Publications


Books


Against the Machine: Why Party Competition Disrupts Vote Buying


Kenneth F. Greene

New York: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, 2026


Mexico's Evolving Democracy: A Comparative Study of the 2012 Elections


Jorge Dominguez, Kenneth F. Greene, Chappell Lawson, Alejandro Moreno

Baltimore MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014


Why Dominant Parties Lose: Mexico's Democratization in Comparative Perspective


Kenneth F. Greene

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles


Interacting as Equals: How Contact Can Promote Tolerance Among Opposing Partisans


Kenneth F. Greene, Erin Rossiter, Enrique Seira, Alberto Simpser

Nature Human Behaviour, vol. 9, 2025, pp. 147-155


The Machine Works: Why Turnout Buying is More Effective than it Seems


Kenneth F. Greene

British Journal of Political Science, vol. 55(e13), 2025, pp. 1-30


Money Can't Buy You Love: Partisan Responses to Vote‐Buying Offers


Kenneth F. Greene

American Journal of Political Science, vol. 68, 2024, pp. 644–660


Campaign Effects and the Elusive Swing Voter in Modern Machine Politics


Kenneth F. Greene

Comparative Political Studies , vol. 54(1), 2021, pp. 77-109


Electoral Handouts during Mexico’s 2018 Elections


Kenneth F. Greene, Alberto Simpser

Política y Gobierno , vol. 27(2), 2020, pp. 1-29


Using the Predicted Responses from List Experiments as Explanatory Variables in Regression Models


K. Imai, Bethany Park, Kenneth F. Greene

Political Analysis, vol. 23(2), 2015, pp. 180-196


Campaign Persuasion and Nascent Partisanship in Mexico's New Democracy


Kenneth F. Greene

American Journal of Political Science, vol. 55(2), 2011, pp. 398–416


The Latin American Left's Mandate: Free-Market Policies and Issue Voting in New Democracies


Andy Baker, Kenneth F. Greene

World Politics, vol. 63(1), 2011, pp. 43-77


The Political Economy of Authoritarian Single-Party Dominance


Kenneth F. Greene

Comparative Political Studies, vol. 43(9), 2010, pp. 1-27


Dominant Party Strategy and Democratization


Kenneth F. Greene

American Journal of Political Science, vol. 52(1), 2008, pp. 16-31


Elite Polarization Meets Mass Moderation in Mexico's 2006 Elections


Kathleen Bruhn, Kenneth F. Greene

PS: Political Science and Politics, vol. 39(5), 2007, pp. 33-38


Moderate Optimism: Why Electoral Conflict May Fade


Kathleen Bruhn, Kenneth F. Greene

Foreign Affairs en Español, vol. 7(1), 2007, pp. 132-143


Opposition Party Strategy and Spatial Competition in Dominant Party Regimes


Kenneth F. Greene

Comparative Political Studies, vol. 35(7), 2002, pp. 755-783

Peer-Reviewed Chapters in Edited Volumes


Dealigning Campaign Effects in Argentina in Comparative Perspective


Kenneth F. Greene

in Noam Lupu, Virginia Oliveros, and Luis Schiumerini (eds.) Campaigns and Voters in Developing Democracies. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2019, pp. 162-186


Authoritarian Legacies and Party System Stability in Mexico


Kenneth F. Greene, Mariano Sánchez-Talanquer

in Scott Mainwaring (ed.) Party Systems in Latin America: Institutionalization, Decay, and Collapse. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018, pp. 201-226


The Niche Party: Authoritarian Regime Legacies and Party-Building in New Democracies


Kenneth F. Greene

in Jorge Domínguez, Steven Levitsky, James Loxton, Brandon Van Dyck, and Jorge I. Domínguez (eds.), Challenges of Party-Building in Latin America. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016, pp. 159-186


Campaign Effects since Mexico’s Democratization


Kenneth F. Greene

in Jorge Domínguez, Kenneth F. Greene, Chappell Lawson, and Alejandro Moreno (eds.) Mexico’s Evolving Democracy: A Comparative Study of the 2012 Elections. Baltimore MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015, pp. 128-152


Positional Issue Voting in Latin America


Andy Baker, Kenneth F. Greene

in Ryan Carlin, Matthew Singer, and Elizabeth Zechmeister (eds.) The Latin American Voter. Ann Arbor MI: University of Michigan Press, 2015, pp. 173-194


Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party: Reform and Resurgence


Kenneth F. Greene, Hector Ibarra-Rueda

in Anthony Butler (ed.), Remaking the ANC: Party Change in South Africa and the Global South. Auckland Park, South Africa: Jacana, 2014, pp. 29-51


