Jorge I. Domínguez

For the Argentinian footballer, see Jorge Domínguez.
Jorge I. Domínguez
Born 1945
Cuba

Jorge I. Domínguez (born 1945 in Cuba) is the Antonio Madero Professor for the Study of Mexico at Harvard University, where he is also Vice Provost for International Affairs in the Office of the Provost, Senior Advisor for International Studies to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Chairman of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, and a member of the executive committee of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.[1]

Once described by Foreign Affairs as the dean of US Cubanologists,[2] Domínguez has published various books and articles on Latin America and, in particular, Cuba. He is also an associate of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and of Leverett House.[1]

Background and education

Domínguez attended Belen Jesuit Preparatory School and graduated from Fordham Preparatory School, he received his B.A. from Yale University in 1967 and received his M.A. (1968) and Ph.D. (1972) from Harvard University. He began his teaching career at Harvard in 1972 and by 1979 was a full professor. In 1983 Professor Domínguez faced disciplinary action from Harvard University for sexually harassing a junior faculty member, as well as a graduate student[3]

Scholarship

Some of the books written by Domínguez include, The Construction of Democracy: Lessons from Practice and Research; Between Compliance and Conflict: East Asia, Latin America and the New Pax Americana; The Cuban Economy at the Start of the Twenty-First Century; Mexico’s Pivotal Democratic Election: Candidates, Voters, and the Presidential Campaign of 2000; Boundary Disputes in Latin America; Constructing Democratic Governance in Latin America; Mexico, Central, and South America: New Perspectives, The United States and Mexico: Between Partnership and Conflict; Democratic Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean; International Security and Democracy; Technopols; Democratizing Mexico; and Conflictos Territoriales y Democracia en America Latina.

Some articles written by Domínguez:

In addition to his substantive academic contributions, Domínguez worked over the years to develop the scholarly field of Latin Americanist social science in four large-scale multi-book multi-authored projects involving authors from the United States and most Latin American authors.

First, he encouraged U.S. and Mexican scholars to carry out research on Mexican public opinion and voting behavior.[4] In particular, a team of research colleagues developed panel studies to interview and re-interview individuals during the same presidential election campaigns (2000, 2006, 2012), and within a year or two made the primary data for these surveys freely and universally available on the Web.[5]

Second, working with international teams that featured Cuban social scientists, Domínguez fostered research by Cuban academics and supported their research, writing, and publication in English to make such work better known. This endeavor spanned U.S.-Cuban relations, macroeconomic and microeconomic policies, poverty, social mobility, and territorial inequalities.[6] For this effort to advance and make known the work of Cuban scholars, and for his own research, he received the lifetime contribution award from the Cuba Section of the Latin American Studies Association.

Third, a founding member of the Inter-American Dialogue,[7] Domínguez and Dialogue colleagues generated assessments of the state of democratic politics across Latin America; the first book covered every country of Latin America, while the latter three books focused on the large countries, but with each volume featuring authors from across the continent.[8] This project led as well to his becoming a founding adviser for the Club de Madrid,[9] whose members are former presidents and prime ministers of democratic countries the world over.

And fourth, Domínguez and Rafael Fernández de Castro designed a project of books on U.S. relations with key Latin American countries and subregions; most books with two authors — one from the United States, and one from the respective Latin American country.[10] This project led also to his co-founding of Foreign Affairs Latinomérica and membership on its editorial board.[11]


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Harvard People » Jorge I. Dominguez". people.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  2. ↑ Lowenthal, Abraham F. (1989). "Review: To Make a World Safe for Revolution: Cuba's Foreign Policy by Jorge I. Domínguez". Foreign Affairs 68 (3): 173. JSTOR 20044048.
  3. ↑ http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1983/9/28/harvard-disciplines-professor-for-sexual-harassment/
  4. ↑ J. Domínguez and James McCann, Democratizing Mexico: Public Opinion and Electoral Choices (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996); J. Domínguez and Alejandro Poiré, Toward Mexico’s Democratization: Parties, Campaigns, Elections, and Public Opinion (Routledge, 1999); J. Domínguez and Chappell Lawson, eds., Mexico’s Pivotal Democratic Election: Candidates, Voters, and the Presidential Campaign of 2000 (Stanford University Press, 2004); J. Domínguez, C. Lawson, and Alejandro Moreno, eds., Consolidating Mexican Democracy: The 2006 Presidential Campaign in Comparative Perspective (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009)
  5. ↑ http://web.mit.edu/polisci/research/mexico06/book.html
  6. ↑ J. Domínguez, Omar E. Pérez-Villanueva, Mayra Espina, and Lorena Barberia, Cuban Economic and Social Development: Policy Reforms and Challenges in the 21st. Century (Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 2012); J. Domínguez, Rafael Hernández, and L. Barberia, Debating U.S.-Cuban Relations: Shall We Play Ball? (Routledge, 2011); J. Domínguez, O.E. Pérez-Villanueva, and L. Barberia, The Cuban Economy at the Start of the Twenty-First Century (Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 2004); J. Domínguez and R. Hernández, U.S.-Cuban Relations in the 1990s (Westview, 1989).
  7. ↑ http://www.thedialogue.org/aboutmembers
  8. ↑ J. Domínguez and Abraham Lowenthal, eds., Constructing Democratic Governance: Latin America and the Caribbean (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996); J. Domínguez and Michael Shifter, Constructing Democratic Governance in Latin America (Johns Hopkins University Press), second edition (2003), third edition (2008), and fourth edition (2013).
  9. ↑ http://www.clubmadrid.org/en/estructura/advisory-committee/letra:d
  10. ↑ All from Routledge: Cynthia McClintock and Fabián Fallas, The United States and Peru (2002); Deborah Norden and Roberto Russell, The United States and Argentina (2002); Monica Hirst, The United States and Brazil (2004); Anthony Maingot and Wilfredo Lozano, The United States and the Caribbean (2004); Mark Rosenberg and Luis Guillermo Solís, The United States and Central America (2007); J. Domínguez and Rafael Fernández de Castro, The United States and Mexico (2009); Marifeli Pérez-Stable, The United States and Cuba (2010); Javier Corrales and Carlos Romero, The United States and Venezuela (2012).
  11. ↑ http://www.revistafal.com/secciones/1317-consejo-editorial.html

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