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Nora Louise Hamilton

Professor of Political Science

Contact Information
E-mail: nhamil@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-3622
Office: VKC 230A

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Curriculum Vitae
 

Education
B.A. English Literature, Manhattanville College
M.A. Latin American Studies, New York University
Ph.D. Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1978
 

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
Professor of Political Science, University of Southern California, 2001-2007  
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
Professor Hamilton's areas of interest include international migration, Central American immigrant communities, the impact of economic and political developmentss in Mexico.
 

Research Specialties
Immigration, Political Development, Political Economy
 

Publications

Book
Hamilton, N. (2010). Mexico: Political, Social and Economic Transitions. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Hamilton, N., Chinchilla, N. S. (2001). Seeking Community in a Global City: Guatemalans and Salvadorans in Los Angeles, 2001. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Hamilton, N. L., Jeffry, F., Fuller, L., Pastor, M. (1998). N. Hamilton eds. Crisis in Central America: Regional Dynamics and U.S. Policy in the 1990s. Boulder, Colorado: Westwood Press.
Hamilton, N. L. (1982). The Limits of State Autonomy: Post Revolutionary Mexico. Princeton University Press.
 

Journal Article
Chinchilla, N. S., Hamilton, N., Loucky, J. (2009). The Sanctuary Movement and Central American Activism in Los Angeles. Latin American Perspectives. Vol. 36 (169)
 

Honors and Awards
APSA, Section on Race and Ethnicity: Award for best book in field of Race, Ethnicity and Global Politics, 2001-2002   
 
 
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