Beatriz Magaloni
Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Political Science
Web page: https://bmagaloni.com/
Bio
Beatriz Magaloni is the Graham Stuart Professor of International Relations at the Department of Political Science. Magaloni is also a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute, where she holds affiliations with the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) and the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC). She is also a Stanford’s King Center for Global Development faculty affiliate. Magaloni has taught at Stanford University for over two decades.
She leads the Poverty, Violence, and Governance Lab (Povgov). Founded by Magaloni in 2010, Povgov is one of Stanford University’s leading impact-driven knowledge production laboratories in the social sciences. Under her leadership, Povgov has innovated and advanced a host of cutting-edge research agendas to reduce violence and poverty and promote peace, security, and human rights.
Magaloni’s work has contributed to the study of authoritarian politics, poverty alleviation, indigenous governance, and, more recently, violence, crime, security institutions, and human rights. Her first book, Voting for Autocracy: Hegemonic Party Survival and its Demise in Mexico (Cambridge University Press, 2006) is widely recognized as a seminal study in the field of comparative politics. It received the 2007 Leon Epstein Award for the Best Book published in the previous two years in the area of political parties and organizations, as well as the Best Book Award from the American Political Science Association’s Comparative Democratization Section. Her second book The Politics of Poverty Relief: Strategies of Vote Buying and Social Policies in Mexico (with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros and Federico Estevez) (Cambridge University Press, 2016) explores how politics shapes poverty alleviation.
Magaloni’s work was published in leading journals, including the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Criminology & Public Policy, World Development, Comparative Political Studies, Annual Review of Political Science, Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing, Latin American Research Review, and others.
Magaloni received wide international acclaim for identifying innovative solutions for salient societal problems through impact-driven research. In 2023, she was named winner of the world-renowned Stockholm Prize in Criminology, considered an equivalent of the Nobel Prize in the field of criminology. The award recognized her extensive research on crime, policing, and human rights in Mexico and Brazil. Magaloni’s research in this area was also recognized by the American Political Science Association, which named her recipient of the 2021 Heinz I. Eulau Award for the best article published in the American Political Science Review, the leading journal in the discipline.
She received her Ph.D. in political science from Duke University and holds a law degree from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.
Academic Appointments
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Professor, Political Science
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Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
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Affiliate, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Honors & Awards
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Stockholm Prize in Criminology, Swedish Ministry of Justice (2023)
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2021 Heinz I. Eulau Award for the best article published in the American Political Science Review, American Political Science Association (2021)
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Leon D. Epstein Outstanding Book Award, American Political Science Association (2007)
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Best book award given by the Comparative Democratization section, American Political Science Association (2007)
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Best Paper in Comparative Politics, 96th American Political Science Association Meeting (with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros and Barry Weingast) (2001)
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Gabriel Almond Award — Best Dissertation in Comparative Politics, American Political Science Association (1998)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Chair of the Michael Wallerstein Award for the best paper on political economy published in the past two years, American Political Science Association Meeting (2012 - 2012)
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Organizer of the Comparative Politics of Developing Countries Section, American Political Science Association Meeting (2011 - 2011)
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Gabriel Almond Award Committee, Comparative Politics Division, American Political Science Association (2010 - 2010)
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Lubbert Award for Best Paper, Comparative Politics Division, American Political Science Association (2005 - 2005)
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Assistant to the editor, World Development (2013 - Present)
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Research Scholars Group, World Justice Project (2013 - Present)
Program Affiliations
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Center for Latin American Studies
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Program in International Relations
Professional Education
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Ph.D., Duke University, Department of Political Science (1997)
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M.A., Duke University, Department of Political Science (1993)
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Licenciatura, ITAM, Mexico, Law (1989)
Current Research and Scholarly Interests
Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Latin American Politics
2024-25 Courses
- Authoritarian Politics
POLISCI 244A, POLISCI 444A (Aut) - The Logics of Violence: Rebels, Criminal Groups and the State
POLISCI 245C, POLISCI 445C (Win) - Workshop in Comparative Politics
POLISCI 440D (Win) -
Independent Studies (6)
- DDRL Independent Study-Work with Adviser
DDRL 191 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Directed Reading and Research in American Politics
POLISCI 229 (Spr) - Directed Reading and Research in Comparative Politics
POLISCI 249 (Spr) - Directed Reading and Research in Comparative Politics
POLISCI 349 (Aut, Spr) - Honors Thesis
POLISCI 299D (Spr) - Master¿s Thesis and Thesis Research
LATINAM 398 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- DDRL Independent Study-Work with Adviser
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Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Democratic Backsliding - La Recaída Democrática
OSPMADRD 23 (Aut) - Governance and Poverty
POLISCI 247G, POLISCI 347G (Spr) - Policing, Violence and Migration in Latin America: Historical Origins and Contemporary Challenges
POLISCI 27SC (Sum) - The Logics of Violence: Rebels, Criminal Groups and the State
POLISCI 245C, POLISCI 445C (Spr)
2022-23 Courses
- Governance and Poverty
POLISCI 247G, POLISCI 347G (Win) - The Logics of Violence: Rebels, Criminal Groups and the State
POLISCI 245C, POLISCI 445C (Win) - Theories in Comparative Politics
POLISCI 440A (Aut)
2021-22 Courses
- Governance and Poverty
POLISCI 247G, POLISCI 347G (Win) - Policing and Violence in Latin America: Historical Origins and Contemporary Challenges
POLISCI 27SC (Sum) - Theories in Comparative Politics
POLISCI 440A (Aut)
- Democratic Backsliding - La Recaída Democrática
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Camille DeJarnett, Esteban Salmon Perrilliat -
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Madison Dalton, Emily Russell, Alice Wang -
Master's Program Advisor
Lola Amaya, Isa Calero Forero, Melissa Severino de Oliveira -
Doctoral Dissertation Co-Advisor (AC)
Hanna Folsz -
Doctoral (Program)
Natalie Chaudhuri, Hanna Folsz, Rabia Kutlu Karasu, Davi Veronese
All Publications
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Killing in the Slums: Social Order, Criminal Governance, and Police Violence in Rio de Janeiro
AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW
2020; 114 (2): 552–72
View details for DOI 10.1017/S0003055419000856
View details for Web of Science ID 000528000400016
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Legislatures and Policy Making in Authoritarian Regimes
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL STUDIES
2020
View details for DOI 10.1177/0010414020912288
View details for Web of Science ID 000523550000001
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Living in Fear: The Dynamics of Extortion in Mexico's Drug War
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL STUDIES
2019
View details for DOI 10.1177/0010414019879958
View details for Web of Science ID 000493433400001
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Public Good Provision and Traditional Governance in Indigenous Communities in Oaxaca, Mexico
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL STUDIES
2019; 52 (12): 1841–80
View details for DOI 10.1177/0010414019857094
View details for Web of Science ID 000476233800001
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Authoritarian Survival and Poverty Traps: Land Reform in Mexico
WORLD DEVELOPMENT
2016; 77: 154-170
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.08.013
View details for Web of Science ID 000364726500011
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The Beheading of Criminal Organizations and the Dynamics of Violence in Mexico
JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION
2015; 59 (8): 1455-1485
View details for DOI 10.1177/0022002715587053
View details for Web of Science ID 000364871700005
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The Mexican War on Drugs: Crime and the Limits of Government Persuasion
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH
2015; 27 (1): 125-137
View details for DOI 10.1093/ijpor/edu009
View details for Web of Science ID 000351843000007
- Traditional Governance, Citizen Engagement and Local Public Goods: Evidence from Mexico World Development 2013
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The Game of Electoral Fraud and the Ousting of Authoritarian Rule
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
2010; 54 (3): 751-765
View details for Web of Science ID 000279020100011
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Political Order and One-Party Rule
ANNUAL REVIEW OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, VOL 13
2010; 13: 123-143
View details for DOI 10.1146/annurev.polisci.031908.220529
View details for Web of Science ID 000279537100007
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AIDING LATIN AMERICA'S POOR
JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY
2009; 20 (4): 36-49
View details for Web of Science ID 000270762200006
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Credible power-sharing and the longevity of authoritarian rule
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL STUDIES
2008; 41 (4-5): 715-741
View details for DOI 10.1177/0010414007313124
View details for Web of Science ID 000254210100011
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Partisan cleavages, state retrenchment, and free trade - Latin America in the 1990s
Annual Meeting of the American-Political-Science-Association
LATIN AMER STUDIES ASSOC. 2008: 107–35
View details for Web of Science ID 000256171200005
- Voting for Autocracy: Hegemonic Party Survival and its Demise in Mexico Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics. 2006
- A la Puerta de la Ley: El Estado de Derecho en México (At the Threshold of the Law: Rule of Law in Mexico) CIDAC - Cal y Arena. 1993