Gerardo L. Munck

  • “Measuring Corruption: A Critical Assessment and a Proposal,” Bangkok: United Nations Development Programme

    Angela Hawken;Gerardo L. Munck

Frequent Co-Authors

David Collier
David Collier University of California, Berkeley
Adam Przeworski
Adam Przeworski New York University
Guillermo O'Donnell
Guillermo O'Donnell University of Notre Dame
Sidney Tarrow
Sidney Tarrow Cornell University
Robert H. Bates
Robert H. Bates Harvard University
Theda Skocpol
Theda Skocpol Harvard University
James C. Scott
James C. Scott Yale University
Philippe C. Schmitter
Philippe C. Schmitter European University Institute
Samuel P. Huntington
Samuel P. Huntington Harvard University
Arend Lijphart
Arend Lijphart University of California, San Diego

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