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John Michael Carey

Professor of Government
Chair of the Department of Government
John Wentworth Professor in the Social Sciences
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Departments and Programs

  • Government

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Contact Information

Email: john.carey@dartmouth.edu
Phone: 603-646-1130
Office: 6108 Silsby Hall

Education

B.A. Harvard University; Ph.D. University of California at San Diego

Areas of Expertise

Constitutions; elections; legislatures; Latin American politics; new democracies

Selected Works

  • Legislative Voting and Accountability, (2009)
  • "Miscarriage of Justice," Miami Herald, March 28, 2008.
  • "The Primary Elections 'Bonus' in Latin America," with J. Polga-Hecimovich, Designing Democratic Government: Making Institutions Work, (2008) 227-247.
  • "Competing Principals, Political Institutions, and Party Unity in Legislative Voting," American Journal of Political Science, 51:1 (Jan 2007) 92-107.
  • "Parties and Accountable Government in New Democracies," with A Reynolds, Party Politics, 13:2 (Jan 2007) 255-274.
  • "Primary Elections and Candidate Strength in Latin America," with J Polga-Hecimovich, Journal of Politics, 68:3 (Aug 2006) 530-543.

Current Projects

"The Electoral Sweet Spot: Low-magnitude Proportional Electoral Systems," co-authored with Simon Hix; "Does it matter how a constitution is created?"