Javier Corrales

Javier Corrales is Dwight W. Morrow 1895 Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. The son of Cubans living in exile in Puerto Rico, Corrales has visited almost every Spanish-speaking country in the Americas, as well as Brazil. His research on Latin America has focused on the quality of democracy, regime type, presidential powers, political parties, education reforms, economic policymaking, energy security and international relations. His books include Fixing Democracy: Why Constitutional Change Often Fails to Enhance Democracy in Latin America (2018) and, with Michael Penfold, Dragon in the Tropics: Venezuela and the Legacy of Hugo Chavez, 2nd ed. (Brookings, 2015).