Mariano Sanchez, CIDE

Mariano Sanchez is an assistant professor in the Department of Politics at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) in Mexico City and an an Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. He holds a PhD in Government from Cornell University. His research interests include state formation and political development, political representation, and the politics of inequality, with a particular interest in Latin America. His current book project examines state-building across Mexico and Colombia during the twentieth century, focusing on various dimensions of the state and the forces shaping the geography of state power. His research has been funded by Fulbright, the Social Science Research Council, and Mexico’s National Council for Research and Technology. He previously served as head of staff for Mexico City’s Minister of Economic Development and as an advisor to the Executive Secretary in Mexico’s Federal Electoral Institute (IFE).

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