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

Fall 2011

 

Contact Information

Classes

Papers and Publications

Research Projects

Professional Associations

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A graduate of the UCLA Department of Political Science,  and Chico State, Professor Lapp specializes in Latin American politics and teaches courses on international relations and comparative politics.

 

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Contact Information

Title:

Professor

Office Hours:

Mon. & Wed. 3-4 PM;

Fri. 8:45-9:45 AM

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

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Fall Classes

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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.

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Research Projects/Interests

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

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Professional Associations

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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: January 2011