Nancy D. Lapp
California State University, Sacramento
Department of Government
College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies

Spring 2008

Courses (and selected syllabi):
GOVT 130 (Fall 2007); GOVT 140 (Fall 2007); GOVT 147(Spring 2007)

Contact Information

Classes

Papers and Publications

Research Projects

Professional Associations

Other Links of Interest

 

A graduate of the UCLA Department of Political Science,  Professor Lapp specializes in Latin American politics and teaches courses on international relations and comparative politics for the Department of Government and the International Affairs Master's program.

 

Contact Information

Title:

Associate Professor

Office Hours:

On sabbatical Spring 2008

E-mail Address:

nlapp@csus.edu

Office Telephone:

(916) 278 -7254

FAX:

(916) 278-6488

Mailing Address:

CSU, Sacramento

6000 J Street

Sacramento, CA 95819-6089

Spring 2008 Classes

  • On sabbatical
  • LOCUS log-in page (password needed): for current syllabi, course readings and materials


Publications and Papers

  • Landing Votes: Representation and Land Reform in Latin America, Palgrave/Macmillan, 2004.

  • "The Irrelevance of the Hegemon: Domestic Sources of War in Latin America -- the Case of Ecuador and Peru," Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Convention in Montreal, Quebec, March 17-20, 2004.
  • "To Vote or Not to Vote: Compulsory Voting in Latin America," Paper presented at the Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Portland, March 11-13, 2004.

  • "Free Trade and Domestic Politics in Latin America," Paper presented at the 43rd International Studies Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, March 23-27, 2002.
  • "From Security to Economics: US foreign policy motivations towards Latin America," Paper presented at the 42nd International Studies Association Annual Convention, Chicago, February 20-24, 2001.

  • Review: "The End of the Peasantry: The Rural Labor Movement in Northeast Brazil, 1961-1988," by Anthony J. Pereira, American Journal of Sociology (September 1998) 104: 2, p. 546.


Research Projects/Interests

  • Electoral change and democracy in Latin America, particularly in South America
  • Compulsory voting in Latin America


Professional Associations

Other Links of Interest

 

Send problems, comments or suggestions to: nlapp@csus.edu

California State University, Sacramento
Department of Government
College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies

Updated: November 2006