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Wendy Hunter is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research contributions primarily fall within the field of Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Safety Research, Economics and Econometrics, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

Their work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Politics and Society in Latin America
  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements

Wendy Hunter has published research articles and a book, contributing to various academic venues. The book titled The Inclusionary Turn in Latin American Democracies was published by Cambridge University Press in 2021.

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Latin American Politics and Society
  • Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
  • Global Social Policy
  • Democratization
  • Latin American Research Review

Among their recent papers are:

  • "How family and child cash transfers can empower women: Comparative lessons from Brazil and South Africa" (2020, Global Social Policy)
  • "Populism and the military: symbiosis and tension in Bolsonaro's Brazil" (2021, Democratization)
  • "Do Conditional Cash Transfers Empower Women? Insights from Brazil's Bolsa Família" (2020, Latin American Politics and Society)
  • "Denationalization in the Dominican Republic: Trapping Victims in the State's Administrative Maze" (2022, Latin American Research Review)
  • "Lula's Second Act" (2023, Journal of democracy)

Hunter's collaborations include frequent coauthors such as Maxwell A. Cameron, Timothy J. Power, Alfred P. Montero, and Senior Juan, as well as academic involvement with Carleton College.

Best Publications

  • The Effects of Capital Mobility, Trade Openness, and Democracy on Social Spending in Latin America, 1980–1999

    George Avelino;David S. Brown;Wendy A Hunter

  • Rewarding Lula: Executive Power, Social Policy, and the Brazilian Elections of 2006

    Wendy A Hunter;Timothy J. Power

  • Democracy and Social Spending in Latin America, 1980–92

    David S. Brown;Wendy A Hunter

  • Eroding Military Influence in Brazil: Politicians Against Soldiers

    Wendy Hunter

  • Bolsonaro and Brazil's Illiberal Backlash

    Wendy Hunter;Timothy J. Power

  • The Transformation of the Workers' Party in Brazil, 1989–2009

    Wendy A Hunter

  • Leftist Governments in Latin America: Successes and Shortcomings

    Kurt Gerhard Weyland;Raúl L. Madrid;Wendy Hunter

  • Democracy and Human Capital Formation: Education Spending in Latin America, 1980 to 1997

    David S. Brown;Wendy Hunter

  • The Normalization of an Anomaly: The Workers' Party in Brazil

    Wendy A Hunter

  • Continuity or change? civil-military relations in democratic Argentina, Chile, and Peru

    Wendy A Hunter

  • Whither clientelism? Good governance and Brazil's Bolsa Família program

    Natasha Borges Sugiyama;Wendy Hunter

  • Democracy and Social Policy in Brazil: Advancing Basic Needs, Preserving Privileged Interests

    Wendy Hunter;Natasha Borges Sugiyama

  • World Bank Directives, Domestic Interests, and the Politics of Human Capital Investment in Latin America

    Wendy A Hunter;David S. Brown

  • Transforming Subjects into Citizens: Insights from Brazil’s Bolsa Família

    Wendy Hunter;Natasha Borges Sugiyama

  • Negotiating Civil‐Military Relations in Post‐Authoritarian Argentina and Chile

    Wendy A Hunter

  • The policies and performance of the contestatory and moderate left

    Raúl L. Madrid;Wendy Hunter;Kurt Weyland

  • "Documents, Please": Advances in Social Protection and Birth Certification in the Developing World

    Wendy A Hunter;Robert Brill

  • From Right to Left in Brazil's Northeast: Transformation, or "Politics as Usual"?

    Jorge Antonio Alves;Wendy Hunter

  • Lula's Brazil at Midterm

    Wendy A Hunter;Timothy J. Power

  • Making the Newest Citizens: Achieving Universal Birth Registration in Contemporary Brazil

    Wendy Hunter;Natasha Borges Sugiyama

  • Votes for Survival: Relational Clientelism in Latin America. By Simeon Nichter. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 324p. $105.00 cloth, $34.99 paper.

    Wendy Hunter

  • The Deadlock of Democracy in Brazil: Interests, Identities, and Institutions in Comparative Politics. By Barry Ames. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2001. 352p. $59.50

    Wendy Hunter

Frequent Co-Authors

David S. Brown
David S. Brown University of Colorado Boulder
Timothy J. Power
Timothy J. Power University of Oxford
Kurt Weyland
Kurt Weyland The University of Texas at Austin

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