Vote-Buying in Mexico


Kenneth F. Greene

in Arturo Alvarado (ed.) México: Democracia y Sociedad Más Allá de la Reforma Electoral [Mexico: Democracy and Society Beyond the Electoral Reform]. Mexico City: Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (TEPJF) and College of Mexico Press, 2013, pp. 149-168


The Political Costs of Privatization: Why Dominant Parties Meet their Doom


Kenneth F. Greene

Chapter 1 in Nicola de Jager and Pierre du Toit (eds.) Friend or Foe? Dominant Parties in Southern Africa: Insights from the Developing World. United Nations University and University of Cape Town Press, 2012, pp. 23-49


Party Finance and Single-Party Dominance in Mexico and Beyond


Kenneth F. Greene

in Anthony Butler (ed.) Paying for Politics: Party Funding and Political Change in South Africa and the Global South. Johannesburg: Jacana, 2010, pp. 20-52


Resource Control in Authoritarian and Democratic Dominant Party Systems


Kenneth F. Greene

in Matthijs Bogaards and Françoise Boucek (eds.) Dominant Parties: Concepts, Measures, Cases and Comparisons. London: Routledge, 2010, pp. 155-176


Images and Issues in Mexico's 2006 Presidential Election


Kenneth F. Greene

in Jorge Domínguez, Chappell Lawson, and Alejandro Moreno (eds.) Consolidating Mexico’s Democracy: The 2006 Presidential Campaign in Comparative Perspective. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009, pp. 246-267


The Absence of Common Ground between Candidates and Voters


Kathleen Bruhn, Kenneth F. Greene

in Jorge Domínguez, Chappell Lawson, and Alejandro Moreno (eds.) Consolidating Mexico’s Democracy: The 2006 Presidential Campaign in Comparative Perspective. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009, pp. 109-128


Complejidad, cohesión y longevidad en un movimiento urbano popular: La Asamblea de Barrios de la Ciudad de México [Complexity, Cohesion, and Longevity of an Urban Popular Movement: The Asamblea de Barrios in Mexico City]


Kenneth F. Greene

in Sergio Zermeño (ed.), Pablo González Casanova (series ed.), Movimientos sociales e identidades colectivas en México, (Mexico City: UNAM-IIS), 1996, pp. 189-224

Other Publications


Is Mexico Falling into the Authoritarian Trap?


Mariano Sánchez-Talanquer, Kenneth F. Greene

Journal of Democracy, vol. 32(4), 2021, pp. 56-71


Latin America’s Shifting Politics: Mexico’s Party System Under Stress


Kenneth F. Greene, Mariano Sánchez-Talanquer

Journal of Democracy, vol. 29(4), 2018, pp. 31-42


What’s next for Mexico? Here are 5 things you need to know


Kenneth F. Greene

Monkey Cage. The Washington Post, July 6, 2018


Vote Buying


Kenneth F. Greene, Alberto Guevara Castro

in Electoral Dictionary. San Jose, Costa Rica: Inter-American Institute on Human Rights (IIDH-CAPEL), 2017, pp. 186-193


Public Opinion Surveys in the 2012 Presidential Election Campaigns


Kenneth F. Greene

Commentary on Electoral Tribunal Opinion Series #68, TEPJF-Mexico, 2015, pp. 1-78


Energy Reform in Mexico, the 2013 Edition


Kenneth F. Greene

LLILAS-Benson Blog, October 29, 2013


El ascenso de la izquierda latinoamericana [The Rise of the Latin American Left]


Kenneth F. Greene

Revista de Derecho Electoral N° 6, a journal of the National Elections Tribunal of Peru, 2012


La reforma electoral y la compra de votos en México [Electoral Reform and Vote Buying in Mexico]


Kenneth F. Greene

Diálogo Electoral, vol. 1(2), 2011, pp. 2-9


Creating Competition: Patronage Politics and the PRI’s Demise


Kenneth F. Greene

Working Paper #345, Kellogg Institute of International Studies, University of Notre Dame, [peer-reviewed](December), 2007


The Representational Fault Line: Candidates and Voters in Mexico’s 2006 Elections


Kenneth F. Greene

Portal, Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 2007, pp. 44-47


Review of Mexico’s New Politics: The PAN and Democratic Change by David Shirk


Kenneth F. Greene

Latin American Politics and Society, vol. 48(1), 2006, pp. 208-213


Democracy and the Rule of Law in Mexico’s 2006 Elections


Kenneth F. Greene

FOCALPOINT, vol. 4(4), 2005, pp. 1-2


Transforming Comparative Political Parties Research


Kenneth F. Greene

Política y Gobierno, vol. 6(1), 1999, pp. 272-277


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