Alisha C. Holland studies the comparative political economy of development with a focus on Latin America. Her first book, Forbearance as Redistribution: The Politics of Informal Welfare in Latin America (Cambridge University Press, 2017), examines the politics of law enforcement against the poor. She is working on a new book on the institutional determinants and challenges of infrastructure investment in Latin America. Prior to joining the faculty, she was an assistant professor in the Politics Department at Princeton University and a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows.
Contact
aholland@fas.harvard.edu
My Website
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CGIS Knafel Building, Room 205
Subfields
Comparative Politics
Academic Interests
Bureaucracy | Democracy | Institutions | Judiciary and Public Law | Migration | Parties, Campaigns & Elections | Political Economy & Development | Public Opinion | Public Policy | Social Policy & the Welfare State | State & Local Politics | Voter Behavior
Research Methods
Qualitative Methods | Quantitative Methods | Surveys
Geographic Regions of Study
Latin America