Gabriel L. Negretto is an associate professor of political studies at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, Mexico City. He holds a BA in law from the University of Buenos Aires, and both an MA of international affairs with specialization in Latin American studies and a PhD in political science from Columbia University. Negretto has been visiting Fellow at the University of Notre Dame and visiting professor at Princeton University, the New School for Social Research, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, and Columbia University. He has published numerous articles in American, European, and Latin American academic journals such as the Journal of Politics, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Law & Society Review, Latin American Politics and Society, Journal of Latin American Studies, Government and Opposition, and Desarrollo Económico.