Sharon Lean

Research interests:

Latin American politics; democratization and democratic consolidation; international organizations and international norms; civil society and the power of non-state actors in international and domestic politics.

Recent publications:

• "When Truth is Not Enough: A Survey of Reparations to Victims of Human Rights Violations in Latin America" pp. 169-191 in Politics and the Past: On Repairing Historical Injustice, John Torpey, ed. Rowman and Littlefield, 2003.
• “Aiding Democracy Abroad: The Learning Curve and Funding Virtue: Civil Society Aid and Democracy Promotion” (book review). Journal of Latin American Politics and Society 44:1(Spring 2002) 155-161.
• “Organizar a la Sociedad Civil Para el Desarrollo Local: Condición para que Funcione el Capital Social” (Making Social Capital Work: Organizing Civil Society for Local Development) Sociedad Civil 3:7 (September 1999) 51-69.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Political Science, University of California-Irvine, 2004.
• M.A. in Social Sciences, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (Mexico City) 1996.
• B.A. in Latin American Studies, Brown University, 1989